A YEAR EXPERIENCING LIFE IN PORTUGAL

Viseu Is in the Friend Zone

In search of my next home in Portugal

In Case You Forget Where You Are (photo by author)

After a fun and somewhat chaotic year in Lisbon, I am spending a year living in different towns in Portugal. I want to get to know this beautiful country and its people even better and to experience life in different areas. I am eager to see what the next chapter might look like…and where it will happen.

As I finished out my time in Viseu, I realized it was very much in the “Friend Zone”.

Sign of Chaotic Times (photo by author)

Still Haunted by the Festival Life

After my long weekend back in Lisbon, I settled in for my final two weeks in Viseu. One afternoon, I emerged from my palace and headed down the hill to hang out with the common people and have my afternoon ice cream. As I walked into the square, I noticed a big red sign in the corner with the words “São Mateus” in the middle.

While hearts are usually signs of happy times, this one sent a chill up my spine. My mind flooded with flashbacks to my time in the apartment in Braga, conveniently located above the nonstop parade route for the…