Finally I arrived in Lisbon, the final stop of the hermit phase of this trip, and the only non train voyage on this trip, arriving by plane from Barcelona, as the train connections between Portugal and the rest of Europe aren’t that good. There is a sleeper train I could have taken from Madrid toContinue reading “Part 11/Lisbon”
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Sabbatical Time
After working at my corporate job for 10 years, my company allows me to take six weeks off to do whatever I fancy, a sabbatical. Since I started at my job in 2009, I became eligible for this in 2020. However, in early 2020, things happened in the world as a whole which put myContinue reading “Sabbatical Time”
Why Portugal
One of the things I need to consider when retiring is where do I want to do it. I could retire my current city of Seattle. However, the cost of living here is pretty high, even by United States standards. It generally works out in that I make more working here than I would makeContinue reading “Why Portugal”
And here I go..... 