Now starting our time in Porto for finding an apartment and signing a lease. We have engaged RelocateToPortugal to help us. We booked a flight from JFK so we could be in Porto from 23 October to 04 November (we need to be back in NY in time for Coleman & Joyce's run in the NY Marathon!). First we drove from Carol Stream on Friday afternoon, just after Barb's long-awaited dermatology appointment -- only a few skin things frozen off, no problem. Overnight at Toledo, then back in Ossining by 7pm. Oct23 we took a 6pm Brussels Airlines overnight flight, no problem, connecting to another flight to Porto that arrived Tuesday noon (local time -- jetlag was tough. I slept 4 hours in the plane seat--Barb just occasionally dozed, little sleep). Relatively easy, though 15-20 minute waits at passport control at Brussels (our entry to the Schengen area) then for our luggage (it all arrived fine!), then to buy a metro ticket to take us from the airport downtown! That last bit was e
Log of our travels and thoughts.