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Mar 1, 2021Liked by author

2019 July we arrived in Portugal, December we took the car and explored the algarve for one week staying one day or two at different places. We had plan for 2020. Going back to the states to see our daughter and son. Then, going to Thailand seeing our two sons one in the north, the other in the south, and to go to Vietnam. We had plan to take the car and also explore the North of Portugal. After probably 2022, We had plan to go to France and Spain. But then, here we are in 2021 and still did not go anywhere. So, I dream that by end of this year, I will go back to the states to visit with my daughter and son. I dream that in 2022, we will finally be able to do what was plan in 2020. I just wish the vaccines will come quicker, right now I just dream that life will go back to the way it was in 2019.

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I started reading your column last July as we started dreaming of our move to Portugal. We were living in California at that time. Thank you for your inspiration, as we arrived on 31 January 2020 and are living in Cascais. You can read about it at expatinportugal.substack.com. Lie you we have a dog, we don't own a car, and want to explore Portugal fully before branching out to the rest of the EU. Summer? Fall? Not sure...but know this to shall pass.

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Feb 26, 2021Liked by author

My current dream at the moment is less about going places and more about what we can do to heal our hurting planet. I'm trying to learn and do the right thing, invest in companies who care and are giving back, look long-term at what I can do better while, hopefully, inspiring others to do the same.

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Love you & our hug will be epic! Xoxo

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Hi Shanna! That's all I ever do, dream! Although I follow Andrew and many like him, I don't possess a caravan or motorhome but dream of the day I can join in with everyone's adventures and share my experiences with them! I dream about that all the time!! We had our plans dashed last year, we were going to Munich (we love city breaks). The last time we had a break was in 2019 for 4 days! and 18 months before that we went to Brussels and got snowed in at Brussels airport spending the night with quite a few other people in an old terminal in a fold up bed that we literally had to make (it was in a bag and had to be assembled!!) Anyway, that's another story! Never anything wrong with dreaming! You shall travel soon so dream away!! All the best, take care xxx

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Oh yeah, we got plans! Same as you, we have been here two years. We have seen Leiria, Lisboa, Tomar and the Douro Valley so far. Yup, lost a year! We still have to get to know our own Porto better! On deck are, Aveiro, Braga, Guimarães, and Coimbra. We are totally going fora cá dentro this year! (It will take a death to get me back to states, sorry!)

Melgaço, Tras os Montes, and Alentejo are next on the list! And eventually, we have to make it to Italy, my husband's heritage and he has never been. The list goes on...! Let us dream on sister!

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