July 20, 2024, Bitter Bistro Bar, Tirana, Albania.  We actually went to this Expat hangout quite a few times. Sometimes just for meals and sometimes for Karaoke. This is Kelly, the owner and manager of Bitter Bistro Bar. He is from Texas and is now living full time in Albania. His bar is a wonderfulRead More »July 20, 2024 Tirana Albania

June 10, 2024. We went over to our favorite (and the best) Tapas Bar in Lisbon, Tapas 52.  While enjoying our tapas there we struck up a conversation with Sharon and Mike, who were visiting from California, and had been staying at a nice hotel nearby.

June 8, 2024. The festivals in Lisbon were in Full Swing!  We went to many of the locations throughout the city, but our favorite was the festival at the top of the Gloria Funicular.  The music was non-stop, canned, DJ, and live.  People danced, ate, and socialized. Everyone sat at long tables that were sharedRead More »June 08, 2024 Lisbon

June 6, 2024, we were stumbling from drinking at one festival to another in Lisbon, and while I was shopping Fitz sitting on a stair outside waiting.  The 2 great guys stopped to see if he was OK. So we talked while we walked to the next festival. They were John from Connecticut and MickeyRead More »June 6, 2024 Lisbon

We met Carlos an Sylvia several years ago in Seixal, Portugal when we were their first renters in their newly renovated Airbnb.  That's a different story for a different post. But since then we have become friends, and we arrange to visit with them at least once a year.  Both Carlos and Sylvia are teachersRead More »June 2, 2024 Azenhas do Mar, Portugal

April 23,2024. We ran into Ronan and Guillaume on the rooftop terrace of our Riad in Tangier, Morocco. We enjoyed some wine and snacks, and spoke about their visit to Tangier.

May 29,2024. We ate our lunch, outside, at A de Marta street cafe. We met Kim and Steve who were from Palm Bay, Florida  (figure?), They had taken the train from Faro to check out Tavira, but were heading to Lisbon the next day.  We will be heading there soon.

May 27,2024: Had a wonderful lunch at this cute place, outside restaurant, Tasquinha da Paula. The owners, Luis and Paula,  were so nice. They came out and talked to us, we gave them our bracelets. So they had a neighbor take a group pix all of us. I had the roasted pork with rice andRead More »May 27, 2024 Tasquinha da Paula

Rob and Tina April 13,2024. We met Rob and Tina at Gatos Bar in Malaga.  They were a nice friendly British couple. We had drinks, and talked about where they lived near London.

Lenny, Bob and Dave April 19,2024. We met Lenny, Bob and Dave at a beach bar in Marbella (literally in the sand).  They were a speaking with an American accent, so we struck up a conversation.  They had rented a car and were on a roadtrip through southern Spain then through the Algarve and onRead More »April 19,2024 Marbella Beach Bar