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Parenting. Yes, there’s a podcast for that too. When you think about it, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. I mean, seriously, parenting is blooming hard, exhausting and disorienting. So much goes on, we barely have time to get hold of our bearings. If you’ve got it all figured out, good for you, move on to something that is more …
Visiting the home country on holiday, or another country where the minority language is spoken, is a great opportunity to stock up on resources. Below are a few tips on what to look for when stocking up on resources in the minority language when abroad, whatever your target language. Books galore Books are by far the most important resource. Reading …
As shared in my last blog post, by the end of the four weeks in Portugal I was rather pleased with myself and our progress. But now that we’re home, how are we going to make sure that the bilingual inroads we made will last? Making it stick This trip was as much for my benefit as it …
After the unbearable heatwave of last week we finally set off on our road trip adventure in Portugal. The Road Trip Actually, it was more of a mini road trip. We had intended to cover more geographic areas and to visit family around Portugal but as this was our last week, time was limited. We had intended to …
Our third week in Portugal brought with it an infernal heatwave and some of the highest temperatures in Europe on record, which affected our plans for the rest of the holiday… Read on to see how was our third week visiting Portugal. This post includes affiliate links, marked with *. See disclaimer for details. Farewell We had to say farewell …
I can’t believe we’re halfway through our time in Portugal already! In week 2 we’ve been leisurely enjoying life in Lisbon. See what we’ve been up to and how the girls have been getting on in relation to their language learning. Party time We had a 5th birthday party for Sophia in London before we left and promised …
We’re now in Portugal, where I’m from – though at this point I’ve spent as much time living in the UK as I have in Portugal. As mentioned in this post, I was looking forward to this long summer holiday and had great hopes and expectations for this trip. In that post, I also encouraged any parents raising …
Only one sleep until our summer holiday in Portugal. I’m so excited! I’m not going to lie, the last few months have been challenging on many levels and the language learning …
This week my husband surprised me with a fig tree. Our girls already have an apple tree each to look after and him turning up with a fig tree for me was possibly the most romantic thing he’s done in the last two years. I didn’t realise that I like figs so much, that even he …
