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The Definition of Home + Other Musings of Living Abroad

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Well, it's been a while, hasn't it? I went almost a year without posting in this blog, and now I feel quite bummed about that. For a while I questioned the purpose of this blog, but as a recovering over thinker I now realize it doesn't have to have a purpose as long as I enjoy doing it. So, here I am again :) Happy New Year! Parque de Monsanto While I was running the monthly unofficial park run here in Lisbon today I had a spark of creativity for the blog and wondered... what is the definition of home? Is home one place, or can it be multiple places? If home is a place, is it where you were born or where you spent most of your time growing up? Is home the physical house or the city itself?    Praia da Ursa Maybe it's been on my mind as it's now been over 2 years since we decided to "move" to Portugal, and almost 2 years of living in Lisbon. I use quotations for move because at the time we had planned for it to be a long term trip. Of course, we live here n...
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An Azorean Adventure

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Hello and happy new year! I always love the clean start of a new year. One of my new years resolutions this year is to be mindful of what media I consume and it's effect on me. If something isn't serving me internally, I hope to go about it a different way. To kick start that goal I spent all of January off Instagram, with a hope to work on the blog instead... but ended up quite busy with life so now it's February and I'm catching up on September :) I've been wanting to write this post though because our trip to the Azores with Alicia was pretty incredible, I think the pictures speak for themselves! The Portuguese islands of the Azores are made up of nine islands that lie in the middle of the Atlantic. São Miguel is the most populated island and only a two hour flight from Lisbon, so it's super easy to get to. We chose to stay on São Miguel and not island hop because it seemed there was so much to see on this island, and I think it was a good call. We ended up...
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