Weºve been in Nazare for 5 days now. Our first few days in the apartment, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of loneliness and felt so far away from everyone. I had just left Jordan and all his family at the airport. I was happy to have my mom and the girls, but I was without a husband (and his family), a laptop and a phone.
In true Portuguese fashion, everything is much farther away from the house than you think. I donºt know how they can say "10 to 15 min walk to the beach" when you are so far from town you canºt even see the beach. Our apartment is very nice and very comfortable, but itºs about as far away from the old town as you can get and still be in Nazare. This didnºt help with my feelings of isolation. I was ready to come home. Iºve had this feeling before when traveling, and have to remind myself to enjoy the moment, Iºll be home soon enough and wishing I was back in Portugal.
In the meantime, I have free internet at the library! Itºs sort of becoming our morning routine; coffee and pastry, internet at the library, then open market for the days´` fruits, veggies and bread. I think thatºs what helps to make us feel comfortable in new places, the daily routine.
Until tomorrow.
p.s.
Typos sure to be everywhere. My entire post is underlined in red because Iºm in the Portuguese google and canºt figure out how to switch, making it very hard to read.
Travel is stressful, and there are so many things over which you do not have any control, which is exhausting. I've had that exact feeling before. But I'm glad the trip is going well!
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I miss you heaps and love the blog posts! Give the girls a big hug and kiss from the Nixons!
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