We need more furniture for our home. Today, I took an Uber to the other charity furniture store in Coimbra. I was looking for various pieces of living room furniture and an oval kitchen table and chairs to replace the table left in the kitchen by the past tenants. That one was too big for the kitchen. I couldn’t find any living room furniture that I liked but found a great kitchen table with 6 chairs for $150. The charity shop only takes cash but I didn’t have enough on me. The man said there was an ATM about 500 meters up the hill. No way was I going to…

Today, the MEO guy came to hook up the cable and internet. I think he hooked up the landline but have no landline phone to check it out. We are still waiting for our SIM cards. I will contact the MEO representative later today to find out where they are. Just as I was getting ready to call Auchon, the driver arrived with my delivery. This place is starting to feel like home. It’s a good thing, too. We left the Airbnb this morning a day early so Kellie can spend her convalescent time with Katie. And sleep in her own bed. Because Kellie can’t go out, I’m going to…

Today has been an okay day. After breakfast at a padaria/the bakery, we headed to the apartment. We did a load of laundry despite not having the drying rack until tomorrow. Hanging the clothes on the backs of the kitchen chairs, the oven handle, and our headboards work. We spent a lot of time with Katie. She’s such a good girl. When the washer started, she didn’t know what to make of the tumbling clothes. Katie wouldn’t get closer than 6 feet away but she at least watched it for a long time. After the clothes were draped on stuff to dry, we headed out to lunch. Kellie has had…

We went on our first major shopping event for sheets, pillows, dishes, etc. today at a store called Auchon. It’s like a super Walmart with stuff from clothes to household to food. It’s in a mall complete with movies and a food court. We had lunch at McDonald’s. At Auchon, we got a lot of stuff for the house. So much that we couldn’t carry it all even in the cart. I had seen on Google that Auchon delivers so I double-checked with an associate. I just had to schedule it with the checkout clerk, he said. That’s good since I didn’t know how we’d be able to fit it…

We definitely needed furniture for our new apartment. It was nice to wake up to a new day in Portugal this morning. We went to eat breakfast at the neighborhood café again and then headed to a used furniture store for some serious shopping. Furniture Shopping The first Uber trip took us to the middle of a housing neighborhood. We couldn’t find any kind of a store there. I quickly googled for another furniture store and called another Uber. This time, the address was wrong so we walked a bit until we found the shop. This particular shop, Loja Solidária Partilha Constante Coimbra Centro, is one of two in Coimbra…

We had a couple of problems in Coimbra when we first arrived. Yesterday, we finally made it to Lisbon after a 90-minute delay. Our driver, Nuno, was a trooper and waited for us. He also gave us our first Portuguese hugs. The First Problem We Had in the Apartment Once we got to Coimbra (a 2-hour drive), Nuno helped lug our 7 suitcases and carryons up two flights of stairs. He also noticed a water leak from the upstairs bathroom into the two lower bathrooms. He shut the water off (it had been dripping since Friday when the water was turned on) and called my realtor. The realtor called the…