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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I hope I live long enough to see every single one of those intolerably stupid psychopaths in prison.

flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Breaking news: I’m in a bar right now, and another patron asked the bartender for the name of the song playing, in Portuguese, and I understood every word he said. This is the first time this has ever happened and I will be accepting flowers now until the end of time.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This old rug looks like burnt hashbrowns.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I give tours in Porto and Douro Valley, Portugal, for English-speakers. There aren’t any tour guides on staff who speak Dutch or German or Croatian, so clients ask for an English guide and get me. So far on these tours the clients have asked me about the orange goblin 100% of the time.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m doing storytime in the park this morning at the park in the city center. I took this pretty picture while waiting for it to start.

Old building in Braga, Portugal with an open door and a plant-covered balcony.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Publicly drunk at yet another downtown festival in Braga, Portugal. No one cares.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I got a job today, in Porto. I’m going to be giving food tours to English-speaking tourists. 💕

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It has been scorching in Braga this week. The only good that’s coming out of it is getting to practice saying, “Hoje está muito calor” to people on the bus.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

August 12, 2026. Solar eclipse in Braga, Portugal. 99% totality.

Crowds gather at Sameiro Sanctuary for the total eclipse in Braga, Portugal.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

After 6 months of living in a new country, I was invited to a birthday party!🥳

A white birthday cake with the number 60 on top.
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A slice of chocolate raspberry birthday cake.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The woods next to our apartment are full of ripe blackberries.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

On the bus in Braga, Portugal, coming home from Portuguese class. A dragonfly flew on board and buzzed around for several stops until the driver stopped the bus, opened the doors, and shooed him out for nonpayment of the bus fare.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Edinburgh, Scotland. June 2026.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

On my way to Edinburgh. I have been traveling for 8 hours so far but it’s really been mostly just sitting around the airport in Porto for a really stupid flight time. I have a three hour window to get some sleep on the plane.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I’m on the bus in Braga, Portugal, and the driver just parked the bus, got off, and walked away with the engine running. Is he coming back? No one knows.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hello. It’s been a minute. I’m still in Portugal. The wine here is good and cheap And I have been a ton of it. I love Everyone right now. I have had a lot Of Portuguese wine.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Today in my Portuguese language class I learned that the direct translation of ”toe” is “finger of the foot.”

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The sun came out this morning here in Braga. I haven’t seen the sun in so long that I was frightened and threw rocks at it.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The day after our permanent residency appointment and half the family got the stomach flu. Which was fine because the Catergory 1 storm that hit Portugal that night wiped out the country’s train infrastructure indefinitely, losing us our ability to travel home. Cross country in a rental car it is!

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We were first in line this morning at the immigration office in Cascais. 2 hours and 700 euros in cash later, and we’re done. Residency cards, we were told, will be in our mailbox in 2-3 weeks. We made it!!

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

…and they called us in to tell us they are not going to see us until tomorrow at 9. No appointment today after all.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

…and our number is up! We made our appointment in time. Our lawyer just went into the AIMA office. Now we wait to get our biometrics done (fingerprints.) we have heard so many horror stories about cancelled/rescheduled appointments, it feels kind of like winning the lottery.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We made it from sitting outside of the AIMA office to sitting inside the AIMA office. There are 4 people in front of us and an hour and forty minutes before the office closes for the day. I feel a little bit of hope that we might make it.

People waiting with their lawyers at the immigration office in Cascais, Portugal.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sitting outside the immigration office in Cascais, hoping they’ll see us for our permanent residency appointment. We’re an hour and a half past the time we’re supposed to meet. If we have to reschedule it’ll take months to get another appointment. Fingers crossed!

AIMA office building in Cascais, Portugal.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Hear me out - what if the portal to Hell opened when the Cubs won the World Series in 2016 and will close if the Bears win the Super Bowl in 2026?

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I’m the only person on this bus in Braga, Portugal and my bus driver just stopped the bus to go out and smoke a cigarette and this is delightful. 10/10 would recommend.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

3 weeks into my new life in Portugal and found what is probably a carcinoma on my left hand. Stopped by the medical center here, gave them my residency ID number and anyway they’re going to fix it for free.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

So 2026 is going to be better, right? RIGHT?????

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Found a happy little mushroom today called a Chip Cherry.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Adjusting nicely to Portuguese life but can’t understand what other dogs are saying to him when they bark in Portuguese.

Black dog on a hiking trail facing away from the camera.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Feeling better after 2 plane rides, 3 Ubers, an Air BnB, and a cross country train ride.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Day One in Braga, Portugal: The entire country seems to be uphill in all directions. I will never, ever skip leg day here.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I blew up my whole life and moved to Braga, Portugal.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

What if I gave up my whole life and fucked off to Portugal?

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

There is really nothing like 48 solid hours of travel, with 2 kids and 2 pets, to make you really give serious consideration to having a total, permanent meltdown.

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Can’t get enough of 2025? Here’s more!

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flea @honeysuckleflea.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Yesterday I learned from my hairdressers that boys are coming in to have their hair permed and styled like an alpaca. I’ve been seeing middle schoolers coming to the library like this and I swear I thought it was just an awkward part of puberty.