Not even sure what 'normal' is anymore...

5 days when a large part of Portugal went from a state of 'alert', to 'emergency', to 'calamity'

Before I relay last week’s extraordinary events, which for us here on the city’s edge seem now to have been almost washed away by the rains that are currently lashing down - but not for many nor for the country as a whole, I’m sure - I just want to say a very quick ‘hi’ to all you new subscribers here and to thank you for choosing to hang out with ‘Borb…