Thanks for the welcome, and you can call me Dick if you like =D! I know I am late with the intro, but I wanted to make sure if I made an #introduceyourself post, that it was good quality and really personal! Like they say, the first impression is the one that lasts! I appreciate you taking the time to write me a personal message back! (pssst... how do I do strikethrough text with markdown??)
As far as where to live, I am looking for a place that has rent of about half what I currently pay. So a nice place for around $600 USD would be perfect... So far it seems like Portugal has great rent prices and looks beautiful. Are you from Estonia? I have always wanted to visit!
As far as my picture with the sand... that was on the north side of the Island of O'ahu in Hawaii and it was a high surf day with deadly waves. The life gaurd yelled at me for even being that close to the water. Moments after this shot was taken, we actually ruined a GoPro that was sitting on a 2 foot tall rock about 100 feet from the waters edge - the waves were so big it managed to drench the rock that far from shore. I have never seen waves like that. There are a lot of types of sand now that you mention it. My home city in Florida is Sarasota, and its beach Siesta Key, is known for having some of the whitest sand in the world. It's 99.9% quartz crystal and feels like powdered sugar. Hawaii has some black sand beaches which I someday hope to see!
Rex! - Don't worry... if you are following me, you will have no choice but to see more pictures and posts about him and his adventures. Dogs really are man's best friend and my life wouldn't be the same without him. Since you left such a nice comment and I love sharing my dog, I took two pics of him getting a heart shaped treat just for you. :P
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Hey, better late than never! I have yet to make an intro myself, although I've been here since this January. :D (squiggly lines do strikeout! ~)
Yeah, I'm from Estonia and the rent prices vary a lot here depending in which city you stay in. Lately I've seen that for $600 you might get a decent 2 or 3-room apartment in the more popular, beautiful and safe-ish districts of Tallinn. Me, my guy and our 9-month old currently live in a tiny one-room basement which we pay 300€ (think it's about 310-320 in USD) a month for (plus bills). A couple years ago we could've rented a decent 2-room for that kind of money! Hopefully we're moving somewhere bigger in the summer or coming fall, though.
Damn! The wave story is impressive and a little scary... We don't have waves like that here! Neither do we have tornados or earthquakes. I wonder how many people have tried eating the "powered sugar" sand in your beach. :O
Yay for Rex!