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Cultural Differences between Portugal and the United States
Moving to Portugal involves adapting to cultural nuances that are distinct from American culture. We'll spend a lifetime learning how to...
Sep 18, 2024


The expat hangover
An "expat hangover" is emotional and psychological challenges that people often face after the initial excitement of moving to a new...
Jul 17, 2024


High-Value Living in Portugal
I've heard a few travelers and expats say "Portugal is so cheap!" and I have to talk about this. Referring to Portugal as "cheap" can...
Feb 13, 2024


Choosing a place to live in Portugal
It's essential to research and visit the places you think you'll want to move to in Portugal. Portugal has anything you'd want or need.
Mar 9, 2023


Assembly required
Although neither of us have ever been a fan of IKEA in the past, we're now stan, I think is what the young ones say. We slept for the...
Jul 19, 2022


Baggage check
I made a spreadsheet of conversions for our bags with the limits for our airline (Aer Lingus) and we decided on what to buy based on...
Jul 12, 2022


Cat Logistics - Moving our cat to Portugal
Pets require a USDA certification to come into other countries. There are only so many vets that do this, and seems like even fewer that...
Jul 12, 2022


Golden Tickets
Finally, yesterday after learning about the magic of auto-dialer apps on my phone, I was able to get in touch with someone at the...
Jul 2, 2022


Patience is the new black
With each item we check off our massive to do list, we get a little bit closer to the goal, and it gets a little bit more real. One that...
Jun 14, 2022


I'm eyelid breathing through this move
We dropped off more furniture today to friends, one stealth drop in the middle of town before a brunch, and a trip out to the suburbs for...
Jun 13, 2022


Emotional baggage of moving
We've both moved before and gotten rid of worldly goods, but this is on extreme level. It's all the way to 11, if you are a Spinal Tap...
Jun 9, 2022


We did it
30 weeks ago, while we were at Web Summit in Lisbon, we sat in a cute cafe and cheers over a bottle of Vinho Verde. We make a goal that...
May 31, 2022


Visa, it's everywhere you want to be
We went to San Francisco last week with 90+ pages EACH to apply for our D7 visas. Most of that was bank statements for the last three...
Apr 12, 2022
This is me being excited
"This is me being excited, very, very excited" I said, with tears in my eyes. I know the move will have challenges, and I know we are...
Mar 24, 2022


Therapy should be a part of the visa process
I don't think I've ever put so much faith into something, so much money, time, hope, and thought into getting to Portugal. When I was...
Mar 23, 2022


Hurry up and wait
For those that know me (Jenn), I'm not necessarily the most patient person, so this move is really stretching my skills as a human....
Mar 21, 2022


A new lease on life
We've bought houses and gotten quite a few leases for apartments in our decades on Earth, but getting a lease on a place in Lisbon was an...
Mar 9, 2022


Banking on the slow life
We had returned to Portugal (hopefully for the last time before we move officially) to open up a bank account and get a lease on an...
Feb 27, 2022


Portugal's Game Changing Remote Work and Digital Nomad Plans
When we were at Web Summit in the Fall, we were absolutely astounded at the way the conference was so well run amidst a pandemic. While...
Dec 14, 2021


Beach Days
Even with the bed where you could feel the springs, we stayed in Nazare for the planned five days. It was filled with wandering the...
Sep 25, 2021
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