Living in Portugal - August 2023
It's Festival time in the Algarve with nearly all regions and villages celebrating with a festivity or two aiming to keep the locals and...
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Expats in Portugal
We made the move in May 2022. Follow us here to learn about our experiences and discoveries as residents in Portugal
Tony
- Jul 31
- 5 min
Living in Portugal - July 2023
Staycations can be just as good as traveling, especially when you are avoiding the crush of travelers who seem to have descended on...
Tony
- Jul 5
- 4 min
Living in Portugal - June 2023
When we first started looking at moving abroad, there were several items/requirements that we thought were important for our ideal home...
Tony
- Jun 6
- 5 min
Living in Portugal - May 2023
This month marks the one year anniversary of our arrival as full time residents in Portugal. A decision that we celebrate and adore more...
Tony
- May 1
- 7 min
Living in Portugal - April 2023
Now eleven months since our arrival in Portugal and we are loving our decision to move here more and more each day. It's not perfect by...
Tony
- Apr 2
- 5 min
Living in Portugal - March 2023
Now ten months since our arrival in Portugal and we are loving our decision to move here more and more each day. It's not perfect by any...
Tony
- Mar 23
- 6 min
Road trip through the Alentejo
Spring arrives in Portugal this month so were off on a road trip through the Alentejo, known for agriculture and historic monuments.
Tony
- Mar 2
- 6 min
Living in Portugal - February 2023
Feeling like spring already, fields of wildflowers everywhere, Almond trees dot the landscape with their snowy white flowers of Algarve snow
Tony
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Living in Portugal - January 2023
Now eight months since our arrival in Portugal. Were feeling very blessed to have found the home that we are now renting, so much so that...
Tony
- Jan 10
- 4 min
Living in Portugal - December 2022
It's been seven months since our arrival in Portugal, we're feeling much more comfortable with our surroundings and are really settling...
Tony
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Christmas in Portugal
The Holiday's started a bit different for us this year. Our Normal Christmas season in the US was usually kicked off by mass...
Tony
- Dec 7, 2022
- 5 min
Road trip through Northern Portugal
Nazare, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, and the Douro Valley One of our goals since arriving in Portugal is to spend the first year or so...
Tony
- Dec 3, 2022
- 6 min
Living in Portugal - November 2022
November marks six months since our arrival, still hard to believe we made the move.
Tony
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Living in Portugal - October 2022
It's starting to feel like fall here with the weather varying from a few days of rain and thunderstorms to warm days filled with...
Tony
- Oct 31, 2022
- 8 min
What's Different about living in Portugal? Part 2
People who are unfamiliar with Portugal often ask us what's it like to live in here vs the US. As recent transplants now residing in...
Tony
- Oct 2, 2022
- 6 min
Living in Portugal - September 2022
The weather has cooled from the heat of summer so it's a perfect time to get out and enjoy what Portugal has to offer. In September were...
Tony
- Aug 31, 2022
- 8 min
Living in Portugal - August 2022
Following a few weeks of record heat in July (35c/95+f) we were greeted with more normal temps for the area, low 80s cooling at night...
Tony
- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
What's Different about living in Portugal? Part 1 - Groceries
People who are unfamiliar with Portugal often ask us what's it like to live in here vs the US. As recent transplants now residing in...
Tony
- Jul 25, 2022
- 5 min
Living in Portugal - July 2022
As we approach the end of July, here's the latest update from us as we continue to settle into our new home in the Algarve, Portugal....
Tony
- Jul 22, 2022
- 5 min
Living in Portugal - June 2022 our first full month
We're settling in and beginning to feel what it is like to live in a foreign country. Learning to speak and more importantly understand...
Tony
- Jun 11, 2022
- 9 min
...We moved to Portugal!
The January 1st, 2022 perspective... Celebrating the New Year, not only meant saying goodbye to another year of the Pandemic but brought...
Tony
- Mar 18, 2022
- 5 min
Portugal Scouting, Trip #2
On our last scouting trip in November of 2021, we searched mainly for locations where we would like to spend our first year. We settled...
Tony
- Nov 20, 2021
- 2 min
Portugal 2021
Scouting a location for our soon to be new home. This story began shortly after retirement, about 5 years ago, when Mary and I were...
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