It’s a time of change for us at the moment. With summer behind us and a baby on the way, life is looking rather different than it did three months ago. The change in the weather has meant we are enjoying long walks now that the sun has lost the ferocity of its mid-summer heat.…
Last week saw us pass a very significant milestone in our lives in Portugal: the 5th of November marked the start of our fifth year in the country. The “anniversary” found us reflecting on how much has happened since, and also caused me to nostalgically look back at the early days of our move –…
Hello from still very sunny Portugal! Today, I’m not going to offer my normal apology for neglecting the blog, as I have a very good (and happy) excuse: Louise and I are expecting a baby! As such, we’ve (unsurprisingly) been rather busy. It turns out that getting pregnant in Portugal can be nearly as complicated…
(Ben) This summer, my brother in law has spent a few months in the Algarve. He’s recently caught the photography bug, and has been turning out plenty of beautiful pictures that put our washed-out iPhone efforts to shame. He’s also kindly agreed to let me share a selection of the photographs here. So today, I’m…
(Ben) Every time I post on this blog nowadays I seem to begin with an apology for the length of time between my updates. I guess it’s no bad thing that I’ve got plenty of work to do, with employment being so hard to come by here in Portugal, but I do wish I had…
For us, moving to Portugal was something we decided to do for a number of reasons. We had holidayed here several times and loved the scenery, the food and the sunshine. We are both beach people, so we loved the idea that we could live close to the sea. We were also tired of the…
Ben here, and today I’m going to discuss a book about Portugal that I’ve really enjoyed recently. The biggest surprise to regular readers will be that the book in question ISN’T mine! However, here’s a gratuitous and cheeky link to mine on Amazon in case you want to take a look! At the time of…
As regular readers will know, Moving to Portugal is all about our move from rainy England to sunny Portugal and our experiences of settling in to our wonderful new country. This week, inspired by one of the comments on last week’s blog post, we thought it would be fun to turn everything on its head…
Anyone visiting the Algarve for their holidays won’t find it hard to locate wonderful beaches, beautiful scenery and fabulous, cheap restaurants. All you need is a guide book or a quick Google search of your chosen area and you are set to enjoy a great holiday. But those who are staying longer, or moving permanently…
It seems hard to believe that we are approaching the four year anniversary of our move to Portugal. I can still clearly remember driving to and from work in the weeks before our move, endlessly repeating phrases from my Portuguese language learning CD as I sat in traffic on the A3. Our language skills have…