(Ben) As you undoubtedly know if you’ve followed the blog for a while, it’s been a rather long time since I posted an update from Portugal. I won’t apologise, as adjusting to having a new baby at home leaves us with little time, and I now plan to type quite a long update to make…
Expats in Portugal tend to have a love/hate relationship with the summer. While we look forward to the arrival of sunshine, atmosphere and things to do, we usually start to complain by mid-July when the roads get busy, restaurant service becomes shambolic, and timing a trip the supermarket badly can mean queuing like it’s Christmas…
Back in 2010, I produced a Portugal cost of living post, which has turned out to be one of the most widely read posts on the blog. While much of the article is still relevant, some costs have changed. As cost of living questions are still very popular amongst newcomers to the expat forums, I…