Hi there. Life has been very busy for us round these parts lately, so my apologies for not having time to post personally yet this week. However, if you want an update on what I’ve been up to lately, you could read my blog post over at the Overseas Guides Company. Today I have a…
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The 10 Step Guide to Moving Abroad
This week, I’ve decided to write a lighthearted yet serious post – a step-by-step, back to basics guide to moving to Portugal. The steps in this guide are really rather obvious, but will hopefully help some people turn their dreams of life in the sun into reality. It is surprising how many people we come…
One Long Holiday?
Only time for a very quick update this week, as my birthday is a few days away and we are getting our house in order ready for a short holiday 🙂 We are taking advantage of how close we are to Spain and taking a trip to Seville. Moving abroad has changed our approach to…
Portugal – A Six Month Review
Readers of the blog from long ago may remember a post called “Worries and Jitters,” that I posted just over a year ago, when I looked into the future and wondered how we would feel about our move to Portugal once we had been here six months or so and everything had sunk in. At…
Guest Post: My Wife’s View
I thought it would be interesting to give a slant on my sometimes perhaps slightly rose-tinted view of our move to Portugal, so I asked her to write a guest post reviewing her first six months in this wonderful, sunny country! Here’s what she said: Being asked to write a guest post for my husband’s…