The first version of this finding work in Portugal article was published way back in 2010, and turned out to be one of the most popular posts on this website. When I wrote it, the global financial crisis was just getting started. An awful lot has changed since then, and I’m pleased to report that…
The time has come for yet another post about the things I’m missing about living in Portugal! Before I start, I should make clear that in all honesty I’m not really missing The Algarve that much anymore. We’ve all become very used to the UK being “home” again, but there are still some specifics that…
We’ve been back in the UK a couple of months now, but everything still seems rather alien! In my last post I was perhaps a little negative about the Portugal we’d left behind, so I’m going for some more balance this week. Life in the UK has been good, but with an undulating backdrop of…
Just a quick post today, but one that I’ve really agonised about writing. Last time I posted, I was discussing our mixed feelings about being back in the UK, and alluded to a certain sense of homesickness for Portugal. I’m pleased to say that (for now at least) the homesickness has abated. Right now I…
It’s far too early to say whether or not our decision to move from Portugal back to the UK was the right one, but we’re being asked the question an awful lot already! All I can therefore do is tell you how we’re feeling about it right now – and to put into context how…
It’s three months since I posted on this blog, so regular readers have perhaps been wondering what’s going on. Well, the time has come to finally bring you up to speed. At the beginning of the year, my wife and I came to the difficult decision to relocate back to England with our now nine-month-old…
It’s a well-known theory that moving house is “one of the most stressful things you can do.” I’m not convinced I buy into the theory, as I can think of plenty of other far more stressful things, but it’s certainly tiring, time-consuming and arduous. It’s what we’ve been doing for the past week and half,…
So, it’s September, the kids are back at school and the summer is drawing to a close. It can be a rather depressing time of year for many, although it’s fair to say it’s not bad at all in the Algarve, where warm weather is all but guaranteed for another couple of months 😉 If…
(Lou) Living in Portugal was our dream for several years before we moved here. We fell in love with the country the first time we visited it and it was on that holiday that as we lazed on the beach, idly watching a man build sand castles with his little daughter, we decided that we…
Lou here with a quick update. It seems strange that spring has arrived so fast this year. Christmas and New Year have barely passed and yet this weekend we’ve been enjoying days with temperatures of 20C plus. We’ve fished the sunglasses out from the back of the drawer, braved the outside world while in short…