Moving to Portugal has been one of the best decisions I ever made. I was nervous at first, like most Americans who move abroad, but after living here a while, I realized there are so many things I genuinely love about life in Portugal. It’s not perfect, and it’s not…
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Little Things I Miss from Living in America
As much as I love my life in Portugal, there are still things I miss about living in America. Not because life here is worse, but because it is different. And sometimes those differences show up in the most ordinary, unexpected moments. Living abroad is not just about missing big…
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Portugal Road Trip: Porto to Lisbon Through Aveiro and Obidos
There is nothing quite like a road trip to make you feel like you actually live somewhere. When my friend Jules bought a new car from a dealership in Porto (fun fact: car prices in Portugal are significantly lower up north), she needed to get it back down south. We…
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Portugal D7 Visa Requirements: How We Applied from the US
If you are an American dreaming about moving to Portugal, the D7-Visa is probably the one you want to be researching. It is officially called the passive income or retirement visa, and it is designed for people who can show they have a steady income coming in without needing to…
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Packing List for Moving to Portugal: What We Brought on the Plane
Moving to a new country is one of the most exciting and overwhelming things you will ever do, and figuring out a packing list for moving to Portugal is a big part of that stress. A regular move is hard enough, but when you are moving to a country you…
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Lagos
When we were planning our move to Portugal, Lagos was at the top of our list. It kept coming up everywhere we looked online as a popular choice for both tourists and people relocating to the Algarve. It is a small city of about 30,000 people, but that number jumps…
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Living in Tavira
Living in Tavira, Portugal, was not exactly our original plan. We had our sights set on Lagos when we first started researching where to put down roots, but when that did not work out, we ended up in Tavira almost by default. Turns out it was the best accident we…
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Wine, wine, and more wine!
If there is one thing that will change your life when you move to Portugal, it is the wine. This Portuguese wine guide comes from someone who used to refer to red wine as “grown-up wine” and meant it as an insult. I was strictly a Moscato and Stella Rosa…
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Gluten Free, (mostly) Corn Tortillas
If there is one thing I absolutely refused to give up when I moved to Portugal, it was tortillas. I grew up in New Mexico, I am Hispanic, and tortillas are basically a food group in my house. It was easy to get corn tortillas in the US. I used…
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How We Moved from Las Vegas to Portugal: Our Story
Moving from the US to Portugal People always ask us how we did it. How did two people in their 30s, with a house, jobs, debt, two pets, and absolutely no retirement savings go about moving from the US to Portugal? The honest answer is that it took about two…