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…
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From Vegas to Portugal
Hi, I’m Natasha! Welcome to my blog: From Vegas to Portugal! I moved from Vegas to Portugal, trading the neon desert for European skies. If you’re curious about what it’s like to uproot your life, leave the US behind, and settle in a new country, you’re in the right place.…