Category: Research Trip

Yes – we still want to move to Portugal! After 2 and half weeks of research and touring, we feel like we have barely scratched the surface of a fascinating and delightful country. We are very anxious to make the Read more…

We woke up relatively refreshed and determined to see some of Lisbon’s many sites. It was another pretty day. Two and a half weeks in Portugal and we never saw a single cloud. Just brilliant blue skies. I missed clouds Read more…

[ Devesas train station in Vila Nova de Gaia. Chilly this morning. Today we traveled back to Lisboa (Lisbon) for the last bit of our research trip. We wanted to spend a couple days as tourists in the capital city Read more…

Saturday – and we have no commitments. We decided to venture out on our own and take the metro back to Vila do Conde to really look around and see if it still appeals to us. ] We mastered the Read more…

Wine fixes everything. Our main goal today was to meet the woman, Helena, that owns the apartment we have arranged to lease initially. In order to get our visa approved, we need to be able to show about a 6-month Read more…

It has been so crazy busy since we got to Porto that I have not been able to keep up with the travel log. Thursday, the 27th, our plan was to hang out in the apartment in the morning to Read more…

Of course we woke up starving since we had skipped dinner the night before.  And because we have been eating well since arriving in PT. We decided to walk down & across the river to where the first hop-on bus Read more…

Shooting a photo from the Uber ride. Today we finally met Gail Aguiar, our guardian angel in Portugal. Gail is a Canadian of Phillipino decent married to a Portuguese citizen that has been living here for 4 years. She has Read more…

Today we made the move from Cascais to Porto. We knew we had to take the Cascais to Lisbon train line to the final stop Cais do Sodre as we test-rode a few days ago. Then we knew we needed Read more…

Today was Sunday and our last full day in Cascais. Having come to the conclusion that we probably wouldn’t choose to live in this general area, we are ready to move on. It’s been a great visit. But, too hot Read more…