June 24, 2019
As said previously, Portuguese people know how to party! One of the most notorious parties in northern Portugal celebrates the local patron saint John the Baptist – São João. The official holiday is June 24th but the infamous party starts Read more…
June 16, 2019
The Portuguese love their festivals and holidays! Most are centered around patron saints and religious events. Every town, big or small, seems to have a special saint, or two. They have the celebrations throughout the year, but the heaviest concentration Read more…
May 27, 2019
DIY: Before & After While it was certainly not all DIY (we had professional help with most of it), renovating our apartment and terrace was a tedious 2.5 month-long project that is now 99% complete. Wayne single-handedly patched a lot Read more…
May 23, 2019
In between the endless DIY projects, we’ve spent the last few weeks exploring; near and a bit farther. This year, Portugal has revamped their public transportation system pricing to make monthly passes even more affordable with larger coverage areas. Wayne Read more…
April 14, 2019
We routinely read the comments of other expats making the move to Portugal on the endless Facebook pages of the several groups we follow. One constant line of questioning is “Where should we live?” Whether they plan to make the Read more…
March 31, 2019
We started the process of relocating to Portugal right after our research trip to confirm our decision. We started in early October 2018 by compiling and submitting the mountains of paperwork needed to get our 4-month visa from the Portuguese Read more…
March 24, 2019
After a couple weeks of non-stop DIY projects in the new apartment, we decided to give Wayne’s painting arm a break and get away for a couple days. Just a mini road trip before giving back the rental car. We Read more…
March 10, 2019
Retirement means taking it easy, sleeping in every day, and lots of relaxation, right? Not if you’re us! Now that we have a new (old) apartment, the real work has begun. This week we made countless trips to the local Read more…
March 5, 2019
We closed on our apartment in Matosinhos (pronounced mat-o-zeen-yoush) on the evening of February 28. As reformed real estate agents ourselves, it was fascinating to observe how very differently the sale and transfer of properties are handled here compared to Read more…
February 26, 2019
We knew this would be an exhausting week with the move to our new apartment at the end of the week. So, we took advantage of the great weather Monday & Tuesday to have some relaxation time. Monday we road Read more…
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