Happy Portugal Day! Portugal Day, is the National Day of Portugal celebrated annually on 10 June. It is one of the public holidays in Portugal and is celebrated by Portuguese people throughout the world. It commemorates the death on 10 June 1580 of Luís de Camões, a poet and national literary icon. For me though,…
Category: Property
It’s just got real! I’ve got keys and I’m buzzing!
I’ve got keys. Oh my goodness. I’ve got keys to a property in Portugal. I’ve got to pinch myself as all of a sudden, it’s getting very real, very quickly. There have been some huge steps forward over the last couple of weeks. Personally, professionally and Portugally. I know, it’s not a real word but…
Exciting progress and hiccups on my second scouting visit….
I landed in Portugal last weekend. And it’s been a few hectic days. Today is the first day I have nothing planned so I’m going to head to the Silver Coast. Take some time for a little relaxation. I started writing my blog on the plane last Saturday. I got a couple of sentences…
I’m excited! One week until my scouting visit to Portugal
It’s already March and my scouting visit is fast approaching. The days, weeks and months seem to pass by quicker and quicker. Maybe it’s because I’ve had fifty Januarys and Februarys already and each one is not that dissimilar to the last. But I have to keep reminding myself that the next ones are going…
Never a quiet time when planning to move to Portugal
The last week has been manic. Partly self-inflicted, but also due to several things happening at the same time. The early part of the week consisted of a flurry of activity, and progress, regarding discussions on property in Portugal. In earlier posts, I shared that I am in negotiations on a particular property. Until there…
It’s time to jump on a plane to Portugal to initiate Plan B
There is Greenwich Mean Time and then there is Portuguese time. Despite London and Lisbon being in the same meridian, and the time on the clock is the same, there is a distinct difference in the pace. So many people comment on the relaxed nature, leading to a much slower pace of life in Portugal. …