If you’re making the move to become an expat in Portugal, you may think of shipping your furniture over. Our advice, don’t. It’s a wasteful stress of time that I have not yet written about because I still get angry...
How to Rent an Apartment in Lisbon

If you want to find an apartment in Lisbon, prepare to be frustrated…and to shell out some dough. Lisbon is no longer the cheap place to live. Due to its gorgeous climate and everyone gushing about how amazing it...
How to Change your USA Driver’s License to a Portuguese Driver’s License

Since we’re planning on staying in Portugal, we figured it would be smart to switch our US driver’s license to a Portuguese License. It’s good we did so. In Portugal, you must make this change within 90 days of...
How to Spend a Weekend in Lisbon

Lisbon is awesome. It’s beautiful, it’s safe, it has culture and it is tons of fun. When friends say they are coming, I usually recommend that they come for a minimum of 14 天. 然而, I know most people...
Guide to Having a Dog in Lisbon, 葡萄牙

We recently adopted a puppy named Santino (Yell the name like SANTINO from Godfather) from a great rescue up near Coimbra called Pegadas & Bigodes (they are wonderful – highly recommended – Natasha really cares). He was abandoned by...
什么期望在你的第一个葡萄牙D7居留签证预约

一种方式成为中美. expat in Portugal is to apply for your Portuguese D7 residency visa (also known as the Portugal Schengen Residence Visa). 一旦它被授予, 你会被批准 4 个月. When you go to...
Do I Need to Speak Portuguese When I Come to Lisbon?

也许你已经听到吨的约葡萄牙和里斯本特别伟大的事情. 你听说过的好天气, 价格, and if you have been following Madonna’s Instagram account (or mine), you know that it’s “the” place to...
最好的里斯本厨艺学校

这么, my mom is coming to visit me in Portugal for the first time since my relocation. I wanted to give her something very special to take home. 我不是tchotchkes的大风扇, and Antonio suggested that...
The (Almost) Complete Guide to Lisbon Portugal

I decided to put together this (Almost) complete guide to Lisbon Portugal based on my travels, 搬到乡, dealing with locals and learning about what it means to be an expat in Portugal. As some of our...
在哪里存放行李在里斯本

人们总是问我在哪里存放行李在里斯本. Did you not plan it before you came? Did you not read this article? Me either. 当他们有短暂停留这通常发生, 在邮轮上, digital...
如何获取葡萄牙启动签证

Boom! Portugal does it again. The Ministry of Economy has just announced that in 2018 they will offer a Portugal Startup Visa aimed at wooing foreign startups to relocate to the Iberian coast. This is a great addition to...
50 必须有技巧移动到里斯本

移动到一个新的国家可能很难, confusing and scary. I went through those feelings in that exact order multiple times when I officially moved to Lisboa earlier this year. It had been 6 years in the making...
Is Portugal Racist?

No…not really. 也许一点点. 有殖民主义的历史. The Portuguese were one of the biggest slave traders in the world (move over you Dutch and British slave traders). But is Portugal racist now? I would...
Lisbon Prices: A Guide to How Much You’ll Pay for Things in Lisbon

如果您计划在任访问里斯本或移动到葡京, you’re probably making a budget (if you’re not, you should be). 否则, 你可能会问自己“是里斯本看病贵”. 今天, I’ll be discussing Lisbon prices so...
Lisbon Art Classes

我做艺术我的整个生命. 当我老了, life (work) got in the way. 这就是为什么我开始服用艺术课程, 它使人们所以我不得不创建. In NYC I took classes at the Art...