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Portugal

Getting A Life

by Move to Portugal July 19, 2009

This week I’ve started to read a book called Getting A Life after it was recommended by Tony. The book is about real lives transformed by the nine steps of Your Money of Your Life. So far it’s great; it really sums up how we feel about escaping the rat race and simplifying our lives. The [...]

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Weekly Update: July 12th 2009

by Move to Portugal July 12, 2009

I blogged about getting into the garden in April and it’s taken until now to make a little progress. We’re trying to get it back to (almost) zero so that it’s low maintenance; I have fence painting pencilled in for August and once that’s completed we can start to do little jobs inside the house.
We haven’t decided [...]

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Change of Plans {Probably}

by Move to Portugal June 28, 2009

Hi everybody, hope you are all well

You would laugh if you knew how many times dh and I change our mind about Portugal; not moving there, but how to go about it and where to live.
Questions we ask ourselves-

City, beach or country? This would all depend on work anyway.
Mortgage or rental?
Do we sell [...]

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Lisbon Here We Come

by Move to Portugal May 30, 2009

The last couple of weeks have been all about work, work, work, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, Monday we’re off to Lisbon for a few days and I can’t wait. It looks beautiful in all the pictures and I’m really ready for a break.
I seem to be in a little slump at [...]

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Show Me The Money

by Move to Portugal May 20, 2009

My apologies for not being around much at the moment, but I’m doing what I’ve gotta do to get to Portugal; earn money!
It’s times like these when I wonder if it’s all worth it. I know it is, it’s just tiredness creeping in.
Focus, focus, focus, only 1137 days to go
{photo credit: daviddmuir}

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