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Converting Our Visa To A Residence Permit
We chronicled the saga of obtaining our visas through the San Francisco Portuguese consulate in several previous posts. The visas which we received in June are temporary and allow us to stay in Portugal for 4 months or until our assigned appointment with Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) which is the equivalent of immigration/border…
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Is ABC Really As Easy As 123?
Back in November of 2021 when we shifted our retirement in Portugal from neutral to “full speed ahead” we signed up for Duolingo in order to start our Portuguese language studies. We learned a lot of words, a bit about sentence structure, and some verb conjugation. Duolingo is fun and I still enjoy it daily,…
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Summertime Reading
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Living With Less
In April we started packing up our house in Medford, Oregon. In addition to all of the “sell, donate, or ship” decisions about our property, we also started deciding what necessities we would stuff in suitcases, carry ons, and pet carriers and lug with us to Portugal. We knew the main bulk of our property…
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2 Months In Portugal
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Some Mediocre Books
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Cats On A Hot Tile Roof
We are currently engaged in a battle of wills with cats. Our jet black fuzzy twins are young, vivacious, inquisitive, and stubborn. All of the Finazzo felines have lived a strictly indoor existence. We do this not only for their own health and safety, but also out of concern for the wildlife they would likely…
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3 Weeks In Portugal
So much has happened since we arrived on June 20th in our new country. We wanted to give an overview of how things are going, what we have struggled with, and things we have learned along the way. Andrew and I are each going to weigh in with our personal perspectives thus far. Highlights (Michelle)…
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Nossa Casa Em Olhão, Portugal
After our long flight all five of us were so very happy to finally land in Lisbon. We had heard rumors about four hour waits at passport control because of worker shortages but there was literally no line when we arrived. Michelle zoomed to the airport veterinarian with the three furry kids and I went…
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The Big Trip
