";s:4:"text";s:4989:" I have a degree in Spanish and French and have traveled in the Latin countries a lot, so even though I’ve never studied Portuguese I can understand half of what I read, and I can easily speak common phrases like bom dia, muito obrigado, etc. Stay away from Portuguese dentists.Why don’t you stay away from Portugal all together?Are you a dentist by chance and naturally want to protect your scheme? Our goal – live a simpler life – and for us – boring works just fine. The country is corrupt, incompetent, and the constant changing of laws drive you crazy. I agree there are all the downsides you mention but thats a lot less then most countries I visited and I am glad I live here.Hi Sue, I am originally from Amsterdam and have been living in Cape Town for the last 20 years. After 15 years living and working in the Bahamas, we are ready for retirement return to Europe.
I don’t want to be a lying, poorly educated, misfit with a sociopathic disorder.
are NOT in any way, shape or form easier than Portuguese!! It’s like the country is made for a certain elite and even belonging to that elite one must work hard to get the favors….it works on pure kinship, unfortunately. I would love to get in touch with you! This article on Portugal by James Cave was a breath of fresh air. Not everyone does it: it depends on the individual person/company.You forget dog poop all o ver the floor and vandalism grafite covering even train Windows. And, if they live above you, you’ll probably hear them walking around as well. I’ll need to give the article an update. Cascais, for example, is very nice and has a large community of other retirees but it’s also very expensive. The Grão Vasco Museum, the Tesouro da Misericórdia and the Tesouro da Sé de Viseu Museum, which has been witness to 900 years of history, all provide pleasant cultural outings.Viseu is a city with a wealth of culinary offerings, delighting visitors with dishes as varied as Lafões Veal, ‘Chanfana’, roast lamb, codfish on cornbread and the ‘Bôla’, a brioche-style bread filled with different cured meats.The Fontelo sports park allows for the practice of varied sports.
Also, fuel is insanely expensive (almost $5/gallon). Old People in lisbon last year were dying from the cold but you had to read about it in the Spanish newspapers. Lisbon, the Alentejo, and the Algarve are all be very hot in the summer so you can probably rule there out – especially the Alentejo. Having lived in 3 countries and visited about 45 of them, plus married to a Russian, I have experienced a thing or two.
I am surprised to read about the dog poop thing. It’s not been easy and I’m finally deciding it’s time to move on to a place where people are a bit more positive ( the negativity of the people drives me nuts) . May I ask what part of the country you live in?What can you tell me about living there and working as a chiropractor (quiropraxista) in say, Porto!? Portugal has taught me to look at the beauty of the place, spend time with friends, we’ve made loads of great friends, we drink a little too much wine, long warm sunny Algarvian days just sitting in the square. The rest is not necessary.That Portugal is ‘in its early stage of global interest’ is an interesting feeling to experience in a country that was one of the first to explore, conquer and settle less developed countries on the other side of the world, in the early modern period of global history.
Lol, I guess you could call then all First World Problems!Zane, totally agree with you! It was a spelling error.Spelling pedants, not grammar police.
Further information at The Feira de São Mateus is a fair which has taken place every year in Viseu for the past 626 years. This is because Portuguese houses are designed with summer in mind: they’re designed to stay cool rather than warm up. If you don’t have that sense of community, it’s much harder to deal with everything else.Very useful stuff – thank you. You’ll have more options if you’re in Lisbon or the Algarve but you’ll probably need to look at jobs first in order to know where you’ll be. A big pro we do have in France is superb health care, but only available once you’ve negotiated the bureaucracy involved in accessing it. I will be on pension and wife will work so our income/savings should be fine. The streets are narrow, and the cities themselves are quite compact and small.
It’s just ridiculous to say that Chinese is easier to speak. I have learnt to adapt and keep positive and remember the traffic and pollution in the UK!Why would you want to do that in another country?