In 2020, Rhian moved to the Algarve from London. Having visited coffee plantations all over the world, he was keen to bring a new flavour of coffee to Portugal and soon began experimenting with roasting beans at home. Fast forward …
Today, we’re speaking with Ivan Ivanov who’s living in Monsaraz, a picturesque town in Portugal’s Alentejo region. Originally from Bulgaria, our interviewee moved to Portugal nearly 5 years ago, having lived in the UK previously, and has been living in …
Bounce is the largest network of luggage storage and locker providers worldwide. It’s popular with travelers or people going to events who want to leave their luggage on arrival or departure day, instead of dragging their bags around the city. …
After falling in love with Portugal, Marisa DeSalvio made the decision to move from her busy life in Washington, DC to Lisbon. As she already ran a luxury travel agency, DeSalvio Travel, she used Portugal’s D2 or entrepreneur visa to …
Stephanie Durães moved to Portugal from the US in 1986, long before most other people were thinking about Portugal as a place to live. In this interview, she discusses what Portugal was like then, how she learned the Portuguese language, …
Lisbon tour guide Elena Bicu moved from Romania to Lisbon for her Erasmus but loved it so much that she decided to make Lisbon her permanent home. In this interview we look at how she almost didn’t end up in …
Practice Portuguese is one of the most comprehensive (and most popular) tools for learning European Portuguese. It’s something many people living in Portugal will be familiar with, but most people probably don’t know the story of how it came to …
Mia Esmeriz has been teaching European Portuguese online through her website and YouTube channel since 2017. A native Portuguese speaker, she shares some of the resources she recommends to her students as well as her tips for learning Portuguese in …
David McNeill is the owner of Expat Empire, a website that helps you in the process of moving abroad and which he runs from Porto. But although he’s based in Portugal now, this wasn’t where he initially thought he’d end …
Larry Feign is an award-winning artist and writer, author of historical fiction, and cartoonist whose work has appeared in Time, The Economist, Fortune, the New York Times, and other publications. Books include the novel The Flower Boat Girl and Aieeyaaa, …