Hello travel bugs!
We are Dianne and Guillermo (and Che and Buddy), as many of you know we retired early in 2018 and moved out of the United States to find our forever home somewhere in the world.
We lived in Guadalajara, Mexico for the first 3 years and now we just reached our 1 year anniversary homebased in Lisbon, Portugal.
We wanted to give you a general update, share some of our experiences and things that stood out living here so far.
We separated them in different categories and in no particular order. Remember..these are our own experiences and observations, share yours in the comments if you live in Portugal or if you’re planning on moving here, also leave a comment with your questions and we’ll be sure to respond quickly and to the best of our knowledge.
Thank you for watching!
Chapter List:
00:00 Start Intro
00:10 One Year Living in Lisbon General Updates (Our travels, Learning Portuguese, Monthly Expenses, Pet/House Sitting, Winter humidity, Summer)
05:18 What we learned about Transportation
06:55 What we learned about Housing
10:15 What we learned about Culture
14:00 What we learned about Infrastructure and Business Culture
16:56 What we learned about Food and Drink
19:30 What we learned about Beaches
20:06 What we learned about Dog and Cat Friendliness
20:58 What we learned about Creatures
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Good to see you' both are still enjoying traveling….be well friends!
Great 1 year recap! Thanks for doing this
Thanks! Another great video!
In last 30 years only one person die from the bite of a snake (the only poisonous snake in Portugal we call Víbora Cornuda – Vipera latastei). But was a old man about 70, that dont see the snake behind the brambles, he was tell his daughter that was a wasp that bite him, after some hours when he start to have complication they go to a near hospital and was to late and he die.
If you go to Geres or Estrela mountains be aware this small snake with less than 70cms, they hate urban areas and they only bite if we step on them by a mistake, because they run from humans, they only want to use their precious poison in mouses and rodents.
About Caterpillars they are only danger to dogs or cats. Dont remember at least in last 30 years any news about a person die from them, not even small children. But yes, dogs and cats if the owner dont go right away to vet, they can die.
I recently learn to drive a plus >125cm3 motorcycle (we call A1) and i'm Portuguese and the waiting to your drive licence to come with the change is more than 3 months, the IMT are providing temporary permit, because the waiting time is so high, i dont understand why this happening…
"There are over 250 native grape varieties". Here's a bit of trivia that is going to blow your mind. Commercial fruit plantations usually use "hybrid" trees, one cultivar supplies the rootstock, and then a different cultivar is grafted onto it (the scion) to supply the fruit bearing part of the tree.
In Portugal, at least 95% of vineyards use an American cultivar for the root system. It's a cultivar that doesn't even produce grapes on its own, but has a strong root system and, most importantly, is resistant to the phylloxera insect. Then one of the Portuguese cultivars is grafted onto those roots. Portuguese vineyards are actually half-American!
Awesome to see another video and very good information about a country we are seriously considering to retire to in the near future. Thank you for sharing this information. My wife Annette & I are going to be in Lisbon in May and really look forward to seeing this beautiful city you all call home.
Great as always. How would you compare cost of living between Guadalajara and where you are now? Thanks.
Talking abut infrastructure, I got so tired of walking on those side walks, which are murderous; I have seen so many pedestrians badly injure themselves on them. No amount of walking shoes with good traction will make it easy. I just could not imagine living there and having to do this day in and day out. They look good but totally impractical. Top this off with numerous other problems, Portugal is not an easy place to live. Yes, great place to visit though.
You don't need to use a one euro coin for the supermarket carts, everybody uses plastic chips that are the same size as one euro coins. They give them away for free at supermarkets. Just pay attention to how other people unlock the carts.
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Fabulous video & very informative! Can’t wait to share this with my Economic & Personal Finance students.
Another great video!
Great seeing you guys again. Super informative videos as usual. Thanks a million!