Comments on: Part 5. Portugal https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/ Lisa and John and the world. Mon, 20 May 2024 12:08:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: John https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/#comment-55 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:50:53 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2268#comment-55 In reply to Liz.

Ok, update. No lie, the same morning that I read your comment, I received an email that someone had just subscribed to our blog. Which, again, I did not know was a thing you could do(!). Soooooo… yeah. The feature is in there, I just need to figure out how to make it less obscure. 😀 More soon.

]]> By: John https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/#comment-54 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:40:19 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2268#comment-54 In reply to Liz.

Hi Liz!

Glad you’re here. 🙂 Speaking of fb, have you found the “Puget Sounders Interested in Portugal” group yet? I’m mildly surprised at just how man of us there are, but there are dozens and dozens! There have even been a couple of meet-ups lately.

Since we’ll be old hands (HA!) by the time you’re planning to come over, please do look us up; we’ve learned so, so much from other recent immigrants and I know we’ll be keen to pay it forward when the opportunity arises.

]]> By: John https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/#comment-53 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:36:39 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2268#comment-53 In reply to Kat.

Huh…. interesting questions. We’re still new at this (or at least, new to inviting more than our immediate family to read us hehehehe) and those things hadn’t even occurred to me. Maaaaybe it’s possible? Please hang tight, I will poke at those features this afternoon and see what’s up with them. 🙂

]]> By: Liz https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/#comment-52 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 01:14:17 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2268#comment-52 Hi John & Lisa,

Fellow Seattle-ite here (currently trapped on West Seattle Island) who found your blog via the Americans in PT FB group. I am greatly enjoying following your adventures! Portugal is still pretty distant future for us at this stage – our first visit to the country will be Oct. 2022 – but it’s interesting to see how much our thought process/discussions track with yours.

Looking forward to reading more!

]]> By: Kat https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/#comment-51 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:17:58 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2268#comment-51 Greetings from fellow intrepid D7 seekers! We made it through the SF VFS office… Very much enjoying your blog but I can’t figure out how to sign up for notifications or your email list? 🙂 Thank you and best of luck!! Looking forward to following along on your journey.

]]> By: John https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/#comment-50 Sat, 02 Oct 2021 17:33:36 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2268#comment-50 In reply to awnyc.

“Park your rumps rather than our assets.” LOL I think I want that on a t-shirt! Exactly right, though – we keep thinking “well, maybe we can ‘only’ explore the rest of Europe for a couple of months, but we can either explore Portugal for 10 months or… work a desk job? How is this even a conversation?”

Do you know where you’re going yet? Not to spoil future blog posts, but we should be in Braga by December 1st; love to meet up for lunch or something, and really anywhere in the country is fine by us. 🙂

]]> By: awnyc https://the-ramble.net/2024/05/20/part-5-portugal/#comment-49 Sat, 02 Oct 2021 14:28:54 +0000 https://the-ramble.net/?p=2268#comment-49 Yes, exactly! My spouse and I did the same analysis. We had been thinking about filing a GV application as early as late 2019, in preparation for moving in 2023-ish. With each of the GV options, the combined gov’t fees and lost earnings potential for the money we would be parking seemed to average out between $200-250k. When covid hit we quickly realized we’d rather just wait till 2021, supercharge our savings, and then park our rumps rather than our assets in Portugal. We submitted our D7 app in late July, and are targeting next month for our move.

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