Moving to Portugal: What the hell are we thinking?
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Moving to Portugal: Our Thought Process
So far, we’ve been called brave, bold, and inspiring. Our goal with this blog is to provide a peek behind the curtains of our thought process, the actual process of moving to Portugal, and to inspire others not to worry about what people think of their decisions, but to make decisions that are best for them.
After “Why Portugal?”, the next question we get is, “What made you decide to do that?” There are a lot of moving pieces to that puzzle, so I’ll attempt to explain how we arrived at our decision to move to the newly famous Portugal.
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Ever since studying abroad in London together, our dream has been to live an international life. We love to travel, but even more, we love to immerse ourselves in other cultures. We’ve traveled extensively and even had a few opportunities to live in other countries for work before starting our family. Since having our daughter five years ago, we’ve traveled internationally a few times but weren’t really looking for more permanent relocation. We have had fun raising Brooklyn babies and gotten pretty good at living the Brooklyn family life.
Since having our son in 2019 we have not traveled internationally at all (thanks global pandemic) but have spent time with family and friends in Texas, Florida, California, Upstate New York, Cape Cod, and Connecticut.
Our good family friend Kelen Camehl took the Budapest photo above. His family lived in Budapest for 3 years.
An Unexpected Mindshift
Suddenly, the grind of raising a family in a bruised and battered NYC became less appealing. Something shifted in our minds.
Why wait for the next international opportunity to come to us? Why not just go? Our dream for retirement has always been to own a bed and breakfast somewhere beautiful and live out our days drinking Portuguese wine in the sun giving the gift of unforgettable travel experiences to all those who crossed our path.
Why wait until retirement? Neither of us is so amazingly engrossed in our careers that we wouldn’t be willing to give it up for the dream. Isn’t that why we all work so hard anyway? So, rather than wait, we’re going to go. We’re leaving the U.S. and moving to Portugal and would love to share our journey with you!
Want to know what’s next?
Check out our checklist for moving abroad to Portugal.
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