Dirk Scott
Scottish expat in Portugal
Forum posts
14
About me
Scottish
Speaks English, bad French, patchy Portuguese.
Registration: 17 September 2014
Activity
Expat loneliness - Does it get any better? by PamDakan
Posted from my blog: papillon-pam.blogspot.pt/2014/11/expat-lonelinessdoes-it-get-any-better.html#more The rains have started here in Portugal. It's funny, when I first moved here two years ago, all I kept reading about was how good the ...
Maybe it's just the loneliness of old age creeping up on us... Read More
Essentials to live in Portugal by Christine
Hi, As an expat living in Portugal, what would you advise the ones about to pack to bring along? What are the items you can easily find in Portugal? On the other hand, what is less common or quite expensive? Share with us what you would ...
1) Good manners will make your stay most enjoyable. Portugal retains the old world charm of Europe and the sort of blunt demands we make of each other in the UK are seen as extremely rude. Waiters, shop staff and restaurateurs consider themselves to ... Read More
Tips and advice to thrive in Portugal by Priscilla
Hi, When living in a foreign country, you have to adapt to a new environment, various cultures and different social codes. How did you manage to adjust to Portugal? How long does it take to feel at home? Would you say it is an easy ...
If you have a non-Portuguese car, leave a card in your windscreen with your mobile number on it. Then if anyone needs you to move it -or the police need you to move it- they can contact you. I did this and a nice engineer rang me to warn that they ... Read More
LEARN OVER A THOUSAND PORTUGUESE WORDS IN A FEW MINUTES by James
http://subasanta.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/portu.jpg?w=500&h=332 For all of you English speaking members who are struggling to learn or improve your Portuguese, believe it or not you can learn over 1000 Brazilian Portuguese words in under ten ...
Been here 18 months now and it's as I say. It is the advice in phrase books too. Maybe your girlfriend had found a sneaky way to put other women off you! There is a general opinion that the amount of Brazilian TV shown in Portugal has had a big ... Read More
LEARN OVER A THOUSAND PORTUGUESE WORDS IN A FEW MINUTES by James
http://subasanta.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/portu.jpg?w=500&h=332 For all of you English speaking members who are struggling to learn or improve your Portuguese, believe it or not you can learn over 1000 Brazilian Portuguese words in under ten ...
"Thankyou - Unlike in "Continental" Portuguese here MEN always say OBRIGADO and WOMEN always say OBRIGADA no matter who they are speaking to. This is different in Portugual where you say OBRIGADA to women and OBRIGADO to men ... Read More
What do you like the most in Portugal? by Christine
Hi, Living abroad, expats discover and enjoy a new environment. What do you like the most in Portugal? What seduced you when settling and living here? Share with us your favorite part of living in Portugal and the reason why you enjoy ...
I'm an expat Brit, so I'm happy to spend ages saying good morning, shaking hands, making small talk and worrying about things like having saucers under cups and eating chicken legs with a knife and fork. As a result the vast majority of ... Read More
What do you like the most in Portugal? by Christine
Hi, Living abroad, expats discover and enjoy a new environment. What do you like the most in Portugal? What seduced you when settling and living here? Share with us your favorite part of living in Portugal and the reason why you enjoy ...
I like the way Portuguese people rave on about what's wrong with Portugal and how terrible it is and how wonderful it must be in the UK, or USA, or Switzerland etc etc. I don't argue any more . Last time I was back in the UK I took a ... Read More
What do you like the most in Portugal? by Christine
Hi, Living abroad, expats discover and enjoy a new environment. What do you like the most in Portugal? What seduced you when settling and living here? Share with us your favorite part of living in Portugal and the reason why you enjoy ...
Oops Eileen Vicente, are you not an immigrant too! Read More
Where is it safe to buy a property not far from the Coast? by beverleyjane
hello please could people send me some sugestions of where would be great to buy a property in portugal we have donw lots of research but would be great to hear from expats living there we aare a family of 3 with a little boy of 6 we know we want to ...
I know this is going to sound boring but, can I suggest you consider renting for a while? Property in Portugal (outside Lisbon) is very easy to buy and looks very cheap. However it is very difficult to sell again. Houses do not shoot up in value, ... Read More
Expat loneliness - Does it get any better? by PamDakan
Posted from my blog: papillon-pam.blogspot.pt/2014/11/expat-lonelinessdoes-it-get-any-better.html#more The rains have started here in Portugal. It's funny, when I first moved here two years ago, all I kept reading about was how good the ...
I'm afraid you have really hit the nail on the head, James. English speakers plead all sorts of special reasons why they cannot learn a foreign language, whilst ignoring he fact that their own countries are full of people from other countries ... Read More
Expat loneliness - Does it get any better? by PamDakan
Posted from my blog: papillon-pam.blogspot.pt/2014/11/expat-lonelinessdoes-it-get-any-better.html#more The rains have started here in Portugal. It's funny, when I first moved here two years ago, all I kept reading about was how good the ...
Ah, the expat life. Is it just a trap for dreamers? I was bought up on a chicken farm, and if you let the birds out of their cages for a short while, they would go back in quite happily. But it they were out for a day or two, no way were they going ... Read More
Money by sophietta
Can I actually , operative word is "live" on about 1000 USD per month somewhere very near the water but close to a cultural centre?
On that amount you might struggle in Lisbon. Take look at. Cost of Living Index 2015 numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings.jsp Where you can compare counties, cities etc. Portugal on average earns about half per person what we get in the UK but that ... Read More
to correspond by lola11200
Hello everyone, I am called Aurélie, I am 31 years old and I would like much to correspond with a Scot to learn some more on this splendid country. Do not hesitate to contact me So long Aurélie
I am a Scot living in Lisbon. Like so many people of Scottish origin I do not live in Scotland. The place drives us crazy. The weather is really bad a lot of the time, then suddenly... It is the most beautiful country in the world. It is the only ... Read More