For the last 12 months, it feels like every other sentence has started with ‘When we’ve moved…’ So, here’s a little compilation of what followed that phrase while we wait for the sellers to demolish the old home. Yes, you read that right, there is… Read More »When we’ve moved…
Feliz or Bom Ano Novo! Happy new year! I hope that the year will bring you joy, health, fun things, the accomplishments you are after, and, of course, world peace for us all. For us, I also hope it brings us a house. I didn’t… Read More »Feliz Ano Novo: It’s 2024 and we’re -almost- buying a house!
5 and 4 weeks ago, respectively, Rene and I got onto a plane and left our life in the UK behind. Since then multiple people have asked us variations of the following questions: The answers to those questions are all in the realm of ‘we… Read More »“How are you finding it? Did you make the right decision?” – Early observations of living in Portugal
The last blog has been a few weeks ago, when we were still waiting for our stuff to arrive. It was written on the day that Rene was due to arrive. On the day our lovely Lily was being cruised through France and Spain due… Read More »Settling in: Unsettling stuff!
Yeah, remember that? Well. It is very much true. While still an exciting adventure, moving internationally is all about patience. And sometimes it runs out a bit. But, let’s start at the beginning! Departure Last time this week, I was where Rene is now. Driving… Read More »Remember when we said moving house was a waiting game?
The feeling of being in limbo is finally over! Even though everything, in the end, went rather quickly, it felt like everything took ages, especially waiting for all the house selling admin and a lot of back and forth about the actual completion date. But…… Read More »Things take flight
Now that our trip is coming to an and, we can say it has been a great success. Not only did we manage to get all the things organised that we wanted to organise, but it has also reaffirmed our belief that we will very… Read More »Wrapping up our trip
This weekend we traveled to Porto to collect the keys to our new rental home in Portugal! Saddle up for a longer post! Espinho chaos We traveled to Porto on Friday morning. We had arranged with the estate agents that we would collect the keys… Read More »Collecting the keys to our new home
Now that we have started packing more of our stuff, it becomes a bit of a mindset. Everything you see gets evaluated (and often over and over again). Should it stay or should it go? Do we need it in the next few weeks? What… Read More »Should it stay or should it go
When we moved from The Netherlands to the United Kingdom back in 2011, a lot of things were different. We were younger, and we had a lot less stuff. Rather than using a removal company, we rented a van and, with the help of parents,… Read More »Moving house is 50% perspiration and 50% administration