Why Living in Portugal Doesn't Work for MOST Americans 

It seems to be the same issue in every country. I think its actually property being brought and owned by large American real estate companies

This happens here in America. We have a huge homeless problem because people run out of money and can't keep a roof over their heads. The rich push us out just like you are being pushed out. It is happening everywhere and I am not sure what the answer is. The only thing I can come up with is that there are still these beautiful villages with stone houses in Portugal and Italy that were abandoned by the people who lived there for better economic opportunities in the major cities. I did read about an abandoned village in Spain where a group people moved there and fixed up the houses and the businesses. They started with the bakery and took it from there. I don't know if this is even a possibility in Portugal. I don't want to see the Portuguese priced out of their own country.

@@user-xt7pp5yy9w in NYC (where I'm from and still live - for now) our understanding is that properties here are being bought by overseas investors who either want a safe place to store their money or want a place to escape to if necessary. New housing is built that is called "affordable" because it is in the range of 100-130 percent of the adjusted median income (AMI) is well out of the price range of people whose income is in the 40-80% AMI range. People come here from out of town and share apartments that are not made for the number of people who live here. Finally a new law was enacted that started today that prevents people from renting out their apartments for less than 30 days. People would get an apartment and then AirBnB it for much more than the rent while they lived somewhere else. Unfortunately people are being priced out everywhere, so at least I - a not wealthy NYer - have both compassion and understanding for the Portuguese people.

What country would a Portuguese person move to that might be cheaper to live??

@@thurstonhowelllll948 there are many countries; the question is whether or not a Portuguese person would *want* to move to certain countries where cost is the only criteria.

Same here. I'm from Pt and live in the US for 23 years now. I'm returning tho, and I'm a bit afraid of the culture shock 😅... but if Dave can handle it, I guess why not me. Dave is ABSOLUTELY right about pt, now imagine how it was back 20 years ago!

I’m curious if you and the other native Portuguese commenter (living now in the U.S.) would mind commenting on the motivation for moving to the States and whether you feel like the U.S. has been able to fulfill those wishes

@@fotiniwaltonmore money, we are not treated as slaves by our bosses. Work culture is really bad in Portugal. We pay heavy taxes in Portugal because we are still paying the for German bank’s incompetence as well as our politicians lack of integrity.

I'm Portuguese and I live in the US too

I have lived and worked in the USA, had the privilege to travel and visit various states. Have reached the conclusion that I rather live in place that is full of problems, not in wonderland. As you we say 'quem não está bem que se mude'.

People make the place

Well said! People who are kind and generous and genuine respond to those who act likewise.

So rare your atitude in people moving here...

sendo finlandês como sabes escrever português? só não gostei da frase, que "somos muito pobres"nós não nos consideramos coitadinhos, nem pobrezinhos...não repitas isso, tá?

Glad to see our Portuguese people are finding their way back home from countries that despise them for contributing to their growth and treating them with dignity

Nevertheless Portuguese natives are all stressed out

Appreciate this!

sure go relax. oh, about that deal? sorry it was taken by a competitor lol.

Open your eyes and have a look at how Portuguese people are living. Your reality is a total fairy tale that could basically happen anywhere in the world, it has nothing to do with "Portugal".

Snakker du fremdeles dansk ? 😉🙋‍♀️jeg er norsk. Elsker Danmark, vært mange mange ganger. Også vært i Portugal for mange år siden. Så vakkert der, men fattig land den gangen. Jeg bor i Norge. Ville heller bodd 1.Danmark 2. Portugal aldri i USA. USA har blitt Crazy. More peaceful in both Portugal and Scandinavia😊

I'm portuguese from Lisbon and... yeah, they should read it, i also have the book, both of them!

@@user-fk2yk8gg8jno.

OMG! I read that book way back in the late 90s after my first visit to Portugal! It made me want to move here right away. It took me until 2022 to get here, but I have that book on my bookshelf! And now I’m putting together stories of my own that resemble the experiences that couple had with the quirks of Portugal which I love with all my heart!

Lol that sounds depressing

its just america is located far further south than europe. portugal is on the same latitude as new york

​@@zhufortheimpaler4041not really, it's actually related to de oceanic streams, Portugal's cold waters are due to the north african atlantic stream that feeds cold water from the depths of the ocean that flows north from the mauritanian coast up to the north of the iberian peninsula, there it mixes with the warm gulf stream that flows eastwards, thus the water is usually warmer in the gulf of biscay than in Portugal.

Not only do they have to survive the harsher marine environment, now they have to survive getting fished for their delicious flesh by us too

I love Madeira. Only thing is... It's too hilly. Will probably settle for the second best... The Ahhhlgarrrve (as Dave pronounces it). 😊

just go to the Madeira Home Depot 😂

Great vlog! Having lived in Portugal for almost 3 years now, I can say with confidence that real estate agents and firms, in general do not work together to share commissions and actually fight each other, to the detriment of buyers. Regarding the snail pace, it is a huge adjustement for most americans, especially those coming from big cities, but it helps tremendously to speak portuguese, even a little bit, because the locals will greatly appreciate the effort. But if they start to speak in english, don't feel bad because most of them just want to practice their english 😂

I don't believe everyone can adjust (or wants to!). For example, I know Madeira would not be for me because I don't want to live on an island (I visited Madeira - it is beautiful - just not for me). Every place isn't for everyone, and that's okay! On the other hand, being from a large city in the northeastern US, I am used to everything not being brand new. In my neighborhood, the people who want to live in new buildings are generally not from my city, but are from other parts of the country where they are used to new everything. Everyone has their preferences; the important thing is to know what suits you so that you don't move and have an awful experience that could have been avoided.

Yup..same in Italy. They don't have 50 thousand contractors for every trade to call for an estimate. Lol. No. You have a few that are overbusy and you wait.

Yes, Portugal can be good under certain conditions. I did my college study abroad in Portugal in 1990-91. Bureaucracy, slowness, etc was a problem then too but the internet nor email existed then. Half of the ppl didn't have telephones in their houses because it was too expensive to get installed, and that wasn't even counting monthly service fee, local or long distance minutes. Dealing with bureaucracy of the university, getting a transportation monthly pass (with photo)...barcodes didn't exist then either, renting a room month to month was hard enough with a paperback dictionary. If ppl don't have to deal with service providers (plumbers, etc), cars/driving, and you are a retired person who might be having issues illing the time..then Portugal could be a good fit. But in US, after businesses decided that every encounter could be an 'experience'....ie) customer service on steroids.. As well as for every one business in a city there are usually a couple of competitors who are willing to do anything to get your business. Not having ppl show up or on time is rare unless they are dumb enough to try to use the freeway during rush hour, or they have problems. (In this situation, I was actually charged for the time they sat in traffic...which I thought completely unfair since there are frontage roads to avoid the freeway...but the company wouldn't budge on the charge.) The can-do, as soon as possible spirit of US...will make it difficult for anyone used to the conveniences of 'instantaneous' response ...to go somewhere where they feel like they've gone back in time. How is the language learning going? Taken a class yet? I had had 3 yrs of college Portuguese before I went. I was completely literate...could speak full sentences, could write essays, could speak with a European accent and knew European grammar...but though I could understand my college instructors and other students, it took me 6 months to understand anything that was spoken to or around me. WTH...wasn't expecting that. Turned out that half my classmates were in the same boat but many of them left after 5 months.. (Guess I had the opposite of an immigrant's child...they typically know how to speak/understand but can't read or write correctly (unless their parents spoke exactly grammatically correct..most parents don't and so when one goes to school, you have to unlearn your spoken grammar. Sigh!)

I forgot to say that I enjoyed my year abroad and could understand everything by the time I left. I loved having affordable available transportation to get to most tourist places of the country...except Tras-os-Montes (Bragança area) and Castelo Branco. Made many friendships and had good experiences.

​@@maryr7593European grammar? What's that?

@@thomasbarchen European Portuguese is a bit different than Brazilian Portuguese. Portuguese people are more familiar with Brazilian Portuguese because they have soap opera like tv shows. Brazilians might be less informed about the grammar of European Portuguese. I don't know how many tv shows were produced in Portugal and exported to Brazil. Just like British English vs American English..there are differences in words, spellings, and ways of saying things. Many foreigners arrive in US having learned British English and are surprised that Americans don't know these English words. (Well that was experience in 1999-2003....so before internet became mainstream, before we could view tv shows from other countries, before youtube, etc. Example: a student neighbor originally from Switzerland in a college town asked to borrow a spammer. I was at a loss. His dictionary german to English was of no help to me. I asked what you use it for, what does it look like...drawing pictures, hand gestures and it was a wrench. Grr...either wrench or screw driver....cant recall off hand.)

You are in the honeymoon phase.

You are rigth!!!

Well said!!

Sounds like my neighborhood and kitchen, there is community, morality and swaths of freedom to be had in every US state at this point in time, even in the blue states outside of the densely populated blue cities

Boa sorte Madalena.. Caso queiras, espero que voltes um dia, e que os preços impossíveis que esta moda de Portugal entre os estrangeiros ricos não torne impossível um dia comprar casa cá..

Muito obrigada e tudo de bom para si. Sim, eu pago impostos aqui em Inglaterra e trabalho bastante. Com muito gosto, acrescento. Tenho receio que essa moda continue... espero que nao. Portugal tem uma alma grande e generosa mas tem que haver limites.

i'm not surprised, the americans are very ignorant

Such a stupid thing to say and shows a complete lack of language understanding!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 we share several common phonological features, i myself, born, raised and living in portugal, think often that russians are speaking portuguese if the distance is long enough.

Enjoy!

Bem Vindos

As a US-based Trini I feel like the challenges he mentions are just a regular day in the life of a Trinidadian. No wonder I fell in love with Portugal because it's just like home...🙃...lol...I can't wait until I can pack up my bags and my two Corsos and move there. In the meantime I will satisfy my daydreams with trips to Lisboa...See you next week💌

Maybe the city Guimarães or Braga in the north of Portugal.

@@ricardogomes4523 we recently rented a small apartment in Lagos for a year starting in January 2024. I doubt we will be able to buy down south because of the cost.

@@carp6448 How much are rents (approx. range) for 1 bedroom apartments?

Lisbon, my hometown, is considered so fast paced compared to the rest of the country hahaha

I can vouch for Porto and Aveiro

"I guess it’s a European thing where relationships are more important than company goals as a whole". More accurate would be to say it's a southerners' thing all around the world. I live in central Europe and businesses are closer to US than to Portugal.

@@Myko_Life So, are you also an expat ?

@@Maria-js9ou Nope. But I see this trend that the more south you go, the more laid back people are.

@@Myko_Life I agree with that, the further south the more laid back people are. My question is due to the fact that you have a name from Eastern Europe, and since you say that you live in central Europe, I thought you were an expat

​@@Myko_Lifewhy do you think that happens?

Im Portuguese the service is terrible.

@@sportinguista09 Em quê ?...

"tourists are scammed for a reason" is a great honest and true quote.

Do you think that all tourists are disrespectful by default?

@@irenleorr5539 Absolutely not! 99% or more of people are amazing, lovely, actually interested in getting to know the culture, and nice to locals and workers. However, the world is a big place, and sometimes there will be "special" people, who think that they are the center of the world, are extremely rude, and unfair in the way that they treat locals and workers (that's not just tourists by the way, there are obviously local people who are like that as well). I live in Sintra, we get thousands of tourists every day, so I do come across some of those people from time to time. I can give you a very specific example, that happened a few weeks ago. I was going up to the Pena Palace, it's one of the most visited monuments in the whole of Portugal, and to access it, there is only one old and winding road. Traffic was stuck, and not moving. I get out of the car, and walk up the road to find out what is happening. What I found was that there was an angry tourist, who stopped his car in a place where you can't park, on a dangerous corner, and therefore a jam packed tourist bus could not get through. The bus had to stop, and had no room to manoeuvre, and the traffic jam behind it was growing by the second. The angry tourist refused to move his car out of the way, and we are talking about less than 10 feet out of the way literally. He was of course expecting the bus to move out of the way, even when the bus had dozens of people in it, most of them standing because there were not enough seats, while his excellence was by himself in the drivers seat. When I tried to calmly talk to him, he started shouting at me, saying that the bus had to move out of the way, and that he would refuse to move. I kept trying to put some sense in his small head, always politely, and calmly. There was no aggressiveness from my end, but plenty from his. After 5-10 minutes someone else arrived, matching his level of aggressiveness and rudeness. It was not nice at all, tempers flared. He finally moved his car out of the way. To conclude, most people are amazing, I work as a tour guide, and absolutely love what I do, and have never and never will scam people. However, like I said on my first comment, "tourist are scammed for a reason" is a honest, true, and I may add unfortunate quote. Just like you find horrible tourists, you also find horrible "tour guides" (I do not consider them tour guides, some don't even speak Portuguese and make up lies and fake history). Just like the example I gave, I'm sure people can give examples of bad experiences they have had with tourism workers. Those are obviously exceptions, most tourists are cool and most tourism professionals are cool. That is the rule, for which there are, there have been, and there will be many exceptions.

Very sad that EVs are catching on in Portugal, they are not green

Agree it’s 100% better than the UK. I moved to the UK via Argentina and the US and spent a lot of time in both Spain and Portugal. Slow is better for me anyway. The UK is mostly just rude.

Portugal has a better infrastructure for EVs because they make sense in Portugal, you can travel from Lisbon to Oporto in one EV charge and from Lisbon you can reach most of the country without the hassle of having to deviate and wait for an hour to charge your car. In Spain that's not possible, distances are bigger and major cities are not reachable between them in one charge, making EVs impractical for travelling in Spain.

For example?

@@ges4206 Gerês, Aveiro, Coimbra, Nazaré, São Martinho do Porto....

Trying telling that to the Americans. They think Portugal is only Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve!

@@perolagrande That also happens when people visit the US, they only go to Vegas, NYC, LA. Very few people visit small towns in the Mid-West.

Are there areas where there is land enough for a garden? I'd like to grow my own vegetables. Thank you

¡Gracias MV! ¡Portugal también ama a España!

Gracias querido. Besos. 💖

Also a Spanish girl here, and I totally agree! I love Portugal and I wish I could live there ❤

Do you think we'll see change in the next 30 years with the old timer, old way of thinking "getting out of the way", making way for the new generation + native Portuguese who moved abroad and have returned (bringing their open mindedness and experiences and wisdom back with them) + the ambitious immigrants to make an impact?

I think having lived in Europe 13 years Portugal for three that some of the Portuguese issues are structural. Denmark Germany and Switzerland prior residences all have their issues with bureaucracy but Portugal takes it to a kafkaesqe level. Petty corruption keeps people employed at SEF, DMV etc that would have not made it past their first 90 days performance review at.any multinational. Private services can get away with poor services because there is no possibility of quick redress by the legal system. A contractor makes a 8500 USD mistake for a 45.00 filing fee you can without an attorney file in small claims court and plead your case. Our newer condominiums outdoor paint peeled all of in one year because of no sealant, no fungicide, with very thin coverage of the paint. We approved a special assessment because we knew regress if possible would likely only be seen by our heirs and would cost more in legal fees.Portugal lacks significant investment capital. Would you want to invest millions where legal regress is so difficult! I would end by saying there is a cultural passivity that translates to a lack of political engagement. You could call this an inability to talk truth to power, or if you think it's problematic now it used to be worse point of view. You still see people over 65 walking with their head down like one used to see in the former DDR in Germany. There is also a soft hands calloused hands dynamic that plays out in the Lussophere. Advanced education is quite good, but for those not wanting that it is six years of primary and they can leave Schoo. There is not the German speaking emphasis on vocational education, one of the reason the showers drained the wrong way. That 2 percent gradient has been known since Roman times.

I was hoping with all the new immigrants would help the vote to help changes for the better. The political party that would to change things should address the immigrant communities by producing some of their political material in English because unfortunately the immigrants won't know enough Portuguese to understand political speech. Google translate works well for written stuff but not quite for verbal debates. (I'm just saying if they were savvy..they would produce materials to get the immigrants involved in the vote. Not trying to say that all material should always be produced in multiple languages.

Things not changing much may, in a way, be an asset. What is called development in rich countries is not necessarily for the better. There is a lot to say in favor of a slower more balanced pace of life rather than chasing stock markets or working all hours for buying a bigger car.

@@maryr7593 DO you know something???... Immigrants don't vote. Only portuguese citizens have the right to vote in the national elections. And portuguese is the official language, it will always be. If you want translations you'll have to do it yourself or pay someone who does. And another thing: I'm portuguese and I've lived in UK and France. They didn't translate anything to portuguese either while I lived there. It was up to me to understand their language.

I heard that Portugal is very conservative

​@@bendover-bz4bc yes, Portugal is conservative, it is a catholic country and deep roots, but dont confuse it with something like Russia. Gay people are not harassed but are expected to keep their life private as everybody else. Yet there are public gay places, bars in the main cities and gay beaches in some beach towns. Also same for politics, even if people deslike politicians,there is not that divide, that you see in online discussions, which has no ground in real life, may be almost wholly fueled and maintained by political parties and bots.

@@pedropedro8153 As a portuguese living in Porto, i agree and i'd ad that it's getting better. Generally people are getting more open minded and acceptance is becoming the norm. Slowly, but we'll get there! Unless Chega becomes a major political force...

@@CarlosCruz_cc lá se vai a ideia de que: 'and pretty much nobody cares what your politics are'! They don't understand & can't read in portuguese! kkkkk

Portuguese sounds like Russian? Really? To none English speakers Americans sounds more monotone.

@@JeOrtiz1Yes, as a well-travelled Cuban born US citizen, Iberian Portuguese was as foreign to my ear as Russian and the signage/spelling indecipherable as well. Of course if staying longer than a couple of weeks I would focus on immersing myself…

​@@eugeniebreida1583portuguese sounds nothing like russian, wtaf

​@@fuchurZeroYes it does. You have the internet at your disposal. Multiple videos explaining why portugese sounds like russian exist. Go look them up instead of leaving ignorant comments.

@@RK-cj4oc no, I have been to Portugal this autumn and it doesnt sound at all like russian

American here. I am not smiley and my kid often asks if I am ok. It’s just my face, I say. This is what I look like.

It's funny, I've been to the US and the one thing I noticed first is that whenever you go into a store or restaurant, whatever, is the employees smiling and greeting you. That doesn't happen here (in general), but that doesn't annoy me at all (cause I'm not smiley either, I'm an introvert and don't engage easily with people).

3 -Lack of Professionalism - talk for yourself ok?

Porto, Porto, Porto, Porrrrrrrtooo! Go Dragoes!!! I have a flat in Gaia, that I'll retire to in a few years.

If you like antiques, there are some incredible places to pick up real gems. Enjoy!

If you have any favorites you'd like to share I sure would appreciate it!

I went to an antique store. Beautifully set up in the showroom. Incredibly overpriced. I found a small half table to put against a wall... this store priced it at 150 euros. Too rich for me. I kept looking around and asked for some wood carving chisels. They wanted 400 euros for 12 chisels bc 'these have wooden handles'. Too expensive for me. I went to Porto to another antique store, and I found the exact same half table for 17 euros! I had taken pictures and proved this to several friends. I stand out as a foreigner and I believe prices were inflated. I had a mover quote me 'American and Brazilian prices'... I told him I wanted portuguese prices. I used another mover who charged me 1/2 of what the other guy wanted. 😐😑

What part in Spain?

Interesting.... what is it that's different in Spain?

I was looking into Fatima but now you peaked my interest in Spain. What part of Spain??

Me encanta España.

Bla, bla, bla everyone has to do something for a living!

@isabelinhagomes9076 what a strange response. Whatever, have a pleasant day.

@@timetosee9251 I'm Portuguese and, as such, quite sincere and frontal. That was not a strange response, it was a sh*ty one. We also have stupid people in Portugal. We just don't give a rat's as* about them. ;)

​@@timetosee9251 commenter below your original comment meant that Dave does earn an income from his videos. You mentioned he was honest and didnt do it to degrade PT. In fact, Dave probably did it for the thousands of Americans who are moving (or interested in moving) to PT. Give them the "real experience"...as there are many Americans who moved during covid and are moving back because of some of the reasons he listed.

I agree with you people are able to be highly critical of the US because we publicize what goes on here, while other countries keep quiet or downplay issues in their own country. The truth is there unpleasant people all over the world, it personally bothers me foreigners that have lived in the US and greatly benefited trash it to other countries.

Glad you have moved. Stay where you are.

@@isabelinhagomes9076 ok, por alguma razão em específico?

​@@isabelinhagomes9076 Comentário infeliz.

​@@isabelinhagomes9076baseado

@@joaocosta3374 Posso saber a razão para uma opinião tão forte sobre mim?

Regarding customer service: probably the worst in the world… However, there are some ways to improve your experience, here is my tip. It only works when you become a regular customer (that is, go there at least 2 times 😉). Engage with the personnel, ask their name and they’ll your name. Tell a bit about you and ask them simple things like how long they work there, make a compliment to something you genuinely like (like that gorgeous pastry 😋). Chat a bit and don’t be afraid to ask personal questions like “have you family?” and so on. People are generally open and will not take this like an intrusion, quite the contrary. You are showing that you are interested in them, and that is seen positively. Pay attention to also give some information about yourself to them. Next time you come there greet them person when you arrive (bom dia Sr. António, está bom?). Sit down and see how your service experience will change. You’ll become almost part of the family, people will be so much more friendly , the service will be much faster. Try it out. Don’t be afraid if you are still not proficient in Portuguese, in general people will make the effort to try to understand you.

I'm from Ireland and I love swimming in Portugal! 😊

@@MrCasulu The customer service in Norway is terrible as well, and no one can handle a Constructive criticism either. It is very annoying!

​@@MrCasuluworst customer service in the world? You haven't travelled young enough

It's funny I'm from Latvia and I was in Lagos and it was +30 outside and I went into the ocean and i was like - ok, the water is maybe a bit colder than I would expect but not that different from the Baltic most of the summer season. But I looked around and I saw all the people just sunbathing and almost nobody in the ocean... Depends on the perspective I think, in our latitude we do not get really warm water in the sea for a long time, so we take what we get.

Aqui nos Estados Unidos eles copiam tudo: eles tem a Veneza americana, Epcot. E ainda tem a cara de pau de falar que em Portugal ( ou em toda a Europa) tudo é muito velho. Que gente estúpida! Quem vai à Europa quer ver o velho, ou poderiam ir para a Austrália, Canada, US, Brasil, etc…

São muito basicos os camones...

This was actually a good read, and funny too. Thanks!

We live with that every single day in Puerto Rico. It's a very moist, humid and tropical island. Even when you pick up a sheet of typing paper, it's limpy.

Would dehumidifiers do any good?

It's not everywhere or in every house!

@@bartstewart8644 Clear! And it is absolutely recommended if you do not want to invest in insulation.

@@bartstewart8644 Yes, but your utility bill reflects that. I live in another country where the average person supposedly has a $40 utility bill, mine is always over $100 because I use a dehumidifiers.

Because you are a female, you would say Obrigada. The gender of word depends upon who is speaking the words. So an ex: you, female, say Obrigada; your husband, male, says obrigado.

@@maryr7593 As you say, it is more correct for a woman to say "obrigada" and for a man to say "obrigado". However, in colloquial Portuguese conversation women often say "obrigado" and nobody cares about it. It is not a strict rule.

@@maryr7593 respondemos a uma mulher: obrigada. E a um homem: obrigado. É assim. Não é pq se é mulher q se diz obrigada, e pq se é homem se diz obrigado lol

All the Portuguese people I met while hiking around were very kind to me. It was my favorite country to visit, looking back.

Just curious, filing a complaint...does that mean writing in the complaint book that is located at the business? Can you write in English as I doubt Dave's Portuguese is good enough to write a complaint.

@@maryr7593 Yes, all businesses are required by law to have a complaints' book, that has a seal by the local council and cannot be tampered with. Yes, you can write your compaint in English. For better effect, after writing in the "Livro de Reclamaçoes" also write a letter to the business headquarters and copy to the local Camara to make sure the issue will be dealt with. In case of estate agents, there is a trade that regulates them, but I can't remember the name.

@@donnacosta5633 I was curious if filing a complaint against business (whatever business) meant the same as the Livro de Reclamações. US has something called Better Business Bureau in each state...where you can register your complaint, but it just records a complaint so others can see. If you want state investigation, there's a separate place "consumer protection agency". Also one that files complaints about professionals with a license (MD, RN, or skilled trades (plumbing, electricity, etc), lawyer, etc). I wasn't sure if when someone says you should file a complaint, if they mean there is a separate govt agency that takes these complaints and investigates the issue. Some of the agencies, I listed are just a place to record such complaints so others know ...beware, this is what they tried to charge me, etc. Thanks, I understood what you said about filing with regulating govt org.

​@@maryr7593it always worked for us. They do address your issue...🥊

Depends where, sea waters in Algarve for example are much warmer compared to the rest of the coast.

@@Batman-vl8yj Same thing in California. Water temperature in Huntington Beach was 69 degrees today, water temperature in San Francisco was 56 degrees.

this year sea currents have gone wrong, cold water all along the coast. It is normal in the Algarve to be pleasant, it has been in June/July, maybe at the end of August it will be back to normal@@davidmartinspresents

It’s called upwelling and occurs on all western coasts of all continents in the northern hemisphere.

Glad you are not planning to move here. Dave, is not giving the full picture, it is even worst. That is the reason why, so many 'expats' live here.

It's horrivle. Go to London or Birminghan. You're better there. We're full.

​@@joaocosta3374Boa 😂

I hate answering the phone and door. My favorite flower is lavender. I love cold water so much so that I moved to New England in America, some years ago. I move like a turtle. I have a love for chillies and capsicums I was asked if I had Portuguese origin or Brazilian all of my life (I denied it) Did a DNA test and come to find out I am part Portuguese🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🙆🐢🐢🐢🐢 I too take my time like a snail and I speak my mind. I would love to live in Portugal!

Ha not just in Portugal

​@@Diogohenriquescaralho Yes, and? Do you have any problems with reading comprehension?!

Thx for sharing your experience!! Could you share the Agency and people so we can support their well run business? Abrigado!!!

@@davidleong6606I have tried to reply to you several times but my post keeps disappearing. I don’t know what is happening.

You might want to find your builder now because the wait list for the builder might take 2-3 yrs...from what I have heard in many groups. A labor shortage in construction isn't helping things in these years.

Aveiro is very bike-friendly. In fact, it was the first portuguese city to have public free bikes; they call them "biclas" (short for "bicicletas" = bicycle). Enjoy your trip and don't get scared by Dave lol.

Aveiro is very bike-friendly. In fact, it was the first portuguese city to have public free bikes; they call them "biclas" (short for "bicicletas" = bicycle). Enjoy your trip and don't get scared by Dave lol.

@@paulavitoria1798 Muito obrigada! Acho que vou me apaixonar por Aveiro.

Heya! What do you want to leave Canada for Portugal?

Wait what? You say you've been taking lessons for over a year but sometimes when you watch a video you don't understand a word? Some lessons, huh? My friend, I'm afraid your teacher has been teaching you another language, not portuguese lol.

Check the channel Portuguese with Leo. He speaks slowly, it's easier to understand when we are learning.

People skip intros and outros now.

but creators keep using them.... @@LilyGazou

A forma mais fácil de resolver o problema é fugir de Portugal e criticar à distância. A difícil é ficar aqui e lutar para que as coisas mudem.

Interesting. I work for German company and they've been nothing but supportive and amazed by ideas on how to improve things, and I've been getting all the freedom to implement it.

Claro! Los alemanes también son cuadrados😂 su cabeza es cuadrada y dura. Los portugueses parecen distintos , yo soy española y los veo como muy aburridos y melancólicos a nuestros hermanos y vecinos portugueses😅😊

Some expats in PT who sent their children to public school say that the teachers always except late assignments as if teaching the young ones to expect that nothing has a timeline and it can be fudged. Also I heard a podcast by American author Richard Zilmer (ugh last name brain fart). Anyway he's been living in Porto since 1990. He commented on teaching classes at University of Porto and being completely shocked when absolutely no student would participate in a discussion on a particular topic...as if there had been no teaching or assignments about critical thinking. I understand educational systems are different...but it coincides with what you said. Many ppl are surprised there is no DIY or 'makers' environment in PT ...which also seems to correspond to what you said.

Where do the majority of PT live in DE? Might be visiting DE next year, dont speak German but speak Portuguese. :-)