#TRAVEL HACK: HOW TO TAKE A TRAIN LIKE A BOSS – 9 Tips to Ride the Rails Successfully 🚂

To view on your computer, click the title of the article for best display.  What is it about a train? 🤔Is it a scene recalled from an old black-and-white movie that makes it feel romantic? Or could it be the exciting adventures ahead when you think about boarding the train to Hogwarts 🧙‍♂️ on Platform 9-3/4? […]

Why I Chose Portugal As My New Home: International Living Magazine

Email subscribers- remember to click the title to have this blog displayed properly! Newsflash! 🗞 After he saw my interview in Bloomberg News, an editor of International Living magazine contacted me.😱 IL is a popular online and hard copy magazine publication with over a million readers, dedicated to providing information to Americans and Canadians about moving to or […]

THE D7 VISA: 7 TRICKY DETAILS THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU -For Americans Getting The Portuguese D7 Visa

Ola! Are you beginning the seemingly daunting task of applying for your D7 visa for long-term residency in Portugal?  Do you find it a bit confusing and overwhelming? Got questions? I’ve applied for mine, and have spoken with dozens of folks who are in the process of contemplating applying, are in the throes of applying, […]

A Rainbow of Color – the Villages of the Alentejo in Southern Portugal. (Spoiler Alert: Lots of Photos!)

Updated June 2022 After spending some time in the southwest corner of Portugal exploring the beauty of the ancient port towns of Lagos and Faro, I headed north from the Algarve to the Alentejo region of Portugal to hike parts of the Rota Vincentina, a little-known long-distance trail along the spectacular Portuguese coast I had […]