Monthly Archives: July 2020

We devoted our first few days in Portugal to financial and business matters, although we did take time for some great food and wine and to connect with friends. As I’ve mentioned in earlier episodes, I’m moving my consulting company to a Portuguese business. This company is the catch-all for my LinkedIn class authoring andContinue reading “Takin’ care of business, Lisboa style”

I’ll start with the good stuff: we are in Portugal, staying at a lovely hotel in Lisboa. We arrived when we planned, and our luggage miraculously made it, too (more on that in a bit)! Travel started at 3:00 AM PST on Monday the 20th. Originally the flight had a 10:30 AM departure, but thatContinue reading “The complications of Coronavirus Travel”

I am posting this note the night before we leave the country. We’re jumping out of our skins excited. We’re sad. We’re nervous. Forget about sleeping tonight! The past few days have been a blur: Thursday morning, I took the kids to get their final “Healthy to Fly” papers, and then had to FedEx someContinue reading “It’s finally happening”

I’m a pretty good planner and organizer. I actually enjoy it. My normal mode of operation is to have as much stuff planned ahead as I can, typically with at least two contingency plans if things don’t work out or circumstances change. I’m also an early planner. Our social calendar typically has things scheduled weeksContinue reading “Details, details, details”

Now that the temporary crisis about entering the country is apparently resolved, we return to the regularly scheduled broadcast. One of the top five questions that I get asked about the relocation is, “How will you move your pets? Won’t they have to be quarantined for months?” This is a lot simpler than most peopleContinue reading “Our furry family”