Happy and perfectly settled in Portugal
There has been a lot of attention in the media at the moment about Portugal and Spain following in Greece’s footsteps and going bankrupt. I have many of the stories some coming from the English press but the majority of them from local papers.
Iam sure the stories will soon become a reality and I am ready for when this happens….
I remember just after arriving in Portugal and the crash of the Pound along side the Euro and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for me and my family. At the time we were expanding our business and looking for long term accommodati0on to move into. We soon realised that we would be using our saved pounds to pay for our furniture and even buying things like a television would cost us an extra £100 and our money would not stretch as far as we wanted it to.
It meant that it was an extra couple of months before I could cover all my costs but as I was getting paid in US Dollars we weren’t as badly off as others that have since returned to England.
But most of all we had our own business that would never be affected by the recession so we were safe and I feel the exact same way about the current problems with Portugal. I will probably be more careful with the cash that I spend until I know for sure what impact it will have on my family and our business.
If I lived in England now I would still be concerned but there would be a lot more to make me worry. I don’t want to live in a nanny state and being in Portugal makes me feel free and alive and I wont trade that for anything.
Thanks for reading my blog post and I hope you enjoy our expat tips. I love living in the Algarve and sharing my stories with you.
Thanks for reading
Samantha
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