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Portugal: 10 Tips for Living in Portugal:
1- be patient.
2- check check, double check and even triple check
3- Forget your normal watch, hours and seconds don´t pass at same speed as in north europe countries.
4-surround yourself with good and well known professionals (mooving, babysitter)
5-Listen to locals, to other foreign expats and let them recommend things.
6-Find a great home even if it's much more expensive then you could think (Lisbon) for rentals because: there´s a few offers with nice flats furnished and equiped and because it´s nor usual contracts for stays between 1 month and 1 year.
- Search for holiday rentals directly to owners and negociate with them the price per month if it's available on the dates you want
- Try neighbourhood's life like Campo de Ourique, entrecampos, lapa, são Bento, Príncipe real. or further near the beach between paço de arcos and cascais. People are really kind and helfull.give the first step.
7- Enjoy and discover nice and not expensive restaurants away from turistic or foreigner advisers.
8- Shopping centres are open on sundays for big but use local market with so fresh and cheap products.
9- Almost everybody speaks english,specially young, try to articulate better and speak slowly.
10- taxi from airport! Lisbon airport is almost in the city and not km away as usually. Before landing get to know the price from your trip from lisbon airport to your destination, asking your hotel or landlord.
11-relax and enjoy the good weather.
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