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After watching and reading about Portugal for the last few years, we finally made a trip to Portugal (returned yesterday). We loved it and plan to go back. One thing that I found refreshing is not one person asked me what I do for a living. They asked me where I lived in the US and why I chose Portugal to visit.
Right?! It definitely is somehow considered rude to ask someone what they do for a living, it's nobody else's business. There's so much more to talk about... Welcome back any day. Cheers.
@@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552It’s only “part of a conversation” among strangers in the US. In fact it’s the first thing we tend to ask each other. “What do you DO?” But in Portugal, Spain, France … no. Ask where they’re from, where did they grow up, what do they enjoy about the city, but not work. It’s not something people want to talk about when they’re not at work, which is part of the wonderful work-life balance over here.
You are right with everything you said, Dave! But the most important sentence was for me: "We need more love in the world." Thank you, for this video and your insights.
This is great! I’ve only been in Portugal a year and a half and I am noticing differences. One thing you did not mention that I have noticed is the amount of stimulation in the US. For example, in the Atlanta airport as an example, I was in a restaurant with 20 big screen tvs each playing different shows while pop music was played loudly throughout the restaurant. In the corridor just beyond the restaurant we’re a mix of Anjou cements from the airline gate agents while a loop played off the mayor welcoming you to the city and telling you about things in the city. Granted, this was an airport example but i contrast it to the European airports which have activity, but not the “extracurricular stimulation”. In almost any “fast casual” restaurant there are at least two things competing for your attention while in Porto I tend to hear conversation with maybe light music in the background unless I’m in a bar. Another thing to appreciate in Europe is the lack of pharmaceutical advertising on tv commercials. Generally the commercials are about other entertainment, groceries, or upcoming events. I’ve come to like this lack of artificial noise and appreciate instead the noise of people, plates and cups clanging, street vendors, etc.
In America you have the nature, in Europe you have human history... If you go to nature in USA, you can miss people entirely. Unlike in crowded Europe.
This is why I am such an advocate, for at least study abroad, or going to school abroad. The lifestyle that an American has only if he reaches the highest tax bracket is what European countries consider a basic human right: quality food, quality public education, quality public transportation, safe neighborhoods without no-go areas, enough vacation time to actually relax, etc
Having lived on the East Coast of the US and now in London for almost 20 years, it's definitely changed me. I walk so much more and feel like such a weirdo when I walk places in the US (except for places like NYC). I grew up in a small town with no sidewalks and walked back then with people looking at me weirdly from cars - still do it when I visit my parents and still get those looks. Agree with so many of your points (public transport, multiculturalism, etc)
America is only place you can’t walk evenings it’s scary to many weirdos everywhere homeless everywhere, and we don’t have a places where after work Neighborhood come together, walk together, sitting and talking,, America is not a family oriented ,
I’m Armenian I love my country, my country after work even small villages people come together in the streets walking or sitting having coffee or tea together We are socialize that is keep us happy all the time even though we have a lots of war going on whit the Azerbaijan ,
Spending a couple of years out side the USA changed me enough that I don't think I could stand living in the States again. Been gone decades and don't plan to even visit again. I get culture shock just watching a bit of American news and entertainment programming.
I like that. It rings true in my life. I must say I am home because I am no longer feeling the need to escape, something that has been part of my very identity since childhood. I became the compulsive escape artist. But I have found my home. Thanks for that little quote.@@isabellevega5732
I’m portuguese, I travel two to tree times a year. It’s the best treasure I have. And I’m happy that my two young daughters already know several countries, some of them twice.
Thanks for your summary. As a Portuguese living in Portugal 🇵🇹 I can assure you that one of the main perks of the European Union 🇪🇺 is the multiculturality and the ability to travel to diverse countries without any need for visas/passports. I've been to 15 countries: - Portugal; - Andorra, Luxembourg, Spain (Seville & Huelva); - Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Vevey, Lausanne, Zermatt, Lucerne, Grindelwald, Gruyeres, etc.) [2019]; - Croatia (Plitvice, Zagreb, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, etc.), Bosnia-Herzegovina (Mostar), Slovenia (Bled, Ljubjana) [2022]; - Germany (Berlin, Dresden), Czechia (Prague, Lednice), Austria (Vienna), Hungary (Budapest, Gyor), Slovakia (Bratislava), France (Paris), Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hague, Leiden, Haarlem) [2023].
I have dual Irish/US citizenship and got to live there with my family for a year recently and travel Europe. I can't recommend it enough for both adults and children.
Currently studying abroad in neighboring Spain for the semester and I have the same sentiment. My Spanish is B1 level but it's enough for me to understand the perspective of the locals and how they feel about their lives. The ease of travel within the county has made the experience even better and certainly unforgettable. Much love from Valencia, the place I aspire to call my home in the future ❤🇪🇸🇵🇹
Very good insights, Dave. We have been living in The UK for 14 years and recently moved to the Costa Brava and we totally agreed with your assessment of life in Europe. Europe humbled us and broaden our viewpoints. Happy exploring.
As a Canadian first generation born here from Immigrated Mother and Father from Portugal. I have been blessed to have had the best of both worlds. I spent most summers growing up in Portugal and rest of year and schooling in Canada... We moved back to portugal in my early teens and spent 3 years there in high school in Albufieira in the Algarve, My dads home town. I missed Canada, but LOVED the enrichment of learning our language much better. And living as apposed to spending summer vacations traveling and beach going is very different. I am a mother of 3 daughters now many years later and a grandmother. I keep all our traditions as best i can. I love your videos as i can understand both perspectives. As a non natural resident Portugal. Here is the one down side of being part of two vastly different cultures and lifestyles. Somewhat never felt fully accepted as a Canadian in Canada or a Portuguese enough in Portugal. Ironically enough... But, so thankful to have both. Would not trade it for the world. Thank you for your well made videos.
PS. i traveled thought out most of Europe. The beauty and diversity is an experience out of this world. However, and I MAY BE BIAS, Portugal has the most generous people i have ever experienced. The one lesson i learned in Portugal. is the ones that have the least give the most. And most of them would not bat a lash for anyone who may have needed a lending hand... Just a fact!
Growing up with two cultures you are never fully integrated with either one. An although that has its pitfalls I feel my life was so much more enrich by living this experience.
wow, perceves... That is next level. Good for you. Amazing video. Thanks for sharing this. It's kind of what I had guessed from having friends in the USA but having never been there, yet. I am a little bit blown away with how great you say things are here and I feel for you all in the USA. Lets hope we can all learn from each other, as you are helping people.
A well balanced review of European life. My wife and I have had many motoring holidays and exploring new areas. They all live in my memory, My wife loved Lisbon and exploring it's surroundings. A beautiful city. Still miss the pasteis de nata. I have not found anything better in UK. I hope you enjoy more years this side of "the pond,"
if you are in the UK Try Nando's It is a restaurant based on south Africa and built by a Portuguese guy (or somebody related to him): Fernando somethings there come from the Portuguese cuisine (but the peri peri sauce is from a country which used to be our colony😶😞)
@@justicevibes1252 Glad to hear from someone who appreciates the finer things in life. I was so taken up Portuguese cooking with p da n in particular that I bought a cookbook😱 I'm sorry to say that the egg component and cream and sugar was a calorie too far! Apparently the best paste is are to be found early morning opposite the Monument to the Navigators in Lisbon at the side of the Tagus. Hope this gives you some incentive to get back to Portugal😁
We have been planning on retiring in Portugal from the US for 3 years now. We've even been learning the language. We can't leave the US for another 7 years due to my husband's job. Now, the NHR is ending, and we are anxiously awaiting the details like tax rates on US pensions and other income. I'm so sad that our Portugal dream may be ending. 😢 You are fortunate to be living there. Great video.
Born American here. Have a dual Citizenship. I came to Portugal when I was 8 yo, 2 years after The Carnation Revolution (1977) and boy, has Portugal changed! Changed for better, in all aspects. Where are not in the best place now, but let us not be ungrateful. Let's stop all the wining and work together, aiming to a brighter future. I'm glad I identify myself more as European. I "fit" in this multicultural ambiance. I'm sure that if I had to go back to the U.S., I would feel miserable... Thanks, David, for sharing your insight. Thank You for your positive vibe and humbleness. 🙏♥️
Sorry Dave, Americans who haven't traveled aren't going to understand your video. After High School, a lot of my friends traveled Europe for a summer. Meanwhile, I was working and going to school. I felt left out. However, eventually, when I was making good money in my 30's I traveled extensively! Sometimes I'd go to Lisbon, Madrid, Frankfurt, Copenhagen for as little as 4 days, and take 5 trips a year! I get it. After decades of this, I find myself retired and in the process of moving to Europe (Spain) a bit of ahead of schedule. I'm now 60, but it's a great time to make the leap. My family is all over the US and just to visit one of my sisters in the USVI, cost twice as much as to fly from LAX than to Europe! My house is on the market, yikes a few months, but when it sells, I'm out of here. I have worked one year recently in Europe, and I'll move to Spain. Portugal is attractive, but I love Spain and won't have to learn a 3rd language!
I like your manner to tell the story! Thank you for being kind and positive! We do share your opinions about many things. We are Canadians and now living in Madeira, thanks God!❤❤❤👍👍👍
Nice summary. From Scotland, have travelled to many countries in the Americas, Australasia, Asia, lived in Norway for a while, Berlin, now Munich. My life revolves around the seasons, skiing (Dolomites is awesome), to beergarten in the summer.. every day always something new to learn.
I had one art book as a kid, a history of art. Got to know many of the paintersand their subjects so when I went to the National Gallery in London it was absolutely magic to walk around and see so many works of art was like going to a party and finding all the people there people you already know. That’s a very typical European experience, I think.
Great perspective, Dave., and another great video. I agree with you completely. I've only been to eight European countries. but I've been to five of them many times. Great times. I can walk London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Bruges and Amsterdam in my mind, I'm so familiar with them. The museums, cathedrals and churches (with art and tombs), government buildings, monuments, parks, etc., I'll never lose that ability to revisit in my mind or the feelings I get when I do.OR all those great meals and cuisines. And wine. And Grappa and Raki! I've also been to Canada and Mexico. Travel has been a great blessing in my life; I'll never lose that. And I agree, it has opened up my eyes and changed me.
Loved this video!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing My family and I are seriously looking into moving to Portugal from Miami. Dave may God continue to bless you and your family
Dave, this video was spot on. I moved from Germany to USA to Spain. I so want my kids and grandkids to live in Europe as it will widen their horizon exponentially.
I was born in Europe, lived in the US, now we are in Latin America. I have rooted in each one for over 20 years. Your perspective on cultural differences is insightful and kind. Your videos are always beautiful and thoughtful. With warm wishes.
I love this new direction in your videos, Dave! I like them all and find you very entertaining but this style with a more relaxed pace and more sophisticated dialog is wonderful. And your video quality, which has always been great, just keeps improving. Thank you!
Prepping to leave the US again as well. Lived abroad for more than a decade once before and I regret having moved back to the US. For clarity I recommend most Americans leave the US for more than a month at a time if they can. Reset your mind and how you feel.
Brilliant video, one of your best. Kudos for talking broadly about Europe and not only Portugal. There are special places everywhere, US included. Can't wait for the next post.
Amazing video Dave, I agree with all your points and grow up in Europe during my teens in Germany. I am American by birth and have visited Europe many times since moving back to America. I look forward to each of your videos. Since Portugal is on my list of places to visit in the future.
5 years ago I moved from Switzerland to the USA. This is the biggest mistake of my life. I’m going to move back to Europe, but don’t know yet to what country.
Hello Dave, Just saw a nice video in which you are interviewed by a RUclipsr couple, I think his name is Josh. I like most of your observations; astute. Keep up the good work. I live half of each year in Setúbal just south of Lisbon. Being bilingual in Portuguese, albeit the Brazilian variety, makes the time I spend in PT enjoyable, instructive and rewarding. Looking forward to more content. Best, Bill
I'm Portuguese living in the U.S. and I miss Portugal. Eu tenho saudades de Portugal! 🇵🇹 I'll be back at some point. I like your content. Thanks for sharing.
this was one of your best videos,, i think you are maturing , I'm glad, I enjoy them more now. . this video reminded me of why i have always wanted to live in europe, but lately i have lost touch with that , thanks for reminding me who i have become ... Dave , the problem may be than if you ever decide to try to move back to the united states, you will have changed so much that you will find it very hard to relate to almost everyone.. Ihope you continue to evolve in your life in Portugal, I have no doubt that you will ... até a próssima e boa sorte
Went to sao Miguel with my fiancé as Americans. Am very much considering moving and starting our married life in the islands. I realized how much they had and how little I needed. Really wanting to but trying to ensure it’s not just vacation rose tinted glasses. Lots of love man great video!
We both lived in Portugal for 2 years, my wife for 6 and I have colleges for 33 years! It has been fun to explore and learn from this culture. The Portuguese people that I know have an Idea and what the United States is... but it is though media. I think that they could also learn from us too. I did share about driving to go places in the USA and were shocked that driving 30 min or more is way to long!! In my opinion I think every person should go and explore different places and learn.. I have heard an analogy that USA is a circle and lets say Portugal is a square, after moving to Portugal you become a hexagon and are never the same, and if you go to more places like Thailand (like I have) then you become a triangle. Cool eh? Love your videos Dave.
people say am crazy for living 60 miles away from the office, on a mostly remote job, going there once a week by train that takes one hour, my mom used to walk to work and complained when we moved to a house that was a 5 minutes car drive, my dad never was more than 15 minutes away from work. I live a 5 minute walk from my parents and 10 from my in laws. A 30 minute commute is a long one for us, also have in mind we pay like 10$ per gallon in a 6$ per hour average net wage, long commutes like 60 miles per day would be 20% of income just for fuel. If you go to azores islands a 10 minute commute is a very long one 😂
Thanks..Your best video I think.IM Originally from Cuba(spend 28 years there) Also spend another 28 in Miami..Europe also changed me..Beautiful city Lisbon which I visit in April..its Like Madrid but cheaper
I have a piece of unsolicited advice. Before you take any action, make yourself familiar with the pitfalls of repatriation. There is definitely a learning curve.
@@LCamp-cr7fs Thank you. You're absolutely correct. Being fully acclimated to the U.S. culture, readjusting could be a shock. My first step is to see if we can even afford to live in Portugal without the NHR benefit. I also have to learn the language. In an effort to provide the best future possible for us children, my parents, God love them, wanted to distance us from the old country. I am forever grateful for my grandparents and parents wanting a better future for their children! Unfortunately, our proud cultural traditions were stripped away in the process.
I recently read a book, “The Big Myth”, by Naomi Orestes. It’s about market fundamentalist. It’s useful to understand the differences between America and Europe.
Leaving Portugal and coming to the United States did for me what Leaving the U.S. and moving to Europe did for you. It's very important to learn to become self-reliant. I feel many all over the world are stuck in codependent relationships or in emotional prisons. Cheers to freedom and self-reliance
I live in Porto and love it. We moved to the Caribbean and lived there for 9 years, and now we are in Portugal. I will never go back to tbe states. Portugal is home.
Exactly. And, let's face it, things we buy take up space, need to be stored and cleaned, and you have to move them around. And then, we don't uo using a lot of stuff much at all. It just takes up space and time. If you take pictures/video, an experience like a different city or country will stay with you, and it won't hang around and take up space! Several years ago, my daughter she asked for help with expreienes rather than stuff at Christmas. It made me think differently about stuff vs. experiences.
Ive never traveled extensively in the US. But I’ve been maybe to 15 states and though they’re different the underlying mentalities are similar. People become so cookie cutter with all the chain restaurants and stores adding to that. Obesity is astronomical in the US! Though I live on the east coast not in rural US I’ve been places where it seems all the people must eat for fun 24/7! Outside of that I’ve been to the EU and couldn’t agree more about the vast differences mostly for the better.. the US is so stuck. I plan to move within 1 year to Porto Portugal area for a better way of life.
I am one of those fans who looks forward to seeing more of your insightful videos. This is some guy named Peter in Canada and Pedro in Portugal. I respect you for your decision to set up roots in Portugal. While I was born there, I am only able to spend half a year at a time (there) due to family commitments. Maybe one day I will be able to cut the cord that holds me in 🇨🇦. Heading back to Portugal in January for a few more months🍻
In the United States, people are expected to have a good level of general culture after college. In Europe, after high school. This is paralleled in language. In the US you get a Bachelor's degree from "college", which is university. In multiple European countries, the degree you get from secondary school is called bachiller, baccalaurate, etc. and the school you get it from may be a colegio.
Dave aprendo muito sobre a América com estas comparações, normalmente fico espantada e incrédula, e penso na importância que estes vídeos explicando as tuas vivências devem ter o mesmo impacto nos americanos que os vêm, e abrir os horizontes para mundos com características tão diferentes e mais positivas. Como bem referiste o domínio das corporações elimina muita diversidade que enriqueceria a sociedade americana e as mentes talvez bastante monótonas. Continua o teu bom trabalho. Como diz um ditado português, não cai em saco roto 😊
Se ele tem morado em Portugal, ele precisa de ter aprendido bastante português. É impossível conhecer um país, uma sociedade, uma cultura sem falar a língua. Quando ele fala em português, então vou saber se ele for mudado pela sua experiência no Portugal. Sou americano também, moro no Québec onde fala-se francês, temos muitos portugueses e brasileiros qui também.
Love your videos, Dave and found Pt to be exactly as you've described. But, we've been waiting 4 1/2 months for our visas with no word, so becoming discouraged that they don't want us due to our advanced ages. I paid to subscribe to your channel, but didn't I just read that you've stopped doing your videos? Thanks for great input.
7:48 here in portugal by law it is forbidden that a boss contacts it's workers, unless that the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. And even if that's the case, the boss must pay the expenses to coming back (for instance airplane tickets) for the worker and obviously pay those hours (but I think it's only if It's only if the worker had been on vacation for more than four days🤔) Yes, here we have some bosses that may talk to you outside working hours anout work, but as it is forbidden you can stop working there with fair cause (justa causa: when somebody does to you something and you decide to reply to it in a specific and the reason you did that is in the law) and get out of that toxic environment (hopefully)😊
Left Portugal with my family over 40 years ago.Lived in poverty there...Canada gave us the opportunity to live a very good life ! Portugal is beautiful but Canada has my heart and soul 🙏😊
To be honest, i have visited USA a few times, that expericence and also thanks to the videos i have seen here from people living in US, has given me motivation to appreciate more where i live, what i have. Ofcourse like everywhere there are advantages and disadvantages, maby more disadvantages here in SE Europe, but there are so many things that i don't like about US if i had to choose where to live. They don't have much free time, paid hollidays leave, paid sick leave, paid leave for mothers, gun issues, not very much being welcoming and willing to help others, issues with unhelty food, but not just because it is junk food, it is because healthy food can give you alergies, i have heared so many people having issues with allergies in US, they don't have it when in Europe.
Lovely video and modestly told. We have lived in the USA since 2009 and only want to stay for two years. Now it's been 13 years, and we come from Germany. I am pleased to have taken this step; it has changed me. I'm glad to see two sides, especially regarding the healthcare system. In Germany, many things are more modern. The food is better and healthier, and you can visit any doctor. You have at least 21 vacation days, and the garbage separation system is better. I can confirm that. It's unbelievable how much Americans go into debt to attend college. In Germany, it is free. . I can only confirm a lot of what you say. As a teenager, it was always a dream for me to fly to the USA. However, I didn't expect to live here. I've experienced many things in the US and am pleased about it. Next year I will fly back again and take a trip to Paris. We have been there so many times, and I miss this city. And I'll even visit Portugal someday. There are many things that I miss and don't like here in the USA. And your video makes me miss Europe. But we don't grow old in the USA. That's for sure.
I need to point out that there are a lot of places in the states that have excellent public transportation and it is used by many people. For example, there was three years in Oregon that I spent without even owning a car. And the whole time I worked in Denver I commuted on the train. My point is, the ability was there, just most Americans cant stand to be without their cars!!!
In the U.S., public transportation is better in more compact locations (SF Bay Area, NY, D.C.). In Los Angeles, for example, everything is spread out over long distances, such that often public transportation travel times are too long to be sustainable.
If you ever actually travelled through Europe by high speed train and the used the rain lines that connect cities and even villages, you would understand that there isn’t even a comparison to public transport in Europe to United States.
From the Netherlands to Bulgaria' - both countries I am most familiar with, so this resonates with me a lot; thanks mate! And yes, Europe just does things better, life is better.
I know you are an American, but can I ask you where you are really from? Where are your family from? Just curious. Thanks! What kind of European are you originally?
Love your video. I agree with the fact we need much more love in the world and that we have more similarities than not. I have lately notice a gradual decline in brotherly love the last 20 yrs and a great insurgence of the me first attitude since the rise of the internet and in particular social media. Europe has a more social based lifestyle, as opposed to isolation in front of a computer screen.
Some museums in Europe are well known but I don't necessarily hear much about museums in Portugal. It would be interesting to hear your take on museums in Portugal - Porto and the north in particular but anywhere.
When I visited Lisbon last year, I went to the National Museum of Ancient Art. Fantastic! I highly recommend it. There were a few others that I didn't get a chance to visit but they looked very good.
Thank you for this video, Dave. As a European, currently living in my third foreign country, I could relate to everything you said. Especially because of the cultural diversity and great accessibility of so many different regions & landscapes, Europe is always going to be my base. I love to travel and plan to keep exploring the world, but my home base will stay on this continent. By the way, as I see you picked up fast on talking with your hands. 😉
I immigrated from Texas to my ancestral. homelands in Europe in my 50s, and my life is so much better here. I had many good experiences in the US, and things are not perfect in the EU. Overall, though, my life is so much better. I relate to so much of what is in the video. For those who are so inclined and who live in the USA, consider trying life in the EU. You will probably not regret it.
About food, I don't remember. Have you tried "caracóis" and "caracoletas"? "percebes" are awesome by the way, with a cold beer... * homer Simpson drooling *
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After watching and reading about Portugal for the last few years, we finally made a trip to Portugal (returned yesterday). We loved it and plan to go back. One thing that I found refreshing is not one person asked me what I do for a living. They asked me where I lived in the US and why I chose Portugal to visit.
Right?! It definitely is somehow considered rude to ask someone what they do for a living, it's nobody else's business. There's so much more to talk about... Welcome back any day. Cheers.
@@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552 Well, stay curious about something else, at least when you first meet them
@@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552no, it is definitively rude, as it is a way of asking how important a job people have and/or how much they make.
@@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552It’s only “part of a conversation” among strangers in the US. In fact it’s the first thing we tend to ask each other. “What do you DO?” But in Portugal, Spain, France … no. Ask where they’re from, where did they grow up, what do they enjoy about the city, but not work. It’s not something people want to talk about when they’re not at work, which is part of the wonderful work-life balance over here.
You are right with everything you said, Dave! But the most important sentence was for me: "We need more love in the world."
Thank you, for this video and your insights.
This is great! I’ve only been in Portugal a year and a half and I am noticing differences. One thing you did not mention that I have noticed is the amount of stimulation in the US. For example, in the Atlanta airport as an example, I was in a restaurant with 20 big screen tvs each playing different shows while pop music was played loudly throughout the restaurant. In the corridor just beyond the restaurant we’re a mix of Anjou cements from the airline gate agents while a loop played off the mayor welcoming you to the city and telling you about things in the city. Granted, this was an airport example but i contrast it to the European airports which have activity, but not the “extracurricular stimulation”. In almost any “fast casual” restaurant there are at least two things competing for your attention while in Porto I tend to hear conversation with maybe light music in the background unless I’m in a bar. Another thing to appreciate in Europe is the lack of pharmaceutical advertising on tv commercials. Generally the commercials are about other entertainment, groceries, or upcoming events. I’ve come to like this lack of artificial noise and appreciate instead the noise of people, plates and cups clanging, street vendors, etc.
In America you have the nature, in Europe you have human history... If you go to nature in USA, you can miss people entirely. Unlike in crowded Europe.
@@czarekcz1097not true at all. There are lots of places all over Europe where you can enjoy nature away from the crowds
This is why I am such an advocate, for at least study abroad, or going to school abroad. The lifestyle that an American has only if he reaches the highest tax bracket is what European countries consider a basic human right: quality food, quality public education, quality public transportation, safe neighborhoods without no-go areas, enough vacation time to actually relax, etc
Having lived on the East Coast of the US and now in London for almost 20 years, it's definitely changed me. I walk so much more and feel like such a weirdo when I walk places in the US (except for places like NYC). I grew up in a small town with no sidewalks and walked back then with people looking at me weirdly from cars - still do it when I visit my parents and still get those looks. Agree with so many of your points (public transport, multiculturalism, etc)
Great comment thanks 😎🙌🏻
America is only place you can’t walk evenings it’s scary to many weirdos everywhere homeless everywhere, and we don’t have a places where after work Neighborhood come together, walk together, sitting and talking,, America is not a family oriented ,
I’m Armenian I love my country, my country after work even small villages people come together in the streets walking or sitting having coffee or tea together We are socialize that is keep us happy all the time even though we have a lots of war going on whit the Azerbaijan ,
The best thing about traveling....is it broadens the mind....
Spending a couple of years out side the USA changed me enough that I don't think I could stand living in the States again. Been gone decades and don't plan to even visit again. I get culture shock just watching a bit of American news and entertainment programming.
"Home is not where you born...home is where all your attempts to escape cease."
I like that. It rings true in my life. I must say I am home because I am no longer feeling the need to escape, something that has been part of my very identity since childhood. I became the compulsive escape artist. But I have found my home. Thanks for that little quote.@@isabellevega5732
@@isabellevega5732 oh, you mean like Alcatraz?
Hi Dave, heading your way next Wednesday. My first time in Portugal.
Bad Weathers right now...
Come to Portugal...we have custard tarts.
I’m portuguese, I travel two to tree times a year. It’s the best treasure I have. And I’m happy that my two young daughters already know several countries, some of them twice.
Thanks for your summary.
As a Portuguese living in Portugal 🇵🇹 I can assure you that one of the main perks of the European Union 🇪🇺 is the multiculturality and the ability to travel to diverse countries without any need for visas/passports.
I've been to 15 countries:
- Portugal;
- Andorra, Luxembourg, Spain (Seville & Huelva);
- Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Vevey, Lausanne, Zermatt, Lucerne, Grindelwald, Gruyeres, etc.) [2019];
- Croatia (Plitvice, Zagreb, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, etc.), Bosnia-Herzegovina (Mostar), Slovenia (Bled, Ljubjana) [2022];
- Germany (Berlin, Dresden), Czechia (Prague, Lednice), Austria (Vienna), Hungary (Budapest, Gyor), Slovakia (Bratislava), France (Paris), Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hague, Leiden, Haarlem) [2023].
Thank you for having visited our beautiful country in 2023. Do not walk on the red bikepath you tourist
Hopefully we'll see you in Greece one day.
I have dual Irish/US citizenship and got to live there with my family for a year recently and travel Europe. I can't recommend it enough for both adults and children.
Currently studying abroad in neighboring Spain for the semester and I have the same sentiment. My Spanish is B1 level but it's enough for me to understand the perspective of the locals and how they feel about their lives. The ease of travel within the county has made the experience even better and certainly unforgettable. Much love from Valencia, the place I aspire to call my home in the future ❤🇪🇸🇵🇹
Very good insights, Dave. We have been living in The UK for 14 years and recently moved to the Costa Brava and we totally agreed with your assessment of life in Europe. Europe humbled us and broaden our viewpoints. Happy exploring.
As a Canadian first generation born here from Immigrated Mother and Father from Portugal. I have been blessed to have had the best of both worlds. I spent most summers growing up in Portugal and rest of year and schooling in Canada... We moved back to portugal in my early teens and spent 3 years there in high school in Albufieira in the Algarve, My dads home town. I missed Canada, but LOVED the enrichment of learning our language much better. And living as apposed to spending summer vacations traveling and beach going is very different. I am a mother of 3 daughters now many years later and a grandmother. I keep all our traditions as best i can. I love your videos as i can understand both perspectives. As a non natural resident Portugal. Here is the one down side of being part of two vastly different cultures and lifestyles. Somewhat never felt fully accepted as a Canadian in Canada or a Portuguese enough in Portugal. Ironically enough... But, so thankful to have both. Would not trade it for the world. Thank you for your well made videos.
PS. i traveled thought out most of Europe. The beauty and diversity is an experience out of this world. However, and I MAY BE BIAS, Portugal has the most generous people i have ever experienced. The one lesson i learned in Portugal. is the ones that have the least give the most. And most of them would not bat a lash for anyone who may have needed a lending hand... Just a fact!
Growing up with two cultures you are never fully integrated with either one. An although that has its pitfalls I feel my life was so much more enrich by living this experience.
wow, perceves... That is next level. Good for you. Amazing video. Thanks for sharing this. It's kind of what I had guessed from having friends in the USA but having never been there, yet. I am a little bit blown away with how great you say things are here and I feel for you all in the USA. Lets hope we can all learn from each other, as you are helping people.
I just found your channel and have been binge-watching. I think this one is my favorite so far.
Regardless of the end of the NHR.....will still want to move to Portugal......
A well balanced review of European life. My wife and I have had many motoring holidays and exploring new areas. They all live in my memory,
My wife loved Lisbon and exploring it's surroundings. A beautiful city. Still miss the pasteis de nata. I have not found anything better in UK.
I hope you enjoy more years this side of "the pond,"
if you are in the UK Try Nando's
It is a restaurant based on south Africa and built by a Portuguese guy (or somebody related to him): Fernando
somethings there come from the Portuguese cuisine (but the peri peri sauce is from a country which used to be our colony😶😞)
That's my fave dessert!! Lol. I'm glad you got to try the pasteis de nata.
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Glad to hear from someone who appreciates the finer things in life. I was so taken up Portuguese cooking with p da n in particular that I bought a cookbook😱
I'm sorry to say that the egg component and cream and sugar was a calorie too far!
Apparently the best paste is are to be found early morning opposite the Monument to the Navigators in Lisbon at the side of the Tagus.
Hope this gives you some incentive to get back to Portugal😁
We have been planning on retiring in Portugal from the US for 3 years now. We've even been learning the language. We can't leave the US for another 7 years due to my husband's job. Now, the NHR is ending, and we are anxiously awaiting the details like tax rates on US pensions and other income. I'm so sad that our Portugal dream may be ending. 😢 You are fortunate to be living there. Great video.
Born American here. Have a dual Citizenship. I came to Portugal when I was 8 yo, 2 years after The Carnation Revolution (1977) and boy, has Portugal changed! Changed for better, in all aspects. Where are not in the best place now, but let us not be ungrateful. Let's stop all the wining and work together, aiming to a brighter future.
I'm glad I identify myself more as European. I "fit" in this multicultural ambiance. I'm sure that if I had to go back to the U.S., I would feel miserable...
Thanks, David, for sharing your insight. Thank You for your positive vibe and humbleness. 🙏♥️
Sorry Dave, Americans who haven't traveled aren't going to understand your video. After High School, a lot of my friends traveled Europe for a summer. Meanwhile, I was working and going to school. I felt left out. However, eventually, when I was making good money in my 30's I traveled extensively! Sometimes I'd go to Lisbon, Madrid, Frankfurt, Copenhagen for as little as 4 days, and take 5 trips a year! I get it. After decades of this, I find myself retired and in the process of moving to Europe (Spain) a bit of ahead of schedule. I'm now 60, but it's a great time to make the leap. My family is all over the US and just to visit one of my sisters in the USVI, cost twice as much as to fly from LAX than to Europe! My house is on the market, yikes a few months, but when it sells, I'm out of here. I have worked one year recently in Europe, and I'll move to Spain. Portugal is attractive, but I love Spain and won't have to learn a 3rd language!
Bullcrap😂😂😂😂
Portugal speaks good English 🤟🏻
@@washingtonbernardo2151 Portuguese people have no obligation to speak English to English speakers, they are in their country
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We just got back to the US after spending time in Spain. I'm just curious as to where you are hoping to live in Spain?
I like your manner to tell the story! Thank you for being kind and positive! We do share your opinions about many things. We are Canadians and now living in Madeira, thanks God!❤❤❤👍👍👍
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Nice summary. From Scotland, have travelled to many countries in the Americas, Australasia, Asia, lived in Norway for a while, Berlin, now Munich. My life revolves around the seasons, skiing (Dolomites is awesome), to beergarten in the summer.. every day always something new to learn.
Traveling changes everyone. great work!!!
I had one art book as a kid, a history of art. Got to know many of the paintersand their subjects so when I went to the National Gallery in London it was absolutely magic to walk around and see so many works of art was like going to a party and finding all the people there people you already know. That’s a very typical European experience, I think.
Great perspective, Dave., and another great video. I agree with you completely. I've only been to eight European countries. but I've been to five of them many times. Great times. I can walk London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Bruges and Amsterdam in my mind, I'm so familiar with them. The museums, cathedrals and churches (with art and tombs), government buildings, monuments, parks, etc., I'll never lose that ability to revisit in my mind or the feelings I get when I do.OR all those great meals and cuisines. And wine. And Grappa and Raki! I've also been to Canada and Mexico. Travel has been a great blessing in my life; I'll never lose that. And I agree, it has opened up my eyes and changed me.
Loved this video!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing
My family and I are seriously looking into moving to Portugal from Miami.
Dave may God continue to bless you and your family
Thank you 🙏🏻
Dave, this video was spot on. I moved from Germany to USA to Spain. I so want my kids and grandkids to live in Europe as it will widen their horizon exponentially.
Amazing videos, getting addicted to your channel!!! Cheers!!!
This is my favorite video of all of your videos. You are so down to earth in this video❤❤❤ Great Content
Thank you Gina 🙏🏻
I was born in Europe, lived in the US, now we are in Latin America. I have rooted in each one for over 20 years. Your perspective on cultural differences is insightful and kind. Your videos are always beautiful and thoughtful. With warm wishes.
i remember my First two visits to AMS, it changed Me. People are so chill, they have Healthcare, not tied to a stressful FT Job. America #37..>!
I love this new direction in your videos, Dave! I like them all and find you very entertaining but this style with a more relaxed pace and more sophisticated dialog is wonderful. And your video quality, which has always been great, just keeps improving. Thank you!
I love your style of storytelling.
Prepping to leave the US again as well. Lived abroad for more than a decade once before and I regret having moved back to the US. For clarity I recommend most Americans leave the US for more than a month at a time if they can. Reset your mind and how you feel.
Welcome to Europe! I’m happy for you 😃👍💪🏻👊and thx for great video on your experience
Brilliant video, one of your best. Kudos for talking broadly about Europe and not only Portugal. There are special places everywhere, US included. Can't wait for the next post.
Thank you Antonio 🙏🏻
Amazing video Dave, I agree with all your points and grow up in Europe during my teens in Germany. I am American by birth and have visited Europe many times since moving back to America. I look forward to each of your videos. Since Portugal is on my list of places to visit in the future.
5 years ago I moved from Switzerland to the USA. This is the biggest mistake of my life. I’m going to move back to Europe, but don’t know yet to what country.
Hello Dave,
Just saw a nice video in which you are interviewed by a RUclipsr couple, I think his name is Josh. I like most of your observations; astute. Keep up the good work. I live half of each year in Setúbal just south of Lisbon. Being bilingual in Portuguese, albeit the Brazilian variety, makes the time I spend in PT enjoyable, instructive and rewarding. Looking forward to more content.
Best, Bill
I'm Portuguese living in the U.S. and I miss Portugal. Eu tenho saudades de Portugal! 🇵🇹 I'll be back at some point. I like your content. Thanks for sharing.
Can always go back😊
Your content, Dave, is contagious ! I started watching at random and got really hooked! Greetings from UK 🇬🇧 & Bulgaria 🇧🇬!
Great video! Well done
Many Americans haven’t traveled outside USA. Many don’t have passports.
Portugal is one of the most polished, sincere and obedient country and the culture that focuses on community. I loved it.
this was one of your best videos,, i think you are maturing , I'm glad, I enjoy them more now. . this video reminded me of why i have always wanted to live in europe, but lately i have lost touch with that , thanks for reminding me who i have become ... Dave , the problem may be than if you ever decide to try to move back to the united states, you will have changed so much that you will find it very hard to relate to almost everyone.. Ihope you continue to evolve in your life in Portugal, I have no doubt that you will ... até a próssima e boa sorte
I think the Portuguese are very open, so you have the good opportunity to socialize
Great video as always Dave. Next time your in Lisbon let's go for a beer!
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Man i love this videos, calm relaxing...you really did get the Portuguese idea of life.
Went to sao Miguel with my fiancé as Americans. Am very much considering moving and starting our married life in the islands. I realized how much they had and how little I needed. Really wanting to but trying to ensure it’s not just vacation rose tinted glasses. Lots of love man great video!
rock musician here...moving to Portugal soon...very excited,
❤ all your videos....keep the good work, Dave!!
Thanks for the support Carolina 🙏🏻
We both lived in Portugal for 2 years, my wife for 6 and I have colleges for 33 years! It has been fun to explore and learn from this culture. The Portuguese people that I know have an Idea and what the United States is... but it is though media. I think that they could also learn from us too. I did share about driving to go places in the USA and were shocked that driving 30 min or more is way to long!! In my opinion I think every person should go and explore different places and learn.. I have heard an analogy that USA is a circle and lets say Portugal is a square, after moving to Portugal you become a hexagon and are never the same, and if you go to more places like Thailand (like I have) then you become a triangle. Cool eh? Love your videos Dave.
what oO driving 30min too long? We drive 1hour+ even for a job. Doesn't make sense x)
people say am crazy for living 60 miles away from the office, on a mostly remote job, going there once a week by train that takes one hour, my mom used to walk to work and complained when we moved to a house that was a 5 minutes car drive, my dad never was more than 15 minutes away from work.
I live a 5 minute walk from my parents and 10 from my in laws.
A 30 minute commute is a long one for us, also have in mind we pay like 10$ per gallon in a 6$ per hour average net wage, long commutes like 60 miles per day would be 20% of income just for fuel.
If you go to azores islands a 10 minute commute is a very long one 😂
Thanks..Your best video I think.IM Originally from Cuba(spend 28 years there) Also spend another 28 in Miami..Europe also changed me..Beautiful city Lisbon which I visit in April..its Like Madrid but cheaper
My paternal Grandparents migrated to the U.S. from the Azores island of San Miguel. Now retired, my Portugal roots are tugging at my heartstrings.
I have a piece of unsolicited advice. Before you take any action, make yourself familiar with the pitfalls of repatriation. There is definitely a learning curve.
@@LCamp-cr7fs Thank you. You're absolutely correct. Being fully acclimated to the U.S. culture, readjusting could be a shock. My first step is to see if we can even afford to live in Portugal without the NHR benefit. I also have to learn the language. In an effort to provide the best future possible for us children, my parents, God love them, wanted to distance us from the old country. I am forever grateful for my grandparents and parents wanting a better future for their children! Unfortunately, our proud cultural traditions were stripped away in the process.
Always positive, awesome Dave!
I recently read a book, “The Big Myth”, by Naomi Orestes. It’s about market fundamentalist. It’s useful to understand the differences between America and Europe.
Leaving Portugal and coming to the United States did for me what Leaving the U.S. and moving to Europe did for you. It's very important to learn to become self-reliant. I feel many all over the world are stuck in codependent relationships or in emotional prisons. Cheers to freedom and self-reliance
Good on you sister...
codependency is not one of the species more positive attributes. Going it alone has the power few can handle.
Co-dependency or “community”?
Agreed. Balance us good.
I live in Porto and love it. We moved to the Caribbean and lived there for 9 years, and now we are in Portugal. I will never go back to tbe states. Portugal is home.
I’ll be arriving in Portugal early December. I don’t really have a plan, but have paperwork in order. I have appreciated your videos.
more love in the world more than anything right now💙
Love your videos Dave!
One of your best!
Everything material thing you buy can be stolen or lost. Not experiences, knowledge or travels.
Exactly. And, let's face it, things we buy take up space, need to be stored and cleaned, and you have to move them around. And then, we don't uo using a lot of stuff much at all. It just takes up space and time. If you take pictures/video, an experience like a different city or country will stay with you, and it won't hang around and take up space!
Several years ago, my daughter she asked for help with expreienes rather than stuff at Christmas. It made me think differently about stuff vs. experiences.
Wise words...
Ive never traveled extensively in the US. But I’ve been maybe to 15 states and though they’re different the underlying mentalities are similar. People become so cookie cutter with all the chain restaurants and stores adding to that. Obesity is astronomical in the US! Though I live on the east coast not in rural US I’ve been places where it seems all the people must eat for fun 24/7! Outside of that I’ve been to the EU and couldn’t agree more about the vast differences mostly for the better.. the US is so stuck. I plan to move within 1 year to Porto Portugal area for a better way of life.
I am one of those fans who looks forward to seeing more of your insightful videos. This is some guy named Peter in Canada and Pedro in Portugal. I respect you for your decision to set up roots in Portugal. While I was born there, I am only able to spend half a year at a time (there) due to family commitments. Maybe one day I will be able to cut the cord that holds me in 🇨🇦. Heading back to Portugal in January for a few more months🍻
Thank you for loving my continent Dave.
A big hug from Hungary, from the city of kings (Székesfehérvár)!
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In the United States, people are expected to have a good level of general culture after college. In Europe, after high school.
This is paralleled in language. In the US you get a Bachelor's degree from "college", which is university. In multiple European countries, the degree you get from secondary school is called bachiller, baccalaurate, etc. and the school you get it from may be a colegio.
Good vibes. I love it. Thanks
Thank you 🙏🏻
The amount of effort put into this video doesn’t reflect the amount of views it got. Love your videos, Dave!
Dave aprendo muito sobre a América com estas comparações, normalmente fico espantada e incrédula, e penso na importância que estes vídeos explicando as tuas vivências devem ter o mesmo impacto nos americanos que os vêm, e abrir os horizontes para mundos com características tão diferentes e mais positivas. Como bem referiste o domínio das corporações elimina muita diversidade que enriqueceria a sociedade americana e as mentes talvez bastante monótonas. Continua o teu bom trabalho. Como diz um ditado português, não cai em saco roto 😊
Se ele tem morado em Portugal, ele precisa de ter aprendido bastante português. É impossível conhecer um país, uma sociedade, uma cultura sem falar a língua. Quando ele fala em português, então vou saber se ele for mudado pela sua experiência no Portugal. Sou americano também, moro no Québec onde fala-se francês, temos muitos portugueses e brasileiros qui também.
Love your videos, Dave and found Pt to be exactly as you've described. But, we've been waiting 4 1/2 months for our visas with no word, so becoming discouraged that they don't want us due to our advanced ages. I paid to subscribe to your channel, but didn't I just read that you've stopped doing your videos? Thanks for great input.
Travel is the best antidote to tribalism for those with open hearts and souls.
7:48 here in portugal by law it is forbidden that a boss contacts it's workers, unless that the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. And even if that's the case, the boss must pay the expenses to coming back (for instance airplane tickets) for the worker and obviously pay those hours (but I think it's only if It's only if the worker had been on vacation for more than four days🤔)
Yes, here we have some bosses that may talk to you outside working hours anout work, but as it is forbidden you can stop working there with fair cause (justa causa: when somebody does to you something and you decide to reply to it in a specific and the reason you did that is in the law) and get out of that toxic environment (hopefully)😊
Left Portugal with my family over 40 years ago.Lived in poverty there...Canada gave us the opportunity to live a very good life ! Portugal is beautiful but Canada has my heart and soul 🙏😊
But Portugal in 40 years has changed a lot.
I so enjoy your channel
Thank you 🙏🏻
To be honest, i have visited USA a few times, that expericence and also thanks to the videos i have seen here from people living in US, has given me motivation to appreciate more where i live, what i have. Ofcourse like everywhere there are advantages and disadvantages, maby more disadvantages here in SE Europe, but there are so many things that i don't like about US if i had to choose where to live. They don't have much free time, paid hollidays leave, paid sick leave, paid leave for mothers, gun issues, not very much being welcoming and willing to help others, issues with unhelty food, but not just because it is junk food, it is because healthy food can give you alergies, i have heared so many people having issues with allergies in US, they don't have it when in Europe.
Lovely video and modestly told.
We have lived in the USA since 2009 and only want to stay for two years.
Now it's been 13 years, and we come from Germany.
I am pleased to have taken this step; it has changed me. I'm glad to see two sides, especially regarding the healthcare system.
In Germany, many things are more modern. The food is better and healthier, and you can visit any doctor. You have at least 21 vacation days, and the garbage separation system is better. I can confirm that. It's unbelievable how much Americans go into debt to attend college. In Germany, it is free.
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I can only confirm a lot of what you say. As a teenager, it was always a dream for me to fly to the USA. However, I didn't expect to live here. I've experienced many things in the US and am pleased about it.
Next year I will fly back again and take a trip to Paris. We have been there so many times, and I miss this city. And I'll even visit Portugal someday. There are many things that I miss and don't like here in the USA. And your video makes me miss Europe. But we don't grow old in the USA. That's for sure.
Thanks for the great comment 🙏🏻
Loved this video and I’m so looking forward to moving to Europe for my retirement years.
I need to point out that there are a lot of places in the states that have excellent public transportation and it is used by many people. For example, there was three years in Oregon that I spent without even owning a car. And the whole time I worked in Denver I commuted on the train. My point is, the ability was there, just most Americans cant stand to be without their cars!!!
In the U.S., public transportation is better in more compact locations (SF Bay Area, NY, D.C.). In Los Angeles, for example, everything is spread out over long distances, such that often public transportation travel times are too long to be sustainable.
If you ever actually travelled through Europe by high speed train and the used the rain lines that connect cities and even villages, you would understand that there isn’t even a comparison to public transport in Europe to United States.
@@Diogohenriquescaralhobut train travel can be very expensive, unless you can buy your ticket early
From the Netherlands to Bulgaria' - both countries I am most familiar with, so this resonates with me a lot; thanks mate! And yes, Europe just does things better, life is better.
I know you are an American, but
can I ask you where you are really from?
Where are your family from? Just curious.
Thanks! What kind of European are you originally?
Hey love your videos. We are over here in Central Portugal for a short period though. If you have a meet up let us know!
I love this. The only thing stopping me from moving to Europe is leaving my elderly mom
I wish I could move to Spain.. I hear how friendly and lovely how the Spaniards are..
Love your video. I agree with the fact we need much more love in the world and that we have more similarities than not. I have lately notice a gradual decline in brotherly love the last 20 yrs and a great insurgence of the me first attitude since the rise of the internet and in particular social media.
Europe has a more social based lifestyle, as opposed to isolation in front of a computer screen.
Sempre muito interessante o conteúdo dos teus videos.
Some museums in Europe are well known but I don't necessarily hear much about museums in Portugal. It would be interesting to hear your take on museums in Portugal - Porto and the north in particular but anywhere.
When I visited Lisbon last year, I went to the National Museum of Ancient Art. Fantastic! I highly recommend it. There were a few others that I didn't get a chance to visit but they looked very good.
Dave thank you so much for these videos. I love Torreira. Are you near Aveiro. I'm in the US. I was born in Portugal. Looking to go back!!
Thank you for this video, Dave. As a European, currently living in my third foreign country, I could relate to everything you said.
Especially because of the cultural diversity and great accessibility of so many different regions & landscapes, Europe is always going to be my base. I love to travel and plan to keep exploring the world, but my home base will stay on this continent.
By the way, as I see you picked up fast on talking with your hands. 😉
acho que não deverias sair de Portugal.!!!
I immigrated from Texas to my ancestral. homelands in Europe in my 50s, and my life is so much better here. I had many good experiences in the US, and things are not perfect in the EU. Overall, though, my life is so much better. I relate to so much of what is in the video. For those who are so inclined and who live in the USA, consider trying life in the EU. You will probably not regret it.
I’m a 55yo in Texas and want to move to Europe, though I’m not sure where. I’m concerned that my age will be a deterrent. 😕 Any advice? 🙂
Because living in usa is like living in a fish bowl 🐟 Living in Europe is like living in the ocean 🌊
Hahahaha this one is funny
This channel provides good educations without insulting anyone like other channels about portugual by American youtubers. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Sue 🙏🏻
I love your videos!!!
Thank you 🙏🏻
I plan on taking a trip to Portugal and when I retire I plan to live there for a year or two
You often mention Prague and Budapest, have you ever visited Slovakia?
No but would love to visit in the future
About food, I don't remember. Have you tried "caracóis" and "caracoletas"? "percebes" are awesome by the way, with a cold beer... * homer Simpson drooling *
Adoro percebes.