Glad you like them! Please tell us what you liked about this video in particular and we'll try to do more of that. We have to finish shooting neighborhood #4 today 😅and then 3 more to go after that. Thanks for the support. Cia def. LOVES food. It's when she gets most upset. 😂 - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I like that you take us to the various restaurants and show the food and talk but what you orderd. You touch on different eating preferences as well so everyone has something to go to. Touching base on if the neighourhoods are more for family or tourist. Walking a round and giving some history. Ok so in short just keep doing what your doing lol.
To me one thing that stands out, is the presentation,professionalism and all the information as well as the enthusiasm in which these videos are done, Kudos to Josh and his lady👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I’ve seen others doing several videos about Porto, but these two folks are the very best bar none👍👍
I like my place n vicinity to be all around convenience, grocery shops, eating places, public transportation, most of all, it has to be quite peaceful, away from loud vehicle noises, noisy barking dogs, loud music, loud neighbors, ease of mind. That's d place I'm staying now, but over d few decades of housing development, it has become quite noisy, day n night, which reminded me of my stay in very noisy Mumbai. Hope to be living in a more peace of mind. 😁
Our current 'hood is Marques. What we love about it is it's proximity to downtown without having to be in the madness of downtown. We have plenty of green spaces to walk to dog and let Cia down to play. There are parks with kids stuff that she can play in too. A draw back to this neighborhood would definitely be the amount and variety of eateries, however, we don't eat out a ton so it's okay. Speaking of eating out, we have so many grocery stories in a 10-15 minute walking radius and the area we have to walk is flat. - Josh & Kalie
Loved this video. We arrived last week (D7😀) and this is our hood! We definitely give it 5/5 and are not bothered by the tourists because we’re tourists too for the most part. Look forward to seeing you around town, and look forward to more of your awesome videos!
Thanks, Kirsten. We appreciate the feedback. 😁 Congrats on moving here. If you wanna met up, give us a shout. Email Kalie at info@expatseverywhere.com 😊 She's the planner. - Josh & Kalie
Love your videos. Porto is so mistical and loved. The residents of Porto love their city, the residents from other cities within a range of 40kms love it as it's own city too!
So funny! Normally I agree with Kalie but I actually agree with Josh for once. There is a reason the tourists are there. It’s a beautiful neighborhood!
This series is awesome! I am loving it!! I actually really like this one bc of all the eateries. I’m a weirdo. Street noise and crowd sounds don’t bother me. I kinda find them soothing. BUT hubby wouldn’t like the tourist-y feel. We want to immerse into the culture and its hard to do that with tourist trap areas. Cedofeita still has my top vote! That food though! We would definitely be hitting the area to enjoy that! Love how Cia is so game to taste everything! Can’t wait to see you guys in person! Much love to you! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks, Angelia!! Honestly, these two areas are so so close, you wouldn't have any problem walking from you home in Cedofeita to your favorite restaurants downtown. We can't wait to see how you rank all 7 of them once we finish this series. You'll have to let us know. Cia is pretty great with food. The one thing that we've noticed is that we can't give her the same veggie 3 days in a row. So if we steam carrots for her, she's good day 1 and 2 but day 3, she's like, "nah". The one exception might be peas. 😅😂 - Josh & Kalie
I really like that you are not just like other tourist/party spot videos. This neighborhood series is great, terrific video, narration and pacing make you feel like you are there. I also like the mom vs. dad perspectives. I plan to visit soon, looks like a great place to retire (from the USA). I'd also like to see some interviews with any expats there that are actually living local long-term or permanent, and how they earn an income and have integrated themselves. Thanks!
Thanks, PeterD. To be honest, we're really building our library of expat Portugal interviews. Probably Carl and Louisa's interviews will be the two to start with. They're living more like locals than anyone we've interviewed. Thank you for the feedback on the series as well. Our channels goal is to talk more from a living in perspective than a tourism perspective. Yes, we do travel, and that's a great part of living abroad and we do talk about that, but in general, we're all about the "living in" POV. - Josh & Kalie
Thank you so much! We appreciate that. We're going to try to do the same kind of series for Lisbon. Wish us luck! Cia will appear bigger. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
Please check out La Salumeria Porto Italian restaurant. We were there back in May 2022 and it was wonderful. We really wanted a salad and we walked by and had to wait for a table. Well worth it and the owner was great and told us it was his mom's recipes. His parents were there visiting too. Porto is wonderful and hopefully we can semi-retire there next year.
I've been watching your videos about the different neighbourhoods in Porto and I really like them. As a Porto native, I think you're doing a great job. I also think your view of Baixa regarding tourists and the cost of living is spot-on. In fact, the residents of Baixa are being forced to move. Some because they can't rest due to the noise at night, and others because the buildings where they rent their flats are sold and they can't afford the new rent (the spike in the rent is meant to throw them out). There was even a notorious case where a building was set on fire and a man was killed (because he refused to move). The man who did it (a Chinese businessman) was just convicted of murder. I know you're trying to keep these videos lighthearted, but I think you should know that there's a dark side to the way Baixa looks right now and gentrification has very negative consequences for the residents. I love the new life of Baixa (although I find the number of tourists a bit excessive - when there are tourists, which is not the case right now) and I still remember the way it looked twenty years ago. It would be deserted in summer or on Sunday mornings, and now it's full of life, but I wouldn't live there for all of those reasons, and I used to dream of living in the city centre...
So, I hear what you said! But I remember our Avenida dos Aliados when it had ladies tending to those beautiful gardens, water fountains running etc etc.. Our city Porto was for years a “ sleeping town” but the vibe was allways present! I read and hear you! .I need to tell Josh to venture outta the “ baixa” and move up to be Rotunda da Boavista and check out it’s surroundings!! Greetings from New York from this YankeeDoPorto!🙂💙💙
@@leesantos2733 for sure Aliados was more beautiful before, with its gardens... As for Boavista, totally agree. That's where I grew up, best place in Porto, no doubt! :-)
Thank you, Alexandra. We've got 2 more places to film and 4 more to edit and upload. Ribeira comes out tomorrow, Boavista on Wednesday next week. - Josh & Kalie
Bar none, having said that!. Portuenses make it what it really is, the vibe is great.. I can just seat at a cafe and take it all in, be quite content and at peace watching all the humanity walking by🙂🙂
Nice video guys. I’m really enjoying your neighborhood series. The ironic thing is that the very cool spots that make a place great (like the bookstore, the beautiful train station, the restaurants) is what attracts people and tourists, thus making it less appealing. Good job. Love seeing CIA try all the different foods.
You're putting a lot into these videos, great work. I'm interested in farmers markets, vegan plant-based cafes, arty vibe and local community and parks. So where is my perfect match to live??? 🌲🌳🍑🌏☕️🧘♂️🥗🍓🥦🥑🎨
Thanks, Jennifer. We've been working a lot the past few days to get everything filmed. Sorry that it's taken me a few days to get to your comment. Honestly, you're probably looking at Cedofeita to tick most of your boxes. - Josh & Kalie
Loved! Loving this series. Loved the interlude of Josh introducing Cia to pastries - so precious! I think CIA is going to be a foodie by the time she’s 5. Love the history and great eatery suggestions too, and the spontaneous rating at the end. It’s fab overall. Thank you! ✨🙏✨👏💓
🙏 Thanks, Elizabeth. This feedback is really valuable. We have 4 more episodes to film and as we do have a format we're trying to follow as you can see, this feedback will help us correct and add a bit of depth when we can. If you know anyone that could use this series, please pass it on. 😊 - Josh & Kalie
I really can recommend Leitaria da Quinta do Paço for its famous and delicious chocolate eclairs, and of course, Confeitaria do Bolhão for the wonderful atmosphere and the delicious pastries and other food and fruit juices, they are both over a hundred years old. And last but not least visit the most beautiful McDonald’s restaurant in the world. (Just have a coffee at Porto's former Imperial Café, over there). The beautiful Majestic Café or Café Guarany are both really close by and also totally worth a visit, as well.
Thanks. We've not had Leitaria da Quinta do Paço. We used to live very close to Confeitaria do Bolhão and have eaten there as well the McDonald's and Majestic Café were pictured in the video. - Josh & Kalie
It's not as common or maybe we should say advertised as it is in the US, but you can find places with gluten free options. In Porto, there are a decent amount of healthy dining options. - Josh & Kalie
I was in Porto this past week. I stayed in an Airbnb on Rua das Flores, and the first evening there, I walked over to Livraria Lello, got a ticket while waiting in line, and got to go in shortly before closing. (Harry Potter fan, though what I purchased was the Portuguese version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince.) The bookstore is beautiful inside, of course; and I naturally posted “brag” check-in photos on Facebook. So I guess the next thing is to start exploring options for actually living there. I’ve never tried living outside the U.S., but I’ve long thought it would be an interesting adventure.
@@ExpatsEverywhere Josh, Kalie! Yes, of course your channel has been helpful! Tons of information and personal experience, and you're both so down-to-earth and friendly! I assume my best option would be the D7 visa, even though I don't have passive income. I'm a full-time employee at a U.S. company, but I've worked remotely since March 2020. The company doesn't care where I live, provided I'm able to participate in the workday. (One colleague lives in New Zealand.) So if deriving a steady income from salary rather than through passive or independent means can qualify for the D7, then I assume that's my route. I will be looking into that, and I know you guys made a video on it. 👍👍
Thanks for doing all these videos! My wife and I are considering making the same move as y'all in a few years once we have a decent amount of USD saved up. We are both software engineers so I think the remote market will be very good for us there. Anyways, thanks again for all the information! It's truly inspiring 😀
Zac! Awesome comment, man. Thank you 🙏Sorry, I've been eyeball deep in filming and editing for this series. Thanks for the support and encouragement. We really do aim to inspire. Our goal for our videos and we don't always get to hit all three but we want to inform, entertain, and inspire. We appreciate you hitting one of our keywords. Remote work is the way to go here if you ask us. The local economy doesn't offer enough to meet the norm for Americans in our opinion. Let us know if we can help in any other way. - Josh & Kalie
Please just don't. Americans are ruining the house market for the portuguese ppl. Just leave our town alone. Rent a house in the woods or wtv. But not downtown. It's our downtown, leave it to us pls. Sincerely and respectfully, a native. Thanks in advance
We haven't found it. Honestly, we know that in these videos we show her eating pastries and bread, but she's tried truffled croquettes, octopus, and every vegetable that we've eaten here in Portugal. - Josh & Kalie
Okay! The cutie pie is my favorite of the video! I was looking at Lisbon after everyone directed me away from Porto in the beginning. Now I think I'm back to looking at Porto. They said that English won't be an issue in Lisbon. What about Porto? I'm trying to learn, but Portuguese is just not the easiest and I love languages.
Love your videos and your wealth of information! Not sure if I missed a video where the two of you explained why you chose and/or compared Porto over Lisbon?
Thanks, Jason. It sounds like we just need to do a video on it. Not sure we could make it 8-12 minutes though but we could show some cool b-roll and never be allowed in Lisbon again. 😅 Basically, it comes down to 3 main things. People in Porto are significantly nicer. Porto's more affordable. Lisbon is too big for us. We like the walkability of Porto. - Josh & Kalie
Thank you. How many times does "trying" count? 😁 I'd say Manteigaria or Castro has the best. It's splitting hairs. Which Manteigaria did you go to by Bolhão or Clerigos? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I was waiting for my daughter to graduate high school and leave for college. She just graduated and will leave in August. I’ll sell my house and everything and start to figure it out.
Hi Andrea, you're welcome. Thanks for letting us know what you're looking for. Let us know how you rank the 7 neighborhoods once the series finishes. 😁 We're interested to see. Marques might be your place. - Josh & Kalie
We haven't seen how buses operate in regards to wheelchairs, we're pretty sure they are okay though because of they're newer buses and models. The metros have designated spots for wheelchairs and elevators at all stations from what we know. - Josh & Kalie
Hello Josh and Katie, been a long time but finally getting my Visa D docs ready for application. Any recommendations for staying airbnb or something in Lisbon and Porto in October? how's the weather in October over there? best, Stevon
Hi Stevon, we know Porto much better than Lisbon. Feel Porto and Liiiving would be your options for companies that do medium term stays with contracts. We also have links in our new videos and on our website for discounts with Spotahome if you want to go that route with a company like them. In terms of weather, it's cool and can be rainy in October, but it's not cold and many days are still sunny or partly cloudy. It rarely rains all day. - Josh & Kalie
Guys you’re breaking me - my fave part of Porto… probably Portugal even - my Great Aunt lives river side of the big Cathedral and you make me just wanna go back.
I was in Cedofeita! Lived in Ramalde up until 17 years old, moved to the U.S.A. In 1967, lived in Connecticut as well as near Fort Lauderdale, Florida for 20 years, now in New York for 16🙋🏻♂️.. Now me and my wife are debating where to go🤷🏻♂️. Where thinking Palm Coast,Florida but my heart is pushing me back to Porto🥱🥱🥱🙂..the Violence here in the US and racism coupled with the quality of life are making me look at the arrow and that is pointing to my of Porto💙.. Because of COVID we cancelled our paid trip twice, in the next few months we’re coming and staying for 2 months! I’m going to think hard as to what to when I stop working..Josh & Kalie you folks are doing a fantastic job👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. When we come to Porto we would love to meet you!!!🙂🙂🙂. Till then, keep up the good work, Thank You🙂. Viva o Porto🙏🙏
To be honest, they're not really talking about it but on one thing we've read, they're recommended when safe social distancing isn't possible. When we're walking at pace with Cia and not around people, we take them off. - Josh & Kalie
Hi Jim, Kalie's the francesinha eater of the fam. I just hold her purse. She said that Bugatti Caffe has a good one, but yeah, Santiago is very good. - Josh & Kalie
this is like scrolling through google information on porto. you dont get any sense of what it actually feels like to live there, or what the vibe is like. would recommend trying to put more personality in these videos so that we feel a bit closer to the experience and not so detached. i didnt really come out of watching this with any new information that help me understand what the experience of living there is really like.
You're the first person to give that feedback and this video has been live for over a year. Sorry that we didn't give enough personality but we're just being ourselves. The first half of the video is more objective information and the second half is subjective based on who we are. - Josh & Kalie
Hi Brenda. Kalie has the more international background. Her father is Cuban and his family does have Brazilian origins, which might be able to trace back to Portugal obviously, however, we're not sure. As for mine, it's Eastern European, and British. My Eastern European side is a few generations removed for their immigration to the US. Kalie's dad immigrated to the US alone when he was 9 years old! It's quite a story. - Josh & Kalie
Great work but since I don’t speak any Portuguese, yet, and you aren’t posting the actual names of the areas you’re highlighting, there’s no reference point to work with which makes your segments hard to follow.
Hi Curt, I'm not sure what you mean here. What reference points are you looking for? Have you seen the map we used for the borders of the neighborhoods discussed in this series? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Hey guys, great videos, we are planning on moving there in 5 years. An off the wall question for you....what video editing software to you use. The ones I have are way to complicated.
@@Marooned59 Hi. Thank you. We started with iMovie on Apple but after several years of that and being very limited with what we could do, we switched to FCPX around 2 years ago and we love it. At first, it was a bit intimidating with how much more robust it is, but it was similar enough to iMovie that we could keep editing, while learning new tricks the more comfortable we got with it. We prefer Apple stuff over Adobe because of price and we have Mac products, but mainly price. - Josh
@@ExpatsEverywhere thanks so much for your response. We can't wait to move there. We live in Tampa, so nice to see American expats are there. We are leaning toward the Algarve but plan on visiting Porto
Hi guys... If you want to try the best francesinhas in Porto, you must try at Barcarola, in Rua Costa Cabral (near Conde Ferreira Hospital), Capa Negra (near Igreja do Bonfim in Campanhã) or the Verso em Pedra in Ribeira (in front of the car parking of Alfândega). The Barcarola and Capa Negra are very knowned because of the university students (former and new) that usually hang out there and, sometimes, a Tuna (that`s like a choir and musicians of university students) can show up and give a live improvised performance... after a couple of beers, just for fun, for initialising new members or just to raise money so they can participate on festivals in Portugal or abroad... By the way... there are 3 major students events you guys can´t miss (if the pandemic slows down and they can organise it) : Noite da Serenata (serenata´s night) - usually takes place at the stairs os Sé cathedral at midnight in the month of May; Benção das Pastas (a ceremony where the Bishop blesses the students that will end their studies); the Queima das Fitas week (for a hole week there are live shows of music in the Queimódromo (near Parque da Cidade)) and the Desfile dos Finalistas ( a parade where the new students are introduced to the city and those who get their degrees say farewell to the Academic life...). You can look up some of these past events on youtube... And look also for our noite S. João ( saint John´s night ), one of the saints patrons of the city... Another big festivity occurs when FC Porto wins the soccer ligue or another big national or international competition... The Av Aliados becames a big white and blue "ocean"... sorry for the long message, but i felt it was needed... Keep on going descovering the city little secrets (and try to make a special stream of the beautiful hidden gardens of Porto). Thanks, keep save and God bless your family
Hi, Rui. Thanks for adding so much detail in your comment. Sorry that I can respond to it all. I've gotten backed up from this project with filming and editing. 😅 We hope you keep safe and God bless you too. 🙏 - Josh & Kalie
I dig Oporto, however the market is geared towards airbnb and tourism rentals...Most apartments are already furnished including internet and etc...Real estate agent's are not licensed and the real issue is the owner's of the unit's...Some of these Cat's want as much as 6 or more deposits just to move in...I have lived in Portugal for more then 4 year's...Seen the game's they like to play, still waiting for our deposits to be returned on are last unit...I chose Ponte de Lima...A perfect blend of traditional small village vibe, yet 30 minute's to Braga and or Viana do Castelo...Beautiful nature and peace all around you...After 4 year's of living in the capital...The pizazz is gone...Green acres is the place for me...Boa Sorte...
This is just an amazing and incredibly useful series -- one of the best for expats on RUclips. Obrigado.
Glad you think so! 🙏 If you know a group that could use it, please share it. 😊 Thanks for your kind words and support. - Josh & Kalie
I am loving this series on the neighbourhoods in Porto. I really enjoyed this video. Cia loves her food!
Glad you like them! Please tell us what you liked about this video in particular and we'll try to do more of that. We have to finish shooting neighborhood #4 today 😅and then 3 more to go after that. Thanks for the support. Cia def. LOVES food. It's when she gets most upset. 😂 - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I like that you take us to the various restaurants and show the food and talk but what you orderd. You touch on different eating preferences as well so everyone has something to go to. Touching base on if the neighourhoods are more for family or tourist. Walking a round and giving some history. Ok so in short just keep doing what your doing lol.
To me one thing that stands out, is the presentation,professionalism and all the information as well as the enthusiasm in which these videos are done, Kudos to Josh and his lady👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I’ve seen others doing several videos about Porto, but these two folks are the very best bar none👍👍
Thanks for this wonderful video. What a beautiful neighborhood in downtown Porto.
What's d best thing about d neighborhood that u guys like in your current place?
I like my place n vicinity to be all around convenience, grocery shops, eating places, public transportation, most of all, it has to be quite peaceful, away from loud vehicle noises, noisy barking dogs, loud music, loud neighbors, ease of mind. That's d place I'm staying now, but over d few decades of housing development, it has become quite noisy, day n night, which reminded me of my stay in very noisy Mumbai. Hope to be living in a more peace of mind. 😁
Thanks for sharing, Yasin.
Our current 'hood is Marques. What we love about it is it's proximity to downtown without having to be in the madness of downtown. We have plenty of green spaces to walk to dog and let Cia down to play. There are parks with kids stuff that she can play in too. A draw back to this neighborhood would definitely be the amount and variety of eateries, however, we don't eat out a ton so it's okay. Speaking of eating out, we have so many grocery stories in a 10-15 minute walking radius and the area we have to walk is flat. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Thanks for your reply. 😁
Loved this video. We arrived last week (D7😀) and this is our hood! We definitely give it 5/5 and are not bothered by the tourists because we’re tourists too for the most part. Look forward to seeing you around town, and look forward to more of your awesome videos!
Thanks, Kirsten. We appreciate the feedback. 😁 Congrats on moving here. If you wanna met up, give us a shout. Email Kalie at info@expatseverywhere.com 😊 She's the planner. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Of course we'd love to meet you guys -- see you soon!
@@kirstenb2708 perfect. See you soon.
You guys should check out the other side of the river, Vila Nova de Gaia. Plenty to see there too.
You mean make a video about it? - Josh & Kalie
Yes, why not 🤔 you can start with Cais de Gaia which is on the other side of Ribeira.
@@Haiyan25 in time. These videos take a bit of time. 😃
Great video & Cia is the star in my eyes! 💫 🌟
Thank you. We agree! - Josh & Kalie
Looks like there r plenty of food options in your downtown Porto. Lovely.
Absolutely! Food everywhere. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere 😁
And beyhound
Just got back from Porto and what amazing city. I walked everywhere in Porto. Coimbra is a perfect day trip from Porto..
Nice! Thanks for sharing. We agree agree Coimbra is a nice day trip or overnight as well. - Josh & Kalie
Great video guys, love seeing the different neighborhoods of Porto. Planning my first trip there later this year. Best wishes from Ireland!
Thanks! We appreciate it. Ireland is a lovely place too. Let us know what your favorite is once we finish the series. - Josh & Kalie
As a Portuense myself, currently living in Ireland: go for it :D
Your videos are invaluable! Thank you for showing your viewers the neighborhoods of Porto!
Glad you like them! Thanks for the comment and feedback. We appreciate it and glad people can get value from them. - Josh & Kalie
Love your videos. Porto is so mistical and loved. The residents of Porto love their city, the residents from other cities within a range of 40kms love it as it's own city too!
Thanks for the love! Porto people have a lot to be proud of. - Josh & Kalie
So funny! Normally I agree with Kalie but I actually agree with Josh for once. There is a reason the tourists are there. It’s a beautiful neighborhood!
It's about time that you agree with me, Amy. 😉 - Josh
That baby is sooo cute!
Which baby?! There was a baby involved?! 😉 Thank you, Nate. - Josh & Kalie
This series is awesome! I am loving it!! I actually really like this one bc of all the eateries. I’m a weirdo. Street noise and crowd sounds don’t bother me. I kinda find them soothing. BUT hubby wouldn’t like the tourist-y feel. We want to immerse into the culture and its hard to do that with tourist trap areas. Cedofeita still has my top vote! That food though! We would definitely be hitting the area to enjoy that! Love how Cia is so game to taste everything! Can’t wait to see you guys in person! Much love to you! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks, Angelia!! Honestly, these two areas are so so close, you wouldn't have any problem walking from you home in Cedofeita to your favorite restaurants downtown. We can't wait to see how you rank all 7 of them once we finish this series. You'll have to let us know. Cia is pretty great with food. The one thing that we've noticed is that we can't give her the same veggie 3 days in a row. So if we steam carrots for her, she's good day 1 and 2 but day 3, she's like, "nah". The one exception might be peas. 😅😂 - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I like peas! High five Cia!
@@mrsiz218 👶🙌 - Cia
Great video once again!😍 Looking forward to your LISBON neighborhoods reviews. That's where we are heading post Covid.🙂
Oh boy, Jun! It might take us a while to do that one! - Josh & Kalie
Excellent! Thank you so much. Seeing the names will help me a lot.
Loving the content! We needed this. Thank you. Looking forward to moving to Porto!
Thanks, Eric! Thanks for the love. We love that feedback! Keep us posted on your move. - Josh & Kalie
Luved the clip of you and your daughter trying the favorite foods.
Thanks, L G! ❤️ She loves (most) all food. - Josh & Kalie
Every time I miss Portugal, I watch your videos. Really excellently done. Thank you so much 👍
That's so kind of you. We're glad that you can find home when you watch our videos! - Josh & Kalie
I really like that you are not just like other tourist/party spot videos. This neighborhood series is great, terrific video, narration and pacing make you feel like you are there. I also like the mom vs. dad perspectives. I plan to visit soon, looks like a great place to retire (from the USA). I'd also like to see some interviews with any expats there that are actually living local long-term or permanent, and how they earn an income and have integrated themselves. Thanks!
Thanks, PeterD. To be honest, we're really building our library of expat Portugal interviews. Probably Carl and Louisa's interviews will be the two to start with. They're living more like locals than anyone we've interviewed. Thank you for the feedback on the series as well. Our channels goal is to talk more from a living in perspective than a tourism perspective. Yes, we do travel, and that's a great part of living abroad and we do talk about that, but in general, we're all about the "living in" POV. - Josh & Kalie
your video is filled with amazing info! the best part is your daughter eating she is adorable!!!
Thank you so much! We appreciate that. We're going to try to do the same kind of series for Lisbon. Wish us luck! Cia will appear bigger. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
Please check out La Salumeria Porto Italian restaurant. We were there back in May 2022 and it was wonderful. We really wanted a salad and we walked by and had to wait for a table. Well worth it and the owner was great and told us it was his mom's recipes. His parents were there visiting too. Porto is wonderful and hopefully we can semi-retire there next year.
Harry Potter and general book fan is here for that bookstore!!
🥳 Thanks for the comment. - Josh & Kalie
MAER restaurant near the river is wonderful.
I've been watching your videos about the different neighbourhoods in Porto and I really like them. As a Porto native, I think you're doing a great job.
I also think your view of Baixa regarding tourists and the cost of living is spot-on. In fact, the residents of Baixa are being forced to move. Some because they can't rest due to the noise at night, and others because the buildings where they rent their flats are sold and they can't afford the new rent (the spike in the rent is meant to throw them out). There was even a notorious case where a building was set on fire and a man was killed (because he refused to move). The man who did it (a Chinese businessman) was just convicted of murder.
I know you're trying to keep these videos lighthearted, but I think you should know that there's a dark side to the way Baixa looks right now and gentrification has very negative consequences for the residents.
I love the new life of Baixa (although I find the number of tourists a bit excessive - when there are tourists, which is not the case right now) and I still remember the way it looked twenty years ago. It would be deserted in summer or on Sunday mornings, and now it's full of life, but I wouldn't live there for all of those reasons, and I used to dream of living in the city centre...
So, I hear what you said! But I remember our Avenida dos Aliados when it had ladies tending to those beautiful gardens, water fountains running etc etc.. Our city Porto was for years a “ sleeping town” but the vibe was allways present! I read and hear you! .I need to tell Josh to venture outta the “ baixa” and move up to be Rotunda da Boavista and check out it’s surroundings!! Greetings from New York from this YankeeDoPorto!🙂💙💙
@@leesantos2733 for sure Aliados was more beautiful before, with its gardens...
As for Boavista, totally agree. That's where I grew up, best place in Porto, no doubt! :-)
Hey, Lee Santos. It's where we've been filming the past two days. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
Thank you, Alexandra. We've got 2 more places to film and 4 more to edit and upload. Ribeira comes out tomorrow, Boavista on Wednesday next week. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I'll be looking forward to seeing them!
super helpful! thank you!
I know you will choice stay in Porto once you arrive almost 1 year ago, like i said, Porto is one of the best cities in Europe
J Jaxz! Almost one year of being an ExpatsEverywhere subscriber! Thank you so much. Thanks for the comment. - Josh & Kalie
Bar none, having said that!. Portuenses make it what it really is, the vibe is great.. I can just seat at a cafe and take it all in, be quite content and at peace watching all the humanity walking by🙂🙂
Nice video guys. I’m really enjoying your neighborhood series. The ironic thing is that the very cool spots that make a place great (like the bookstore, the beautiful train station, the restaurants) is what attracts people and tourists, thus making it less appealing. Good job. Love seeing CIA try all the different foods.
Thanks. Glad you like them! Can't argue with you there, but it is what it is. Thanks, we love seeing Cia try new foods too. - Josh & Kalie
Pedro dos Frangos is on my top 10 in Porto. So good! And inexpensive!!
Nice! We love it too. - Josh & Kalie
Thanks for sharing, we love it too. - Josh & Kalie
You're putting a lot into these videos, great work. I'm interested in farmers markets, vegan plant-based cafes, arty vibe and local community and parks. So where is my perfect match to live???
🌲🌳🍑🌏☕️🧘♂️🥗🍓🥦🥑🎨
Thanks, Jennifer. We've been working a lot the past few days to get everything filmed. Sorry that it's taken me a few days to get to your comment. Honestly, you're probably looking at Cedofeita to tick most of your boxes. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Thanks, that's great I'll do some research.
@@jennifergrainger2480 You're welcome. Keep your eye out for the Bonfim video. It might be your place too. - Josh & Kalie
Me too! Then when I saw your name @jennifer , I literally, thought definitely me! 😂
@@jennifercapewell9370 Great, hope to meet up somewhere over there. I’m in Australia and can’t even leave the country yet!!
Loved! Loving this series. Loved the interlude of Josh introducing Cia to pastries - so precious! I think CIA is going to be a foodie by the time she’s 5. Love the history and great eatery suggestions too, and the spontaneous rating at the end. It’s fab overall. Thank you! ✨🙏✨👏💓
🙏 Thanks, Elizabeth. This feedback is really valuable. We have 4 more episodes to film and as we do have a format we're trying to follow as you can see, this feedback will help us correct and add a bit of depth when we can. If you know anyone that could use this series, please pass it on. 😊 - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere absolutely! 😊
Cantinho do Avillez.
That's a Michelin recognized restaurant with prices ok and delicious food.
Thanks for the info! - Josh & Kalie
I really can recommend Leitaria da Quinta do Paço for its famous and delicious chocolate eclairs, and of course, Confeitaria do Bolhão for the wonderful atmosphere and the delicious pastries and other food and fruit juices, they are both over a hundred years old. And last but not least visit the most beautiful McDonald’s restaurant in the world. (Just have a coffee at Porto's former Imperial Café, over there). The beautiful Majestic Café or Café Guarany are both really close by and also totally worth a visit, as well.
Thanks. We've not had Leitaria da Quinta do Paço. We used to live very close to Confeitaria do Bolhão and have eaten there as well the McDonald's and Majestic Café were pictured in the video. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Ok, thank you, good to know!
Try Mercearia das Flores in Rua das Flores for strictly Portuguese ingredients in creative dishes.
I loved Lisbon and Albufeira!! Just amazingly beautiful and friendly people. The women are just gorgeously refreshing and nice
Lovely video, lots of information, pity there’s lots of spelling mistakes, take care, keep up the good work and enjoy Porto carago
Thank you very much. Just to be clear, we didn't create the subtitles or CC. That's autogenerated by RUclips. - Josh & Kalie
Hi next time you visit the Porto tow you should trie the bar Orpheu brunch and tapas . They are amazing. Thanks for your videos
Hi Sara, we living in Porto. 😉 We'll take a look at your bar recommendation. Do you own it? - Josh & Kalie
Can you say something about gluten free options in Porto? I was in Porto a few years ago and loved it, especially the fresh and clean air.
It's not as common or maybe we should say advertised as it is in the US, but you can find places with gluten free options. In Porto, there are a decent amount of healthy dining options. - Josh & Kalie
I was in Porto this past week. I stayed in an Airbnb on Rua das Flores, and the first evening there, I walked over to Livraria Lello, got a ticket while waiting in line, and got to go in shortly before closing. (Harry Potter fan, though what I purchased was the Portuguese version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince.) The bookstore is beautiful inside, of course; and I naturally posted “brag” check-in photos on Facebook.
So I guess the next thing is to start exploring options for actually living there. I’ve never tried living outside the U.S., but I’ve long thought it would be an interesting adventure.
Wow, thanks for sharing, Rick. Let us know if we can help in your transition. We hope the channel helps. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Josh, Kalie! Yes, of course your channel has been helpful! Tons of information and personal experience, and you're both so down-to-earth and friendly! I assume my best option would be the D7 visa, even though I don't have passive income. I'm a full-time employee at a U.S. company, but I've worked remotely since March 2020. The company doesn't care where I live, provided I'm able to participate in the workday. (One colleague lives in New Zealand.) So if deriving a steady income from salary rather than through passive or independent means can qualify for the D7, then I assume that's my route. I will be looking into that, and I know you guys made a video on it. 👍👍
Shoot us an email for help.
Nice one 🌷👍🙏
Thank you! - Josh & Kalie
Thanks for doing all these videos! My wife and I are considering making the same move as y'all in a few years once we have a decent amount of USD saved up. We are both software engineers so I think the remote market will be very good for us there. Anyways, thanks again for all the information! It's truly inspiring 😀
Zac! Awesome comment, man. Thank you 🙏Sorry, I've been eyeball deep in filming and editing for this series. Thanks for the support and encouragement. We really do aim to inspire. Our goal for our videos and we don't always get to hit all three but we want to inform, entertain, and inspire. We appreciate you hitting one of our keywords. Remote work is the way to go here if you ask us. The local economy doesn't offer enough to meet the norm for Americans in our opinion. Let us know if we can help in any other way. - Josh & Kalie
Please just don't. Americans are ruining the house market for the portuguese ppl. Just leave our town alone. Rent a house in the woods or wtv. But not downtown. It's our downtown, leave it to us pls. Sincerely and respectfully, a native. Thanks in advance
I planned on moving to Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 6yrs ago!! I’m sorry I didn’t make the move …
And now? 😊
Is there anything that Cia does not eat?
We haven't found it. Honestly, we know that in these videos we show her eating pastries and bread, but she's tried truffled croquettes, octopus, and every vegetable that we've eaten here in Portugal. - Josh & Kalie
Okay! The cutie pie is my favorite of the video! I was looking at Lisbon after everyone directed me away from Porto in the beginning. Now I think I'm back to looking at Porto. They said that English won't be an issue in Lisbon. What about Porto? I'm trying to learn, but Portuguese is just not the easiest and I love languages.
What about eating the amazing Gazela hot dogs with their optional hot sauce...thats a must for me each time I visit Porto!
We'll have to add it to the list! - Josh & Kalie
Love your videos and your wealth of information! Not sure if I missed a video where the two of you explained why you chose and/or compared Porto over Lisbon?
Thanks, Jason. It sounds like we just need to do a video on it. Not sure we could make it 8-12 minutes though but we could show some cool b-roll and never be allowed in Lisbon again. 😅 Basically, it comes down to 3 main things. People in Porto are significantly nicer. Porto's more affordable. Lisbon is too big for us. We like the walkability of Porto. - Josh & Kalie
Great series!
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You guys should try the "Natas" at "Manteigaria".
In my opinion is the best pastel de natal in Porto.
Thank you.
How many times does "trying" count? 😁 I'd say Manteigaria or Castro has the best. It's splitting hairs. Which Manteigaria did you go to by Bolhão or Clerigos? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere You´re spot on.
I´ve been "trying" them for 3 years now.
I usually go to the Mateigaria by Bolhão.
@@mockingbirdex3450 😊 Three years is a good amount of time to try them.
Hey guys…. I wish I was there and out of this country!
Porto looks beautiful!!!
We wish you were here too! What's it going to take to make it happen, buddy? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I was waiting for my daughter to graduate high school and leave for college. She just graduated and will leave in August. I’ll sell my house and everything and start to figure it out.
EXCELLENT PORTUGAL 🇵🇹🇵🇹❤️❤️💎💎🛹💋♠️🙏
Thank you very much. We are looking for a neighborhood which is not as touristy. We are retiring so we also want less expensive housing.
Hi Andrea, you're welcome. Thanks for letting us know what you're looking for. Let us know how you rank the 7 neighborhoods once the series finishes. 😁 We're interested to see. Marques might be your place. - Josh & Kalie
Would you say Porto or Braga is cheaper to live?
what is the difference between expat and immigrant ?
I really hope you will do an episode on Gaia
We will but it'll have to be when we get back into Porto. We want to do one or maybe a few on Gaia and one on Matosinhos. - Josh & Kalie
can u live without portgequese in Porto as expat working in university/startups ?
In general, how is public transportation with regards to a wheelchair?
We haven't seen how buses operate in regards to wheelchairs, we're pretty sure they are okay though because of they're newer buses and models. The metros have designated spots for wheelchairs and elevators at all stations from what we know. - Josh & Kalie
Hello Josh and Katie, been a long time but finally getting my Visa D docs ready for application. Any recommendations for staying airbnb or something in Lisbon and Porto in October? how's the weather in October over there?
best,
Stevon
Hi Stevon, we know Porto much better than Lisbon. Feel Porto and Liiiving would be your options for companies that do medium term stays with contracts. We also have links in our new videos and on our website for discounts with Spotahome if you want to go that route with a company like them. In terms of weather, it's cool and can be rainy in October, but it's not cold and many days are still sunny or partly cloudy. It rarely rains all day. - Josh & Kalie
How bike friendly is Porto? Do they have bike lanes? Or do people use the street or sidewalk for biking?
It’s awful and quite dangerous unfortunately
Guys you’re breaking me - my fave part of Porto… probably Portugal even -
my Great Aunt lives river side of the big Cathedral and you make me just wanna go back.
Yikes, sorry, Francis! 😅 Thanks for sharing. Hope you like the rest of them - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere love all of them, just missing “home” - thank you for the vids
@@francis_co Thank you. You're "home" is a great place! 🥰 🙏 - Josh & Kalie
I was in Cedofeita! Lived in Ramalde up until 17 years old, moved to the U.S.A. In 1967, lived in Connecticut as well as near Fort Lauderdale, Florida for 20 years, now in New York for 16🙋🏻♂️.. Now me and my wife are debating where to go🤷🏻♂️. Where thinking Palm Coast,Florida but my heart is pushing me back to Porto🥱🥱🥱🙂..the Violence here in the US and racism coupled with the quality of life are making me look at the arrow and that is pointing to my of Porto💙.. Because of COVID we cancelled our paid trip twice, in the next few months we’re coming and staying for 2 months! I’m going to think hard as to what to when I stop working..Josh & Kalie you folks are doing a fantastic job👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. When we come to Porto we would love to meet you!!!🙂🙂🙂. Till then, keep up the good work, Thank You🙂. Viva o Porto🙏🙏
PS. I meant to say, I was born in Cedofeita!!
Any word on when masks won't be required for outdoors? Fauchi has already deemed that it's safe to be outside without a mask (vaccinated or not).
To be honest, they're not really talking about it but on one thing we've read, they're recommended when safe social distancing isn't possible. When we're walking at pace with Cia and not around people, we take them off. - Josh & Kalie
Is there a better francesinha than Santiago's, in your opinion?
Hi Jim, Kalie's the francesinha eater of the fam. I just hold her purse. She said that Bugatti Caffe has a good one, but yeah, Santiago is very good. - Josh & Kalie
Out of the three, I'd vote for Marques.
Thanks, Kazem! 4 more to go and we'd love to hear how you rank them. - Josh & Kalie
Hello
Hi 👋 - Josh & Kalie
this is like scrolling through google information on porto. you dont get any sense of what it actually feels like to live there, or what the vibe is like. would recommend trying to put more personality in these videos so that we feel a bit closer to the experience and not so detached. i didnt really come out of watching this with any new information that help me understand what the experience of living there is really like.
You're the first person to give that feedback and this video has been live for over a year. Sorry that we didn't give enough personality but we're just being ourselves. The first half of the video is more objective information and the second half is subjective based on who we are. - Josh & Kalie
Just curious, I know you are both from the US but do either of you have any Portuguese ancestry?
Hi Brenda. Kalie has the more international background. Her father is Cuban and his family does have Brazilian origins, which might be able to trace back to Portugal obviously, however, we're not sure. As for mine, it's Eastern European, and British. My Eastern European side is a few generations removed for their immigration to the US. Kalie's dad immigrated to the US alone when he was 9 years old! It's quite a story. - Josh & Kalie
Awesome, Evan! - Josh & Kalie
Great work but since I don’t speak any Portuguese, yet, and you aren’t posting the actual names of the areas you’re highlighting, there’s no reference point to work with which makes your segments hard to follow.
Hi Curt, I'm not sure what you mean here. What reference points are you looking for? Have you seen the map we used for the borders of the neighborhoods discussed in this series? - Josh & Kalie
Sia is a whole Is vibe 😂
You should see her now. 😊 😅 - Josh & Kalie
Foz for me.
Coming up. We're in pre-production for Foz right now. Tomorrow, Ribeira. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Hey guys, great videos, we are planning on moving there in 5 years. An off the wall question for you....what video editing software to you use. The ones I have are way to complicated.
@@Marooned59 Hi. Thank you. We started with iMovie on Apple but after several years of that and being very limited with what we could do, we switched to FCPX around 2 years ago and we love it. At first, it was a bit intimidating with how much more robust it is, but it was similar enough to iMovie that we could keep editing, while learning new tricks the more comfortable we got with it. We prefer Apple stuff over Adobe because of price and we have Mac products, but mainly price. - Josh
@@ExpatsEverywhere thanks so much for your response. We can't wait to move there. We live in Tampa, so nice to see American expats are there. We are leaning toward the Algarve but plan on visiting Porto
I’d honestly relocate to Porto if I had the money. Almost anywhere is better than London. Words can’t explain how much I loathe London.
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🙏 - Josh & Kalie
Don't move to downtown Porto!
Horrible that foreigners are taking places over.
The world is for everyone
Hi guys... If you want to try the best francesinhas in Porto, you must try at Barcarola, in Rua Costa Cabral (near Conde Ferreira Hospital), Capa Negra (near Igreja do Bonfim in Campanhã) or the Verso em Pedra in Ribeira (in front of the car parking of Alfândega). The Barcarola and Capa Negra are very knowned because of the university students (former and new) that usually hang out there and, sometimes, a Tuna (that`s like a choir and musicians of university students) can show up and give a live improvised performance... after a couple of beers, just for fun, for initialising new members or just to raise money so they can participate on festivals in Portugal or abroad... By the way... there are 3 major students events you guys can´t miss (if the pandemic slows down and they can organise it) : Noite da Serenata (serenata´s night) - usually takes place at the stairs os Sé cathedral at midnight in the month of May; Benção das Pastas (a ceremony where the Bishop blesses the students that will end their studies); the Queima das Fitas week (for a hole week there are live shows of music in the Queimódromo (near Parque da Cidade)) and the Desfile dos Finalistas ( a parade where the new students are introduced to the city and those who get their degrees say farewell to the Academic life...). You can look up some of these past events on youtube... And look also for our noite S. João ( saint John´s night ), one of the saints patrons of the city... Another big festivity occurs when FC Porto wins the soccer ligue or another big national or international competition... The Av Aliados becames a big white and blue "ocean"... sorry for the long message, but i felt it was needed... Keep on going descovering the city little secrets (and try to make a special stream of the beautiful hidden gardens of Porto). Thanks, keep save and God bless your family
Hi, Rui. Thanks for adding so much detail in your comment. Sorry that I can respond to it all. I've gotten backed up from this project with filming and editing. 😅 We hope you keep safe and God bless you too. 🙏 - Josh & Kalie
I dig Oporto, however the market is geared towards airbnb and tourism rentals...Most apartments are already furnished including internet and etc...Real estate agent's are not licensed and the real issue is the owner's of the unit's...Some of these Cat's want as much as 6 or more deposits just to move in...I have lived in Portugal for more then 4 year's...Seen the game's they like to play, still waiting for our deposits to be returned on are last unit...I chose Ponte de Lima...A perfect blend of traditional small village vibe, yet 30 minute's to Braga and or Viana do Castelo...Beautiful nature and peace all around you...After 4 year's of living in the capital...The pizazz is gone...Green acres is the place for me...Boa Sorte...
Thanks for sharing your experience, Dickie. - Josh & Kalie