Episode 19: 5 Things, Part 2

Jason and Tracy continue their discussion of 5 things they wish they knew before they moved to Portugal, and 5 things they have discovered they are glad for. In this episode: Things they wish they knew: --Don't be naive about language --It can be oddly hard to find certain things such as green onions and jalepenos, and delivery drivers have a bizarrely hard time finding you Things we are glad for: --Services available --Time, people's relationship to time and working to live ---------- Recap Things we wish we knew: 1. Driving is total chaos; also, you need to know how to drive a manual transmission 2. Red tape and bureaucracy 3. The cost of living is not necessarily lower here 4. Don't be naive about language 5. It can be oddly hard to find certain things, and delivery drivers have an oddly hard time finding you Things we have discovered we love: 1. Work-life balance and people's attitude towards life 2. The people are wonderful 3. The flip side of not necessarily saving money on purchases: quality seems to be better 4. Services available 5. People's relationship to time, "work to live rather than live to work" -- related to #1 but something vital to us