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Why did you move to Portugal?

Why did you move to Portugal?

I get asked this question all the time. Leaving the United States wasn't easy. But, we had our reasons...

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Brent Petersen
Aug 12, 2024
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Moving to Portugal, the origin story

For about 10 years, I’d been trying to convince my girlfriend to move abroad. But, a good part of that time, I wasn’t really serious. After all, moving out of the United States seemed like a crazy pipe dream. I certainly didn’t know anyone who had done it, though we had plenty of friends in Europe from our yearly trip…

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