This country has more to offer than the 2 main cities — Portugal is one of those countries where the capital gets a lot more attention than the rest of the territory. In the past few years, Porto, the second biggest city, has also been put under the spotlight. It has even won awards such as “Europe’s Leading City Break Destination 2020”. …

But I bought one last week — When I graduated, my parents wanted to give me a car. I said no. White privilege aside, I was solid on my beliefs: I wanted to live in a place where cars were not needed. Back then, I lived in a small town in the Portuguese countryside but a few…

How to stop wasting the most precious part of your day — I had a partner who hit the snooze button for one hour before getting out of bed. Every damn day. It. Drove. Me. Nuts. The world is divided into two groups: people who snooze through their mornings, and those who wake up full of energy and jump straight out of…

The baffled impression of a local — Digital nomads who can afford to splurge a little may wish to consider the trendy area of Fonte Boa dos Nabos where real estate prices range from 1,800€ to 11,000€ per month. I read this sentence in an article about Ericeira, a little seaside town 10 km away from my…

I got slightly fitter but… — I wanted it quick and easy. To lose weight, get lean, and become fit. So when I came across the idea of a 30-day burpee challenge, I went for it. There are several variations of this challenge but I chose one that requires you to start with one burpee on…

Why do you want money? — Heads up: the core idea in this article is not mine. It’s from Morgan Housel’s “The Psychology of Money” but I found it so simple, yet so powerful that I needed to share it. Would you like to be a millionaire? How do envision your life with 1 million dollars? …

Paper maps, no accommodation booked, and no rules — I was born in 1988, in Portugal. My parents were middle class, my dad a teacher, my mom a baker. They didn’t travel much in their youth but always had an immense curiosity to discover the world. When I was 4, we started going on family road trips abroad. We…

This Simple Exercise Shows You How Much Time You Waste Being Distracted — I started noticing something weird every time I watch TV. A 40-minute episode of a tv show takes me around 1 hour to finish. A 90-minute movie takes me 2 hours. This is without the interruption of ads, I’m talking about streaming platforms. How is this possible? And then it…

Even the most skeptical need to agree on these points — I’m asked often how long I lived in France, but I don’t know. I lived there for several stints of 3–9 months, and I paid many shorter visits for work. …