It's Monday, 16 January 2023 and we have officially moved in! A lot of work and hope and trepidation are now behind us and a huge burden...

Today, exactly 2 years ago, we arrived in Portugal. Today, 2 years ago, our new life began. It is therefore time to draw an interim...

It is now summer again, we are in August 2022. I lacked a little time and, admittedly, also the desire to keep the blog up to date. In...

Today is Saturday and we thought, "let's go to the property". And indeed, it starts! The bulldozer is already there, the weeds have been...

Our first half year here in Portugal is already over and time has flown by. And already the first change is upon us: we have to move,...

New year new happiness. We are very happy to welcome the new year here in Portugal. The joy is also particularly great because the...

Our first Christmas here in Portugal is approaching in leaps and bounds. Suddenly I think Christmas is great. Must be the weather....

We have already settled in well and feel very comfortable in our rented house. The house is located just outside Vila Nova de Milfontes,...

It's 28 September 2020 and we're finally leaving early this morning! The trailer is hanging on the car, the sandwiches are made, the...

It is fair to say that September was rich in events. So many „little things“ still had to be settled or clarified. Farewells here and...

After 2 months it is now time to give a sign of life again. Almost 2 months have passed since our last blog entry. At that time we wrote...

The month of June seems to be an eventful month. Within a few days, some very decisive things have happened. The building application was...

Now we are moving forward with big steps. In the meantime we have received the final version of the architectural project in AutoCad...

At the beginning of March, the time has come: we hold the team’s first draft in our hands. The picture below is a colored 3-D drawing of...

Great, now we had our property! Now we „only“ had to find the right architect. Since we want to build our house in traditional Portuguese...

It is now January 2020 and in constant communication with the people involved in Portugal, we are now ready to take the step to the...

Since our decision was made not to buy a finished house in Portugal but to build one according to our ideas, not a day went by without...

We, that is Karina and Peter from North Rhine-Westphalia. This blog is dedicated to the realization of our dream to record the chronology...