Comments on: frugal is the new black: how to live on less in portugal http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/ a blog about buying a ruin and building a house in Portugal plus food, architecture, design, travel and animals. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carol Staton http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-2968 Carol Staton Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:43:09 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-2968 @Patricia, I would love to hear more about how you manage on that sort of money. I am thinking of retiring to Portugal,but my pension is messed up as I paid a married woman's NI stamp for years and then lived abroad for nearly 10 years. Do you think that two of us would be able to manage OK on say £500 per month including running a car? We would not have a mortgage or rent to pay. Which part of Portugal do you live in? How much is the council tax equivalent? My hubby would have to have private medical insurance as he is not an EU citizen which I think may be expensive! @Patricia, I would love to hear more about how you manage on that sort of money. I am thinking of retiring to Portugal,but my pension is messed up as I paid a married woman’s NI stamp for years and then lived abroad for nearly 10 years. Do you think that two of us would be able to manage OK on say £500 per month including running a car? We would not have a mortgage or rent to pay. Which part of Portugal do you live in? How much is the council tax equivalent? My hubby would have to have private medical insurance as he is not an EU citizen which I think may be expensive!

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Emma Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:07:14 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-1324 pleased to have distracted you, I think.... pleased to have distracted you, I think….

]]> By: fernando g.s. http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-1276 fernando g.s. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:21:11 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-1276 almost 1, another five minutes or so and I can go upstairs and sov gott but not yet, just need to see the end of this drawn out french love saga on the sundance channel, because if I remember Alfred Deller will be singing The Plaint at the very end but then I found your blog and what a treat, now I know I'm staying downstairs much later than expected. almost 1, another five minutes or so and I can go upstairs and sov gott but not yet, just need to see the end of this drawn out french love saga on the sundance channel, because if I remember Alfred Deller will be singing The Plaint at the very end but then I found your blog and what a treat, now I know I’m staying downstairs much later than expected.

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Emma Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:55:31 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-1195 That's the clear fine spirit of truth you´re speaking, Diana. It is damn hard, no doubt. Yes it´s about finding the things that make you happy here, and treating your saudades as they come. Some needs can be nourished, some can't. How I miss live jazz! But gradually all the pieces of the new life come together - and you re-discover your luxuries, feeling them more luxurious than before. Remember the dream, whatever it is: to be free, to speak another language, to grow your own tomatoes. Remember the dream. Abraços e força para ti tambem. :) That’s the clear fine spirit of truth you´re speaking, Diana. It is damn hard, no doubt. Yes it´s about finding the things that make you happy here, and treating your saudades as they come. Some needs can be nourished, some can’t. How I miss live jazz! But gradually all the pieces of the new life come together – and you re-discover your luxuries, feeling them more luxurious than before. Remember the dream, whatever it is: to be free, to speak another language, to grow your own tomatoes. Remember the dream. Abraços e força para ti tambem. :)

]]> By: Diana http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 Diana Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:07:45 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-1187 Dear Emma, Thank you so very much for your heart-touching post. I'm already 4 years in Portugal and still can't fit in Portuguese frugal lifestyle. I'm wondering about people who are happy to live like that. Museum, theater, opera, concerts, traveling (at least in homeland) all that goes out of the frugality... but I'm dying for. It's hard. It's really hard to live in foreign country without your own lifestyle, without friends, family and people who know and love you there, in your country. I'm going to search through your blog the things make you happy here. Maybe I can find something for me to substitute the missed things... Um abraço Diana Dear Emma,
Thank you so very much for your heart-touching post. I’m already 4 years in Portugal and still can’t fit in Portuguese frugal lifestyle. I’m wondering about people who are happy to live like that. Museum, theater, opera, concerts, traveling (at least in homeland) all that goes out of the frugality… but I’m dying for.
It’s hard. It’s really hard to live in foreign country without your own lifestyle, without friends, family and people who know and love you there, in your country.
I’m going to search through your blog the things make you happy here. Maybe I can find something for me to substitute the missed things…

Um abraço
Diana

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-1132 Emma Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:07:28 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-1132 well, shopping around is key to not getting ripped off. I like the strip of car shops between Leiria and Pombal on the IC2. See a lot, compare, take a portuguese speaker. 2nd hand cars are all overpriced here, so it´s only about being more or less ripped off, really. You should be slightly safer with a delaer than a private seller unless your portuguese is fluent and you know the beaurocracy well. well, shopping around is key to not getting ripped off. I like the strip of car shops between Leiria and Pombal on the IC2. See a lot, compare, take a portuguese speaker. 2nd hand cars are all overpriced here, so it´s only about being more or less ripped off, really. You should be slightly safer with a delaer than a private seller unless your portuguese is fluent and you know the beaurocracy well.

]]> By: khrysa edwards http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 khrysa edwards Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:54:05 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-1129 hi guys,we are coming out to live in obidos,silver coast in april next year.where is the best place to buy a car without being ripped off.any help gratefully accepted hi guys,we are coming out to live in obidos,silver coast in april next year.where is the best place to buy a car without being ripped off.any help gratefully accepted

]]> By: Manuel Neto http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 Manuel Neto Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:41:34 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-1002 «Now, nudie hippie dude, go forth and frugal yourself!» God Damn Woman, I got to meet you sometime! (I'll bring you some frugal Pastéis de Belém) «Now, nudie hippie dude, go forth and frugal yourself!»

God Damn Woman, I got to meet you sometime!

(I’ll bring you some frugal Pastéis de Belém)

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Emma Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:11:48 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-925 hi fiona, nice to see you! hi fiona, nice to see you!

]]> By: Fiona http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/living-in-portugal/frugal-is-the-new-black-how-to-live-on-less-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Fiona Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:06:57 +0000 http://www.emmashouseinportugal.com/?p=2510#comment-913 Hi Emma, Haven't been on your blog for a long time - yes, my life has alternated between the joys of travel and the the reality of working to pay for those travels. So, found my way back to your blog and have been reading it to husband and daughter - what a great read and the comments provided even more. We are never truly alone with the Internet, no matter where we may live! Thanks for such an entertaining read. We have for such a long time contemplated moving permanently overseas, particularly as Chairman Rudd has now decided to take half my husband's overseas take home pay (last wrote to you when we were trying to decide whether to leave Australia or stay)...but with aging sick parents, children at Uni here and the tax situation not much better elsewhere, have decided to stay here in Oz change the way we live. Now we are making serious plans to move back to the land and live the lifestyle we have always dreamed of. My vege garden in the city is great but I cannot wait till the country one is started. Luckily we work only six months a year and have the rest of the year to develop our place to a point where we have a viable income from a source other than our current jobs. We also plan to build as eco friendly a place as possible and have the time to plan it. Reading your blog tonight made me feel positive rather than negative about the changes coming and I will make sure I read more frequently. Best get back to reading all your other entries that I missed ! xx Hi Emma,
Haven’t been on your blog for a long time – yes, my life has alternated between the joys of travel and the the reality of working to pay for those travels. So, found my way back to your blog and have been reading it to husband and daughter – what a great read and the comments provided even more. We are never truly alone with the Internet, no matter where we may live! Thanks for such an entertaining read. We have for such a long time contemplated moving permanently overseas, particularly as Chairman Rudd has now decided to take half my husband’s overseas take home pay (last wrote to you when we were trying to decide whether to leave Australia or stay)…but with aging sick parents, children at Uni here and the tax situation not much better elsewhere, have decided to stay here in Oz change the way we live. Now we are making serious plans to move back to the land and live the lifestyle we have always dreamed of. My vege garden in the city is great but I cannot wait till the country one is started. Luckily we work only six months a year and have the rest of the year to develop our place to a point where we have a viable income from a source other than our current jobs. We also plan to build as eco friendly a place as possible and have the time to plan it.
Reading your blog tonight made me feel positive rather than negative about the changes coming and I will make sure I read more frequently.
Best get back to reading all your other entries that I missed !
xx

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