The Porto Test I went to Porto in June 2026 for a long weekend. I wanted to get a feel for the city and the country of Portugal as a whole before actually picking up and moving my entire life there. It did not go as planned. So why Porto? Shortly after deciding in February of 2026 that Portugal was the country I wanted to emigrate to, the next step was deciding…where in Portugal?? I turned to ChatGPT for some help. I put in the criteria that was most important to me: walkab

The Breaking Point "Something has to change." Those were the words I said to my 19-year-old son on a cold February evening in 2026. Within a few hours, we had decided to sell our house, erase years of debt, help him build a life of his own... ...and I would move to Portugal. For three years, I had worked four jobs – one full-time and three part-time – trying to make ends meet. Trying to find a balance between providing for me and my son – two cars, the occasional vacation - a