Our Expat Journey to Portugal -The Scary Part

Episode 11 takes a scary look at our first steps toward finding a place to live in Portugal. We're looking in our first tier places -- Aveiro and Espinho -- and our second tier places -- Matosinhos and central Porto.
This video is NOT intended as a how-to. If you have better ideas about how to find a rental, please share in the comments. I have no idea if I'm going about this the best way or not. I have been seeking help on the Facebook groups and at Expats Portugal.

Expats Portugal is a great group of people. Plenty of information, help, and support. Visit: https://expatsportugal.com/

I intend this series to be creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction. It is not my intention to specifically teach anything about the process of emigrating to Portugal. There may well be lessons to learn from our story, but my primary purpose is to tell our story. I think there is much value in connecting with such a story as you wonder and plan about your own journey. Or, perhaps, you may simply find this entertaining. Upon arrival in Portugal, I will continue to tell our story, but I will begin to mix in travel narratives as we explore the country and Europe.

I am a retired professor of media and journalism from Missouri State University. I am a full-time documentary filmmaker as of mid December 2022. As part of my work with students, I co-founded the documentary film studio Carbon Trace Productions (link below) -- a nonprofit organization dedicated to documentary education and humanitarian service.

Tech notes: This is computer screen capture using Windows 11. And I also used Zoom. Audio is just what my computer captured with its microphone. So nothing fancy.

If you're interested in how audio compares, the brief intro voice-over was recorded with a TASCAM D40 and used without editing (well, level adjustment only).

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