A new, very exiting website was launched recently. It is a new Freelance Market called Flexitwork. You can visit this website at http://www.flexitwork.com. This market is exclusively in Portuguese. They are dedicated to providing you with the best place to find the best freelance talent. Founded in 2022 in the United States by Daniel Dias, … Continue reading
Hi, I am here to talk to you about what you need to do after you arrive to the US to settle in. The housing, Social security, Taxes, driving licence, authorization for your wife to work, opening a bank account and your first cell phone. When i started a new position in the US, … Continue reading
Well, time to pack and prepare the trip “over the lake” like i heard so many times in the UK. So what do i had to prepare and take? I will talk this in sections: 1 – Clothes and stuff – All my clothes were packed and shipped by AMJ Campbell International, this group subcontracts … Continue reading
Well, i am going to start writing my experience in how i got here in the USA. First of all i tried to enter US for many years and get a Visa. The first advise i wish to give is never give up. If that is what you want continue forward. You can have a … Continue reading
Well, i did not write on this space for a long time and i am sorry, since my life has been a roller coaster i was not able to. It happened again, i moved again. From Portugal to Netherlands, then UK and now USA. In the next few days i will write a big post about … Continue reading
This is a mystery that i would like to solve, so if you have an answer for me please post it. I lived in many placed around Europe but UK is the only place i see shoes, usually mens on the side of the roads and not the pair but just one. This appears a … Continue reading
Hi all, i am now living in this house in Bedfordshire, UK for 2 years and i have small and big spiders in the garden and also inside the house and i believe they enter inside the house because of my dogs. I have seen some big spiders like this one on this BBC report but … Continue reading
It has been 2 years since i entered UK. Before coming to the UK i was for 2,5 years in the Netherlands so as suggested by a reader of this blog i will try to make a comparison of this 2 countries, maybe not always with facts but with what i felt about the 2 countries … Continue reading
I am 36 years old and i am from Portugal, lived there for 25 years , then a few years in the Netherlands, some time in Spain and for about 2 years here in UK and i never saw nothing like this. Here in the UK you see litter everywhere everything is dirty in the … Continue reading
On the following days i will write several posts mentioning the cost of several services, like restaurants, shows, renting houses, car insurance etc.on this particulary post i will show the prices of groceries. I have bought in several supermarkets and the most known are “ASDA“, “TESCO“, “CO-OPERATIVE“, “SAINSBURY” AND “WAITROSE“. I usually don´t like very much … Continue reading
In Uk health is public contrary what happens in the Netherlands where i was for 2,5 years, that is private and is mandatory to have a health insurance. The public health in UK is called NHS – National Health Service. One of the things you should take care when you arrive at the UK is … Continue reading
Good afternoon, I have been out for many months for personal reasons. I am sorry for my absence. Now that i am back i will make posts regularly. In the last post i have changed cars. I decided to buy a used mini and till now i went to the car service 2 times, one … Continue reading
Hello all finally i arrive at the end of the process of inserting my car in UK. You can use you car in UK for 6 months (https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports) , i try to change it sooner because i did not wanted to pay for the very high Dutch taxes. So if you have and European left hand … Continue reading
Today i am just going to talk about some things that i found out in my first month here. 1) Benefits You may be entitled to receive help from the government like child support, job allowance etc. You can go to this website to see the kind of benefits there are https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits and you can make a … Continue reading
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