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galina:
There is also Memrise which is free as well as a whole load of paid for Portuguese courses.  https://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-portugal-1/

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BarriedaleNick:
The Portuguese have a very different pronunciation of certain syllables - it can sound very Eastern European in parts and they tend to swallow letters.  Our local station Setil is pronounced like Shteel so speaking what you see is difficult.  As long as I can make an effort and be polite when I get there I will have plenty of time to learn..
I just have to decide which of the 3 or 4 kitchens or which of 3 bbqs I will cook on each day!

galina:
You will manage this.  Know what you mean as we experienced the reverse in how our Portuguese dentist (who has sadly gone back to Portugal due to Brexit) used to pronounce English. 

Wish you all the best.  Presumably you need to register at the local office before January and also have your driving license exchanged.  Is there a national health service? 

Is it like a summer kitchen in a smaller house to vacate the bigger, posher house for tourists in summer?  Or was it a multigenerational house?  In any case, there are great options for earning a bit of tourist Euros.

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BarriedaleNick:
Memrise is pretty good. Vamos La!!
There is the old house and the new house but like so many places out there they have separated the bigger new house into a couple of units.  So underneath the house is a proper flat with a decent kitchen but there is another flat that needs a lot of work.  So altogether there are four units.
I'm more excited about the wood fired bread oven!
We will register for residency before the end of the year and real Brexit hits (although Portugal is very liberal with its residency esp for UK folks) and get our driving license exchanged.  Health service is very good, there are some costs involved but nothing too much.  After 5 years we can apply for citizenship which we will do and we will retain our freedom of movement. 
The plan is to never come back here to live but who knows what the future holds.  When we are ancient and can't look after 6 acres we can go and settle anywhere so we might head to Lisbon which is a beautiful city or we might head to the coast to finish up our days, as we grew up, by the sea.

pumkinlover:
It sounds like a good plan. Living in London would feel like a complete change, I could not imagine living there and can see why you want to move. What is it like for growing vegetables?

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