making friends?

[noserhodes]

hi all are there areas within the central region that have a higher percentage of other expat nationalities than others/
for example are there more lets say as an example more in arganil than santa comba dao, or more in tomar than tabua.
does anyone have any idea?
it is a question i have tried to ask before so maybe people dont have the answer, we have met people in various villages on our last visit, so in general are people quite dotted about or centralised to certain regions?
please dont get me wrong folks i dont want little britain and we do want to intergrate and mix fully with our local neighbours but at the same time maybe need a comfort blanket when we may require help/advice.
its far easier to perhaps learn from others mistakes mishaps along the way which may well happen to us on first arriving if you can appreciate that,
hope some can be of help with this
many thanks

[Richard Henry]

Thats a fairly honest question, and I look forward to seeing the responses.
I myself have recently purchased a home in Serpins, and have often wondered if there are any other expats in my area.

Are there??

Regards,
Richard

[noserhodes]

Originally Posted by Richard Henry

Thats a fairly honest question, and I look forward to seeing the responses.
I myself have recently purchased a home in Serpins, and have often wondered if there are any other expats in my area.


Regards,
Richard

Hi Richard thanks for responding to my question, it is one I have asked before, and again, have received no response!http://img.expatforum.com/expats/ima...s/confused.gif

Finding it strange though that no one seems to want to give us any idea
which villages may have expats living there, British or otherwise.


No way do we want a "little Britain" but by the same token don't want to be "lonely billy-no-mates"!!!

[moggy666]

Originally Posted by noserhodes

Hi Richard thanks for responding to my question, it is one I have asked before, and again, have received no response!http://img.expatforum.com/expats/ima...s/confused.gif

Finding it strange though that no one seems to want to give us any idea
which villages may have expats living there, British or otherwise.


No way do we want a "little Britain" but by the same token don't want to be "lonely billy-no-mates"!!!

In my experience with all of us outside of the Algarve, YES to all those in the Algarve there is some more of Portugal over the Monchique Mountains, I know it may be hard for you to comprehend. It seems to be a bit of a North, South (Central) and West divide with a spattering of people between.

There seems to be a concentration of expats in the Caldas region in the West, Coimbra in the North (Yes I know there is Porto in the real North but it’s way too cold up there) and Tomar in the South.

[canoeman]

Richard, there's a few hundred around that area, you'll have to get out more

We've lived in Portugal for 8+ years now in a couple of different areas and still come across expats we had no idea where there, some very close in Portuguese terms neighbours.

As has been said everyone has their own reason for choosing a particular place, some places seem to have a bit more of a community like Caldas de Rainha with a couple of Ladies clubs, others like Lousa based around charity boot fairs?, or look at Nanjudges posts and the Minho.

What you don't seem to get here are concentrations of expats but more of a loosely woven community, from my experience then I'd say the Penela, MdeCorvo, Lousa, Gois and up to S.Combo Dao has a lot of expats, but then say ask Travelling man who is a bit to the right, he would probably say down to Tomar.

So a few kms and you'll get a different answer.

[Richard Henry]

Thanks Canoeman, that's good to know.
I wonder how many are in Catassilva?
We bought the old Lawson place.
Richard

[canoeman]

Not sure where Catassilva is, Serpins for me was always a good fishing spot, or grandkids at river beach,(Casio Ermio better) or magic metal supplier that sold everything.

[noserhodes]

Originally Posted by canoeman

Not sure where Catassilva is, Serpins for me was always a good fishing spot, or grandkids at river beach,(Casio Ermio better) or magic metal supplier that sold everything.

hiya canoeman fishing is my biggest pastime maybe you could reccomend some places to me ponds or rivers?
thankshttp://img.expatforum.com/expats/images/smilies/smile.gif

[canoeman]

Not going to be able to help for your area, a bit too South for me, you've some good Barragem's in that area, generally there are fishing/hunting shops all over, and I've found them helpful for local knowledge, a local Junta organized a yearly fishing day, river pre stocked, BBQ etc bits of a lads day out but a good way to meet people.

Do a search on here Fishing Licences explained and an absolute must, not expensive, buy National option you can fish whole of Portugal then, but you still might reguire local licence for certain rivers or places to fish. Couple of nono's , no night fishing, no more than 2 rods per licence, always carry licence and ID(passport or copy)

[travelling-man]

In most countries there's be the options of things like Round Table, Rotary, Oddfellows & Freemasons etc but I haven't seen much sign of those and similar organisations here in central Portugal for some reason........ and perhaps there may be opportunity for something similar?

If anyone is interested, perhaps they could post or even PM me if they prefer and maybe we could do something about it?