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Forum: Portugal
Dec 7th 2024, 2:28 am
Replies: 13
Views: 910
Posted By nigel.b

Re: ATM usage with UK bank card

Thank you arcnet. I've obviouslly been far too trusting of Wise. I started using them 8 or more years ago when they did seem like a breath of fresh air: good rates and transparency.

Now it seems:...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 6th 2024, 8:53 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 910
Posted By nigel.b

Re: ATM usage with UK bank card

Just to clarify: The Wise euro-deminated debit card for a E40 withdrawal came in at E41.30 using MB.
Forum: Portugal
Dec 6th 2024, 8:46 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 910
Posted By nigel.b

Re: ATM usage with UK bank card

I'm getting muddled. Wise is not a UK bank card. (I also have a Halifax Clarity, which I used a few mins ago in a MB with no charges.) Maybe the issue is Wise (though I'm sure it's not Wise taking...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 6th 2024, 7:15 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 910
Posted By nigel.b

Re: ATM usage with UK bank card

Macliam I am using a Wise debit card. I don't think Wise slap unannounced charges on you, and I have used in numerous other countries without extra charges. It is the operator of the ATM that is...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 6th 2024, 7:28 am
Replies: 13
Views: 910
Posted By nigel.b

ATM usage with UK bank card

It seems many are taking an extra fee. Some do it without even warning you they will charge a fee, which seems shockingly dishonest. Spain started doing this a couple of years ago (with a warning) so...
Forum: France
Nov 26th 2024, 1:03 am
Replies: 1
Views: 622
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Toulon-Corse ferries

I'll answer my own question: no (as rather expected). Information came from another source.
Forum: France
Nov 25th 2024, 9:22 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 622
Posted By nigel.b

Toulon-Corse ferries

It's a long shot, but does anyone know if you can sleep in your vehicle on the overnight ferries?
Forum: Portugal
Feb 14th 2023, 6:35 am
Replies: 12
Views: 738
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Farmers markets?

You're quite right, macliam - I understated my case. I shopped for 15 years in Tavira market, and there were many little stalls where small scale producers just brought in whatever they'd picked/cut....
Forum: Portugal
Feb 14th 2023, 3:54 am
Replies: 12
Views: 738
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Farmers markets?

Local markets are just as good. Tavira, Olhao...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 5th 2023, 5:31 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,788
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Lisbon gentrification

I think the big change is that 40 years ago large numbers of people in Lisbon were paying tiny rents in controlled tenancies. At some point I'm sure that all changed.
Swift and Wright also wrote...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 30th 2022, 6:30 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,788
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Lisbon gentrification

Lisbon was an amazing place in the 1980s. I don't need to be told about the poverty then. Wonderful tascas and restaurants. Times move on - for most Lisboetas the present must be a great improvement....
Forum: Portugal
Jun 30th 2022, 7:25 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,909
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Certificado de Matricula

You need to have proof (acceptable to PT) that the car was destroyed. A friend had an old (PT reg) wreck destroyed in Spain unofficially and the PT authorities will pursue him for the rest of time...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 5th 2022, 7:07 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,194
Posted By nigel.b

easyjet

Now cancelling flights all over the place at very short notice.
The problem is that people who have some time ago booked flights that are suddenly changed have also booked things connected to their...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 17th 2022, 12:13 am
Replies: 2
Views: 615
Posted By nigel.b

Flying UK to Faro - what's needed (covid)?

I believe it's:
fully vacc certificate
fill in the PT passenger locator form online.
Am I correct?
Forum: Scandinavia
Feb 1st 2022, 10:03 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 1,659
Posted By nigel.b

UK to Denmark travel

Am I right in thinking that with proof of double vaccination (and booster) I can travel to DK as in the past - no paperwork, no tests...
Thanks, Nigel
Forum: Portugal
Jan 23rd 2022, 5:34 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,859
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Capital Gains Declaration

Re the initial inquiry, I paid a local accountant E150 to do my CGT when I sold up in Portugal. That was 2.5 years ago, and no problems so far. The accountant was recommended by my estate agent. At...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 21st 2022, 3:43 am
Replies: 21
Views: 16,799
Posted By nigel.b

Re: "Cars are very expensive to buy in Portugal"

I bought (a long time ago) a 2 or 3 year old car from the Toyota dealer in Faro. So:
(a) it's delivered to you with a pretty good background
(b) someone else has taken the hit of initial...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 27th 2021, 4:11 am
Replies: 1
Views: 606
Posted By nigel.b

new covid travel restrictions entering PT

I saw in Correio da Manhã yesterday that everything is changing from Dec 1st. Now a negative test will be needed, even crossing by land from Spain. Will they be stopping every vehicle on the bridge...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 21st 2021, 4:43 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,506
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Bureaucracy and mental health

My own personal favourite Portuguese bureaucracy tale…

I moved to Portugal from the Far East, so having my belongings sent to Portugal was complicated. It involved drawing up an inventory of my...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 13th 2021, 8:45 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,914
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Ginja

And if the original was ginga, the diminutive would be ginguinha - no softening of the 'g'.
Forum: Portugal
Nov 13th 2021, 8:36 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,914
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Ginja

It now seems ginginha is a very modern internet based term: Ginginha Liqueur (with fruit) 700ml. £11.09.

Enough time wasted on this tonight.
Forum: Portugal
Nov 13th 2021, 8:24 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,914
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Ginja

Massive red herring - I don't think ginga is the original. It was always ginja, hence affectionate derivative ginjinha.
Forum: Portugal
Nov 13th 2021, 8:19 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,914
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Ginja

m2m2012, you've tracked them both down. Last time I was there it was EUR 1 a shot. I would have sworn it was EduardinHo, but obviously wrong.
Forum: Portugal
Nov 13th 2021, 8:14 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,914
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Ginja

Read my words: ending in -ginha! I'm not talking about "the" ending, whatever the the "the" might mean. I can't think of a PT word whose last five letters are GINHA is what I'm saying! Sorry to get...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 13th 2021, 7:55 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,914
Posted By nigel.b

Re: Ginja

Of course lots of words end in -inha! What I said was I can't think of any word ending in -ginha! Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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