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- Hi guys, my name is Gie.
Today I'm taking over ITA Instagram story.
Just a bit about myself.
I have been teaching over five years
part-time and full-time.
I used to be an allocation analyst
until I actually quit my job last year.
And I decided to become more of
a full-time teacher and location independent.
So yes, after getting my TEFL certificate,
I partnered with AmazingTalker and VIPKid
from Canada, Vancouver British Columbia.
I relocated from Canada with my boyfriend
to Portugal, Lisbon.
And currently we are at Lagos right now.
We're just traveling around.
So yes we're just at Lagos right now
and we'd love it here.
We're so close to the beach.
I will be showing you guys around very shortly
of our location of the place and our apartment.
And also just almost our daily routine to the gym
and a bit of our beach walk.
So yes stay tuned.
And yeah, aside from that,
I am also a teacher
along with a freelance writer and also a podcaster.
All right, so I will also be posting
my personal Instagram handle later,
just so you guys can reach out
and ask me any further questions that you may have.
In the meantime, I'm happy to answer any of your questions
in terms of relocating to Portugal.
If you have any concerns, anything and everything
feel free to ask.
All right guys,
so now I'm going to be showing you around our apartments.
So this place we actually found through Airbnb
but then after speaking to our landlord,
we were able to get off Airbnb
and just pay a little office place.
That's where I actually teach
and I also host a podcast show.
So I have my little microphone there.
Yeah, so my podcast show is called fromylensss podcast
where I actually talk about how to be digital nomad
and how to work remotely and teach online.
So if you guys want to learn a little more about that
you're more than welcome to check it out.
It is also available on Spotify.
Yes and just kind of walking you guys through,
this is the living room
and that's where we hang clothes.
So this place definitely comes with a washer.
It's a great cozy, modern, little place.
Perfect for two.
And we recently did our shop.
As I've shown you earlier
we have just on our walk to the gym
We have a grocery, we have a supermarket,
a grocery shop which is perfect
to get all your, everything that you need.
And this is just our little refrigerator
which is super cute and modern.
So yeah, we have all our healthy food in here.
It also comes with, of course like I mentioned,
a washer, which is perfect,
you really save a lot that way.
Just a little bit of storage room,
just to kind of show you guys quickly
what our balcony looks like which is a bonus,
comes with a pool.
So we live in a community
where we can actually use the pool and it's great.
So this is our little place
and it's perfect,
we're closer, we're really close to the city center
which is somewhere there.
And yeah five minutes away from the beach,
which is that way.
All right guys
so now we're off to the gym
which is pretty close to our place.
So it's only five minutes away.
And yeah I'll be showing you what that looks like.
Hey guys. So just to answer one of your questions,
the expense sheet that I had put on
€750 for our rent is actually the whole amount.
So if you split it with your partner
or between the two, then it's obviously a lot less.
Hi guys, so now we're with our friends
having some sangria.
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Hey guys, I'm back.
I just wanted to answer some of your questions.
So what made me choose Portugal?
Well, because we were actually here back in February
and we loved it so much that we decided to come back.
All right, guys so next question is
would I ever want to work in a school in Portugal?
Yeah, eventually I would
but at the moment I really enjoy working remotely
and best part about that as you can work from anywhere.
That's a great question.
So when I came here from Canada,
I did not have to have any 14 days quarantine
or to COVID test.
Also of course, just like any other place
everybody's taking full precaution here.
For me it has to be,
well, initially we were just trying
to find a place where we really wanna settle down
and work remotely from there.
So in the beginning it was a bit tough
but now that we've found Portugal our base
and that's where we want to be.
So it's.
Yes, absolutely.
I think that, well personally
I know so many people who are, who have been teaching
for so many years and they're doing extremely well.
So if that's something that you're looking to do
and that you want to pursue,
I would say yes, it's possible.
So, yes, just from my experience
I would actually recommend packing light.
Chances are wherever you travel to
you will find those things.
And I actually would blog on this
called travel mistakes at void on from my lens.
So I work between 25 to 35 hours a week.
And 25 is usually for my teaching.
And 10 hours would be from a freelance writing.
Yes, definitely.
You can easily make friends here
through Facebook groups like Lisbon, Digital Nomads
or anywhere you are in Portugal.
There are different groups on Facebook
to be able to connect with them.
And usually they do weekly activities.
Great questions.
So after, when we got off Airbnb,
we were able to connect with our home winner
just to ask her if it was possible to
pay her just directly in order to avoid any extra charges.
So yeah, I was asked to submit my BA degree as well
as my teaching certificate
to AmazingTalker as well as VIPKids.
So at the moment I'm actually working
on my visa process right now,
in fact, on Friday acne appointment.
However, I was able to reach out to Portugal government
to be able to extend my stay here
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