Moving to LISBON Portugal With Our Dog

Welcome to our first video on Tourabunga! This vlog takes you along our journey moving internationally from Las Vegas, United States to Lisbon, Portugal.

The video starts with our efforts in attaining our Portuguese Visas and our nerve racking wait to receive them. Once we held the good news in our hands, our long awaited dream of starting a new life in Portugal became a reality.

After years of selling our belongings, we left an empty house with only what we could fit in suitcases. We packed it all in our rental car and began the drive to our dog friendly hotel in Los Angeles (Residence Inn LAX). We decided not to take a direct flight to Lisbon for the sake of our 12-year-old dog, Willow. Our family felt it was smartest to break up the travel into 3 days, making it easier for her to fly. We also had to be concerned with the weather. We had to depart from a location that would be under 85 degrees Fahrenheit at departure time.

The next morning, we flew bright and early from LAX Airport via Alaska Airlines to our hotel in Newark, New Jersey. This was Willow’s first ever cargo hold flight. Though it was not easy for her, Willow was just fine and now prepared with the experience for our next flight to Lisbon.

After a night’s rest at the dog friendly Courtyard Newark Liberty International Airport hotel, we made our way to the Newark airport for some RT-PCR tests and flew the late evening flight a short ways to Lisbon, Portugal with TAP Airlines.

After landing on the tarmac in Lisbon, the adventure kicks into high gear as we try to collect our dog Willow from the airline and navigate our way through customs to ultimately passing out on the bed of our apartment.

Since filming and moving to Lisbon Portugal, we have already experienced so many of the wonderful things Portugal has to offer. We can’t wait to share more of our adventures with you soon. The people we have met here have been so kind and welcoming to us. Getting to know this incredibly beautiful country better has been such a blast. This vlog is only the tip of the iceberg. We would love it if you stuck around! Subscribe so you don’t miss our next new video. Thank you so much for watching our first ever vlog of Tourabunga! See you for the next one. Until then stay safe and be kind to one another.

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Notable moments:
0:00 Good morning
0:31 Arriving in San Francisco
4:20 Opening our FedEx envelopes
5:28 Leaving Las Vegas
6:37 Drone video of us leaving
8:01 Arriving in Los Angeles
8:59 Uh-Oh!
9:39 Our departure at LAX begins
10:26 Saying goodbye to Willow
13:54 Arriving in Newark New Jersey
14:39 Collecting our dog Willow
17:30 Our departure at Newark New Jersey Airport begins
18:04 Getting our RT-PCR tests
20:36 Checking in with TAP Airlines
23:26 Saying goodbye to Willow yet again
24:35 We’re talking sardines and Cascais beaches
25:21 Collecting our dog Willow in Lisboa ???????? Portugal
25:51 A quick stroll to the famous Bélem Tower
28:14 Final thoughts
29:38 Michael passed out on bed (Must-See TV, Ha H
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Hi! We're Melissa, Samantha, and Michael. We're a happy-go-lucky, nomadic family from the United States. We sold everything and moved to Portugal with our dog, Willow. Join us on our adventures as we build our new lives here in Lisboa


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