Spain or Portugal?

Some Not-So-Subtle Lifestyle Differences

By: Bruce Joffe

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

After owning a vacation home in southern Spain for 18 years and two properties in Portugal for over six, we’ve started to notice and track a variety of not-so-subtle lifestyle differences between the two countries. When or if comparing your expectations or experiences with ours, please bear in mind that we live in towns and villages – not coastal cities – where our neighbors are natives, and many don’t speak English. We’re comparing typical suburban settings, not urban ubiquities, between the two countries.

A short variety of comparisons that are likely subject to change.

I learned that some things are better or cheaper in each country. So the reader might want to research what’s important to them. On the other hand, it’s easy enough to travel from one country to the next to satisfy one’s preferences. The virtual voice in this case is quite terrible. If the book had been any longer, I would not have continued listening.