How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 8: Estepona
The DNV paperwork meant Geordie had to become the primary visa holder. One week in Estepona to build the file. Three apartment listings. One cat.
How LinguaMama Got Built
The origin story series — from Florida to Portugal to Spain
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How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 7: Administrative Silence
The Spanish DNV can be filed from inside Spain, lasts three years, and has a default approval mechanism. We were fifteen kilometers from the border.
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How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 6: The Yaris Cross
We got a car. Our visas were canceled. We hired a fixer. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, the hobby project became something else.
How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 5: Tavira
After the visas, the lost passport, the French EV, and the broken chargers, we made it to Tavira. It was worth it.
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How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 4: Do Not Get a French Car
We landed in Lisbon at 5:30 AM with everything we owned, one cat, and a rented Citroën. The charger didn't work. My European friends had warned me.
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How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 3: You Cannot Come to Portugal
Our attorney said we couldn't come. We were paying for a flat we'd never seen. We rebooked for December 26 and went to see butterflies instead.
How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 2: Portugal, Probably
Spain was the plan. Portugal was the better deal — five years to an EU passport. We sold the house and moved to a shack to make it happen. Then we found one passport on the kitchen counter. There had been two.
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How LinguaMama Got Built, Part 1: Everyone Else Left
I spent the pandemic watching everyone on YouTube move to Thailand and Portugal. Then something shifted. Part 1 of the LinguaMama origin story.