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Upcoming Events
Full Moon Walk
Join us on a magical Full Moon Evening Walk, with only the light of the moon and the stars to lighten your path. Walking in the dark is fun! It helps find your calm and connect to nature. The valley we walk in, is located in a beautiful protected nature area, north of Loulé. Being a transition zone between the Algarve coast and mountains, it's green with waterfalls in rainy season, has caves, conifer- and deciduous trees. It's ideal for nature lovers.
Date:
January 25, Time:
19:00, Price: €10-.
Depending on the group it takes 1,5 to 2 hours. Starting point will be given on registration.
Workshop Power Circles
Find sisterhood and support in this 3-hour workshop!
A Power Circles group helps women discover what makes life truly meaningful and exciting for them.
These gatherings are specifically focused on what you, as a woman, need to feel at home within yourself, no matter where you live.
I wish that all women experience this kind of support—and build a truly fulfilling life abroad.
Date:
Sunday, February 9
From 14:00- 17:00 in Loulé
Price: € 0-
Loulé Town walking Tour
Interesting historical walking tour of Loulé. Perfect for you to see this town in a new light or a fun excursion for when you have guests.
Date: November 11th from 10:00 - 13:00
Price: €15, incl. a ticket to the castle.
Location will be given on registration.
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Moving to Portugal? An American perspective
This free webinar is aimed to help support you in your journey to the Algarve.
Topics that will be addressed:
✔ Driving in Portugal: navigating the motorways and highways
✔ Sourcing what you need: how shopping in Portugal differs from the United States
✔ The process of moving to Portugal: a brief review of some of the important considerations
Today, the Americans Win, Stan and Betsy will share with you their discoveries and challenges.
Hosted by Ria van Doorn, founder Expat Centre Portugal
Date: Wednesday, October 26
from 7-8:00pm Lisbon timezone.
Full Moon Walk
Join us on a magical Full Moon Evening Walk, with only the light of the moon and the stars to lighten your path. Walking in the dark helps find your calm and brings you back to yourself. The valley is located in a beautiful protected nature area, north of Loulé. Being a transition zone between the Algarve coast and mountains, it's green with waterfalls in rainy season, has caves, conifer- and deciduous trees. Ideal for nature lovers.
Price: €15-
August 31
at 20:30
Depending on the group it takes 1,5 to 2 hours.
Participation by registration only. Starting point will be given on registration.
Online Coffee & Conversation Community
Are you an international wanting to live in Portugal or have you recently arrived?
Come and meet likeminded people, make friends and build community.
You don't have to do it all alone!
Join us online to connect, share experiences and build community, as well as discuss all kinds of topics related to living in Portugal.
These are small groups with lots of individual attention.
When: Wednesday at 7pm Lisbon timezone.
Dates 2023 to be confirmed.
Price: Price: 1st meeting is for free.
Follow up meetings: €0- for members, €7- for non-members. OR €60- for 10 sessions.
Sign up to receive instructions. It's going to be fun!
Thanksgiving Potluck for internationals
Expand your network and meet other local internationals at our monthly lunch event.
May 28 at United Kitchens of India in Quarteira
This a restaurant that honours the authentic Indian cuisine with a wide selection of courses.
For this specific lunch, we suggest you arrive in time to make sure that you share a table with people who like to eat your kind of food: mild, medium or spicy. Meat, or vegetarian.
Price is €25- for vegetarians and €29- for non vegetarians. It includes a starter and a main course, as well as tea, coffee and water.
You will be seated to enjoy dishes to share. Chef Narayan will ask each table how spicy they prefer to have their dishes and he will suggest a menu for you on the spot.
Time: 13:00 - 15:30
Click on the link below to register and receive an email with the extended menus to choose from.
We welcome non-members for an extra €5-.
To become a member, go here.
Therapies
Therapies, Coaching, Healing, Massage, Hypnotherapy
Stay healthy and visit a therapist that is right for you. We've begun a list of people we trust and whose services we enjoy.
To your happiness! Love, Ria van Doorn.
Become a Thriving Woman Living Abroad
Moving abroad takes you out of your comfort zone and asks for you to let go of the old and be open to new beginnings. It's an excellent moment to use this open attitude to reach even further!
In this workshop I will give you the structure to
• Create a vision for yourself that supports your essence and who you want to become
• Manifest a future for yourself that is bigger than your fears
• Create a 3 Step Plan for Success
It's empowering to know how to use the challenges you will be facing as opportunities for personal growth, as well as an invitation to learn how to attract the resources and connections you need, in order to expand your energy and feel good in your skin.
Bring your journal, a pen, invite your friends and let’s get this party started!
When: February 19, at 4pm Lisbon timezone
Price: €0-.
4 Best Tips for a Smooth Start and Joyful Life abroad
Insightful and interactive workshop about how to become well prepared for your move abroad, as well as create structure and resilience once you have arrived.
Receive tips and understanding about:
* The 5 Emotional stages
that new comers go through once they have arrived.
* 4 Best Tips how to attract the resources, connections and opportunities you need, in order to expand your energy and feel good in your skin.
I will also share with you how I can support you to find your strength and focus and what you need to do, to be well prepared for your move abroad as well as avoid overwhelm and isolation.
By Life Coach Ria van Doorn, specialist for internationals living abroad.
When: February 12, at 4pm Lisbon timezone
Price: €0-.
4 Best Tips - Workshop recording
Recording available until Feb. 22
Insightful and interactive workshop about how to become well prepared for your move abroad, as well as create structure and resilience once you have arrived.
Receive tips and understanding about:
* The 5 Emotional stages that new comers go through once they have arrived.
* 4 Best Tips how to attract the resources, connections and opportunities you need, in order to expand your energy and feel good in your skin.
I will also share with you how I can support you to find your strength and focus and what you need to do, to be well prepared for your move abroad as well as avoid overwhelm and isolation.
By Life Coach Ria van Doorn, specialist for internationals living abroad.
Let's tee-off together
Members of the Expat Centre Portugal play golf on a monthly basis, discovering one golf venue at a time.
Date: to be confirmed.
Wine tasting event
Come and join us on this Wine Tasting!
Do you want to stock up on tasty red wines for the Holiday season and choose from a large selection of Portuguese and foreign wines? Then join our trip to see (name) in (city). They will have a variety of red wines to taste and can give you any advice you need for your holiday wines. Rosé, White, Champagne and other spirits are also available to buy but will not be covered in this tasting.
Looking forward to seeing many of you there.
Date: November 4
Time : 16:30
Costs: € - per person
Venue :
This is a members only event, we always welcome new members as it is a fun way to expand your network. To become a member, go here.
This tasting is for a maximum of 18 persons and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. RVPS time is (date).
Law Firm
Martínez-Echevarría
Specialists in International Currency Transfers
Money Corp Currency Specialist
Your financial partner & tax adviser
Blevins Franks Wealth Management
Turn your house into a homeWorkshop Interior Design
While it is getting darker outside, we want to bring beauty indoors. Cleansing, beautifying or changing our physical environments supports who we are, what we do and what we want for ourselves, instead of depriving us of energy.
For example, creating a space for creativity or meditation, can add to a feeling of inner calm.
A bit of Feng Shui makes all the difference: choosing new colours for your walls, cleaning out old cupboards, adding house plants to cleanse the air, etc.
In this light, we would like to invite you to the workshop, where you'll learn how to beautify (parts of) your house, using the colours of 2022.
Isabel Santos, a gifted interior designer in the Algarve, will show you how to expand your style and essence, fitting both your personality and the current trends.
Date: Saturday, Nov. 13 Time: 16:00-18:00
Mastermind Group - Course
Business Support for Business Development Managers
This Mastermind Group is a structured and consistent peer-to-peer business/career support group or advisory board in which a group professionals get together on a regular base to share challenges and receive input and advise.
What will you get from the mastermind experience?
✔︎ Feedback & Support for developing your business
✔︎ Be held accountable to your action steps (especially those that are outside your comfort zone) so that you are more committed to your goals as you openly share them with your peers.
✔︎ Long-term friendships and connections ~ a trusted group of people who are always willing to help you; they “have your back” so you feel less alone and isolated.
By Ria van Doorn, Business Coach & specialist for internationals living abroad.
When: Nov. 11 at 3pm
Power Circles by Ria van Doorn
A big part of my work as a Life Coach has to do with helping women prepare themselves for the move and build their new life, once they have arrived.
I offer coaching on how to use the move as a launchpad to create and manifest the life they are longing for, so that they have the insights and the tool how to become a thriving woman living abroad.
With the Power Circles course, I guide women to feel empowered from within, safe within themselves and in the world, free in all aspects of their individuality, including taking up space and holding a vision for themselves that is bigger than their fears.
I wish for all women to find this kind of support for the inner and outer work of being a woman abroad.
Starting date: October 12
Time: 19:00-20:30 Lisbon timezone.
12 Week Online Course for international women to find Sisterhood and Support.
Introduction to Generating Additional Income
Understand what "passive income" is, what you need to do to generate it, what it can bring you.
An empowering workshop for people who want to be in charge of their financial independence, while learning how they can make their money work for them, online, from home and with support from others, using today’s technology.
This informative workshop is for anyone who is curious about realising a passive income, needs extra income for a specific project, or simply wants to know about a new way of investing.
Dates to be scheduled on a regular basis
Lisbon timezone.
Cost
per person is €0,-
Portuguese for foreigners
New classes start first week of October
It makes so much sense to learn the language before you arrive here or latest when you're living here. The sooner you start with it, the more you'll benefit from it. The school we work with, has a proven method and professional teachers who make learning fun! Contact the school to inquire about upcoming courses and to register for a free 1st class.
Priority access
Register through this link to receive the schedule and get priority access to the small groups.
Ceramic workshop Paint a Pot
This workshop is a 3 hour event allowing you to take your time to come up with your own design idea and decorate a bowl or cup provided by us. You can choose simple stripes to a picture of your favourite pet or even some meaningful words.
Have fun using our selection of brushes and vibrant colours to personalise your chosen piece of pottery.
After you are done, we take the items to our studio add a clear, food safe glaze and fire them to stoneware temperatures. Meaning you get back a high quality, durable and functional piece of pottery! To enjoy for years to come.
In this workshop we welcome complete beginners to experienced artists; anyone can do it!
All you need is your imagination....we've got everything else!
This workshop is open for non-members of the Expat Centre Portugal for an additional fee of €5-.
Read about the membership benefits here.
Date: July 4
Time: 10:00-13:00
Cost: €35-. Where: São Brás de Alportel.
Soap Making workshop
Learn how to make natural, white or transparent glycerin soaps with the addition of vegetable, mango, cocoa and Shea butter, essential oils, natural herbs and essences and food colours.
Membership is mandatory, we always welcome new members as it is a fun way to expand your network. To become a member, go here.
Date: June 19
Time: 9:30-12:30
Cost
per person is €22.50. Loule.
Coffee & Conversation
Join our get together for a great opportunity to meet other newcomers in the Algarve. Our Coffee and Conversation meet-ups happen almost every week and at different venues.
Time: Wednesday at 10:30am
Price: 1st meeting is for free. Follow up meetings: €0- for members €5- for non-members.
January 13,
Bica Velha, Loulé
January 20 Cantina-Bar O Convento, Loulé
Workshops & Webinar on Self-Care
How to prepare yourself for going through the different phases when moving city, country or content?
Insightful and interactive webinar about setbacks, triumphs, homesickness and empowerment by Life Coach Ria van Doorn, specialist for internationals living abroad.
This webinar is part of a series of workshops on Personal Development & Self Care.
When: January 9, 10 and at 7pm
Workshop Turn setbacks and homesickness into a Super Power!
Insightful and interactive workshop for new residents about setbacks, triumphs and empowerment.
You’ll receive tips and understanding about how to:
* Overcome anxiety or homesickness
* Go through the different emotional phases that internationals experience when they move.
* Attract the resources, connections and opportunities you need, in order to expand your energy and feel good in your skin.
Hosted by Ria van Doorn, Life Coach for internationals and Founder Expat Centre Portugal.
Monday April 5
at 7pm Lisbon time zone.
Bookgroup
Our meetings are every last Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm at a member’s house. But due to the current restrictions, we now meet online.
Every month one of our members recommends a book. It can be a new book or a classic and available in English. We then meet and discuss all things interesting, exciting or maybe disappointing about the book. We try to plan the titles about 2 to 3 months in advance, so you’ll always know which book to buy. Anyone can join, but it is mandatory to be a member of the Expat Centre Portugal.
Online Workshop Essential Self-Care
In these particular circumstances it's crucial to be capable to access your power and find your calm.
Self-care is the capacity to take care of your self. But how do you do this? For sure it has nothing to do with going to the spa! Self-Care is knowing what YOU need in order to feel good in your skin. This is something you can actually learn.
Self-Care is strongly connected to Self-Love, which is truly powerful, because focussing on feelings of love will strengthen your energy field, while focussing on fear can make you feel weak and vulnerable.
Right now is a good time to be powerful, don't you agree? We'll give you insights and practical tips how to navigate your way forward, using mindfulness exercises combined with using essential oils.
Date: To be scheduled soon.
Time: 14:00-17:00