Making their debut here as regulars, Fabrizio and Ian have an intriguing back story:

"In 2017, we were happily living in South London, in a great apartment. We realised that within the next 20 years, we would be retired and neither of us wanted to get old in London," they say.

"We started to think of a long term plan for retirement, which would involve a move. We decided to look around and invest in another property so that we at least had a foot on the property ladder. But, with the decision not to stay in London, where?"

"We are both from urban areas so it clearly had to be a city. We then ruled out most of the Northern European cities, and for family reasons, did not want to move outside of Europe in general. In recent years we have lived very close to 'Little Portugal' in south west London, and this had led to several visits to Portugal during the 2010’s."

Five years on and Fabrizio and Ian are well and truly here.

"It has not been easy. There are difficult challenges out there to be faced and things are getting easier," they continue. "We know that you may have similar questions and may face similar challenges. We would like to be able to assist you if it is possible..."

Please join us to find out more, ask questions and help start what we are sure will be a wonderful, inspiring and enlightening monthly residency.

Find out more about their work - https://www.projectlisboeta.com

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10 ways to support, develop and contribute to the Good Morning Portugal! community - www.goodmorningportugal.com - with your time, talent or treasure...

1. Tune in and share your love of Portugal every weekday on the breakfast show

2. Send in your messages, pics and videos to the studio on WhatsApp (00 351) 913 590 303

3. Subscribe and share our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodMorningPortugal - help us get to 1K subscribers for monetisation and membership

4. Sign up for our weekly newsletter - https://sites.google.com/view/carlmunson/postcard-from-portugal

5. Send your community and cheerful news for inclusion in our news section - https://sites.google.com/view/carlmunson/gmp-news-desk

6. Get your meetup or social on our Portugal Meetup listings page - www.portugalmeetups.com

7. Support the people, organisations and businesses in our independent GuMPer Store - https://sites.google.com/view/carlmunson/the-gumperverse/gumperstore

8. Join us as a guest on the show, sharing your love of Portugal and/or telling us about your self, project or business. Maybe even become a regular co-host?

9. Become a supporter-member choosing one of our many membership levels from 9 euros monthly or make a one-off donation of any size - https://ko-fi.com/gmp - which will help us to grow and serve the community better

10. Write me - carl@goodmorningportugal.com - with more ideas about how you'd like to see the GMP! community grow and how we can do it together for the good of all of us, Portugal, and the world!

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