Living in another country

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Post Report of the Day

Lisbon, Portugal

What have been the highlights of your time in this country? Best trips or experiences?

Taking trips to Paris and Madrid, seeing the sights of a ancient country. There is really a lot to see. I have yet to scratch the surface.

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

Traveled from Washington. There are no direct flights. I have flown through Newark and Frankfurt. Newark is a shorter flight, but the service and the planes are better through Frankfurt.