@Richard ********

It was cheaper in Portugal but now with inflation in Europe maybe it's not that cheap anymore 🤷

@Sara *****

like this.

@Richard ********

not that cheap...vintage cheddar cost $7.00 per block. Twice as much as where I came from.

I wish I had brought some good cheese with me. They are expensive here, even the basic kinds. You should be ok, the worst they can do is take it from you. Though no one checked our bags or asked if we had anything to declare when we came in.

ED visa is definitely not a good long term visa solution. Retirement visa if one of you is over 50. Or LTR if you meet the requirements. Elite is the easiest option but the most $$$.

@Anthony **********

such maturity in your comment. Getting older but no wiser must be sad.

@Wanwisa **********

it seems hard for second generation kids to want to learn their native language when they already know English. I have plenty of friends in California who have Chinese parents and their parents even sent them to Chinese language school to learn their native tone but the kids could barely speak any Chinese. I've been in Thailand for almost 2 months now, Chinese is my native language and learning Thai is a bit easier for me because I already speak another tonal language.

@Simon *********

Right! I'm a second generation immigrant. Back in the 90s, it took my father almost 5 years to get a visa approved to be allowed to visit the US....I'm a US citizen and I see it all the time that people with US/UK/EU passports feel entitled to be allowed in any country of their choice without questions asked.

@Simon *********

agree 100%. people who hold certain passports (US/UK/EU etc) don't understand that other people with more restricted passports have to go through so much more to even get a tourist visa to visit other countries. I don't hear Thai people complaining about having to go through a whole interview process just to get a tourist visa to visa the US!

@Paul ******

what is the meaning of "big joke"? i haven't heard that term anyway else but in this form.