Learning the Language

And about myself in the process

Shelley Rohm
Globetrotters
Published in
3 min readSep 28, 2023

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Computer keyboard and printed sheets from a textbook in Portuguese
Doing my Portuguese homework. Photo by the author.

I have lived here in Portugal now for 7 months and there are things I absolutely love about this place. I love Portugal’s laid back lifestyle, the friendly people, the food and wine is fresh and amazing, the weather is incredible.

But being an immigrant is hard, especially if you don’t know the language. I knew that moving to a new country was…

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Shelley Rohm
Globetrotters

Educator, traveler, reader, writer, and LGBTQ+ advocate. Travelblogger at wwforus.com