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Now as I was saying some time back. CML now will now have to prove her worth. She has reached her support on the BB lower plus the 100SMA. If you look on the chart, you will see the bounce a bit further back when she reached these support levels. Next week she should mirror that same reaction or she is spent.

Still looking for long term rent after all the hotels. There are many here but but no replies to my emails. Must be that my emails are going to their Spam folders being in English.
We are now in an expensive holiday apartment on the beach 6km outside of Viana do Castelo. There are rows upon rows of apartments and no tenants. We are all alone in our block. Not much to do here except tan.
Tomorrow we are catching the bus to Viana to have a look at a 2 bedroom apartment for sale. Fully furnished with all the mod cons like dishwasher, washing machine, Esspreso machine etc. Newly painted and all. Cost is €50,000.
Just love Viana with those narrow cobbled streets with a cafe/pub and outside seating. Too many to chose from as there are around 6 to a block. Love the vibe too. Very busy.
Must add that pedestrians have the right of way here. As you approach the road to cross, the cars stop as if there are mystical switches in the roads that automatically activate the brakes. You can cross the streets without looking. The cars here seem to have no hooters.
Another thing that shocked my wife and daughter is the dress of the chicks. Most wear the teeniest micro shorts as if they are competing with their compatriots in Rio.
No burglar bars on windows and people leave their shopping openly at the entrances of supermarkets when entering.
No graffiti and no rubbish anywhere to be seen. The teenagers are very respectful to their elders and go out their way to help us. If they don't speak English, they will find someone who can. Those that can, will not let you go easily as they practice their English.
Just love it here.

There we go. OMN up 21%. You guys sleeping and the sun is still up here.

No P. You will have to do the same procedures as I did to get my non EU wife here in Portugal.

Thanks for the info gcr. We eventually got sorted with Bidvest and got cash in Euros to last 2 months.
The lady at FNB that does emigration has to handle our banking affairs via our blocked account. We have to email her to open it and send money to our Portuguese bank as and when required.
FNB were very clued up compared to the other banks here.
Off tomorrow so will be posting again from Portugal when we are settled.

Right now we are sitting in an empty flat with no TV, radio or fridge drinking warm beer. Nothing to do but use up my data bundle until bedtime.
Wife having some wine and whining about the absence of ice. This is a serious predicament but as it is freezing, I think I will crack open the Old Brown Sherry that has been collecting cobwebs in the cupboard. That should warm us up and destress us as we are so stressed out with this move.
The unknown is becoming very frightening. No going back now.

I hope you had fun MP. The tenth of June is an important day for the Portuguese and is a public holiday.
Just got back from Pretoria tonight. Left early this morning from Cape Town.
Got the family visa valid for a year in 1 hour. Good service there compared to here.
No time to post much as we still have so much to do and we leave on Monday.
All emigration paperwork is done now and that is a huge weight off our shoulders.

Thanks for all the good wishes. We have our Tax Clearance for Emigration at last but. ....
The Portuguese Embassy gave us the wrong form so had to cancel and make a new appointment that will be in 3 weeks. Our flights are booked so we will have to go without a visa for my wife and hopefully reach Portugal.
From there we will  get a visa at customs. If she can't, we might just get sent back.
Hold thumbs for us.

To rub salt into your wound. Had you invested R1m into CML when I was "hyping" it up (as HDB said 5 years ago), you would have R18m now.