How Relocation Changed Everything: Language, Family and Children in Portugal – The Story of Daria Neves

Daria Neves has been living in Portugal for 15 years now. Before that, she went through the immigration journey to France, where she first encountered a new language and experienced culture shock. In a conversation with Anna, the founder of the All Portugal Project, she shares an honest story about how language affects one's sense of self, how her children adapted in Portuguese school, and what helps maintain connection with their native culture. Daria talks about the reality of life in Portugal without sugarcoating it: about the challenges, support systems, and the search for balance between different worlds. This is an episode about inner strength, adaptation, and accepting a new country as home.

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