Tax Travel

We’ve reached Lisbon in Portugal, and at this point I should explain why we’re doing so much traveling.

It’s not *just* because we’re making up for being away from Europe for 4 years, although that’s a big part of it. It’s also because every 6 years, everyone on a work permit in China is obliged to leave for 30 days in order to avoid being taxed on their global income. So we decided to spend the month of August visiting a combination of places which have some kind of family significance (🇬🇧🇨🇿🇦🇹) as well as places we’ve been hearing about from Asia for many years (🇲🇹🇵🇹).

We thought that at this point we might have become a little tired of being on the move for so long. And it’s true that we’re starting to get bored of all our clothes. But Lisbon has far too much to offer to make weariness an option. Unfortunately that includes tapas bars, where it’s way too easy to over-order on the unpasteurised cheeses and the white port cocktails. So maybe that’ll fix the problem with our clothes, since we’ll soon be needing a whole new wardrobe of elastic-waisted sweatpants and loose-fitting muumuus. 🎈🐷

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