A Fresh Start

06/06/2023

🇵🇹🌊Join me for a fun Portuguese language & culture "retreat" with an ocean flavour!🇵🇹🌊

When it’s still summer warm but the crowds have gone home, we’re heading to surf hotspot Baleal to embark on a super fun 10-day celebration of Portuguese language and ocean culture.

Included:
🏡 10 nights’ accommodation at Hello Guesthouse
🍽 Welcome dinner & leaving brunch
🙌 8 x language classes (90 mins each)
🏄‍♂️ Surf lesson (with Portuguese language) with local instructor
🧘‍♀️Woodland yoga class (with Portuguese language) with local instructor
👩‍🍳 Seafood cooking class with top local chef
🎨 Ocean painting class with local artist
💙 Fun language exchange with Surf Tourism students from the local uni.
🐳 Berlengas island trip
🐋 Peniche tour

We’ll eat fresh local food, hike, swim, surf, cowork, yoga, laugh, learn, get creative, try new things, meet locals and get connected to Portuguese ocean culture.

31/05/2023

OLÁ A TODOS!

Join me Helen Barlow in surf hotspot Baleal this September for this fun language and culture coliving experience with an ocean flavour!

When it’s still summer warm but the crowds have gone home, we’re heading to surf hotspot Baleal to embark on a super fun 10-day celebration of Portuguese language and ocean culture 😄

🌊 Supercharge your Portuguese learning
🌊 Meet local people and learn about their culture, while practising Portuguese
🌊 Make new friends in Portugal
🌊 Learn something new: language, painting, surf, yoga...
🌊 Cowork together
🌊 Dive into ocean culture and explore Portugal’s Silver Coast

I’m teaming up with Portuguese language teacher extraordinaire Helena Palha who will bring you an intensive but super fun and practical Portuguese language course.

I’m also excited to have on board our local ocean culture expert Pris Sebastian who can introduce us to the area’s scenic gems and share her wealth of knowledge about all things marine!

A Fresh Start is all about having a local experience.

On the agenda:

🐳 10 nights’ accommodation at Hello Guesthouse, Ferrel
🐳 Welcome dinner & leaving brunch
🐳 8 x language classes (90 mins each) with Helena Palha
🐳 Berlengas island trip
🐳 Peniche tour with local star Zé Pris Sebastian
🐳 Surf lesson with Portuguese language with top local instructor
🐳 Woodland yoga class with Portuguese language with local instructor
🐳 Clifftop yoga
🐳 Cooking class with top local chef
🐳 Painting class with local artist
🐳 Fun language exchange with Surf Tourism students from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria

We’ll eat fresh local food, hike, swim, surf, cowork, yoga, laugh, learn, get creative, try new things, meet locals and get connected to Portuguese ocean culture.

You’ll leave with solid language skills, new friends and feeling revitalised by all that fresh ocean air!

Head over here to sign up! 😍
https://www.afreshstart.world/baleal

16/05/2023

19/04/2023

☀️Learn Portuguese, connect with Portuguese people & culture, play in nature and then unwind right here 🌿☀️

Still spots left: 18-25 June 2023

12/04/2023

☀️2 weeks of pure connection:
with Portuguese people, with others settling in Portugal, with Portuguese language, with nature…🌿☀️

12/04/2023

There's still time to book your spot on the Portuguese Language & Culture Experience in June.

Immerse yourself in Portuguese village life for 2 glorious weeks das Levadas- Country House & Nature in Alvoco das Várzeas, an authentic Portuguese village. ☀️🌱

Apply here: https://www.afreshstart.world/apply-now

30/03/2023

I'm spending this week in the stunning Alvoco das Várzeas, Portugal: the setting for the first Language & Culture Experience with A Fresh Start.

Join me for 2 nourishing weeks of language and connection with local people all in the heart of nature, and stay at the beautiful 🌞🌿

Helen 😊

30/03/2023

BOM DIA! Spending this week at the beautiful Quinta das Levadas- Country House & Nature, the venue for the first A Fresh Start experience in June. 🌿☀️

So grateful for all the support I’ve received from the community in Alvoco das Várzeas in organising events and activities for this extravaganza of a language and culture experience in June.

There are still spots left. DM me for more info!

Helen ❤️☀️🌿

22/03/2023

Take a deep dive into Portuguese language & culture this summer while working remotely ☀️🇵🇹

https://www.afreshstart.world/alvoco-das-varzeas 🇵🇹

08/03/2023

Moving to Portugal? Meet others on the same page as you while learning the language, working remotely and soaking up the culture in stunning surroundings ☀️🇵🇹

11/02/2023

𝟗𝐭𝐡-𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 - 𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐎𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐀́𝐑𝐙𝐄𝐀𝐒, 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀 𝐃𝐀 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀

𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞.

Treat yourself to this 3-week Portuguese language and culture extravaganza! This is the first in a series for people who are making a fresh start in Portugal and are keen to learn the language.

Designed for a small group of remote workers, this is the chance to kickstart your Portuguese language-learning while forming friendships with people you know will stick around in Portugal for the foreseeable.

Picture this:

☀️21 nights in stunning, modern accommodation in a Portuguese quinta in summertime in Alvoco das Várzeas, one of Serra da Estrela’s villages. Breakfast included.
☀️Learning Portuguese with local teachers in a variety of ways (group, one-to-one, on-the-go), 2 hours/day Mon-Fri.
☀️Cultural events and activities with members of the village community (2/3 per week).
☀️Continuing to work remotely from the village coworking space run by Aldeias de Montanha https://coworkaldeiasdemontanha.pt/espacos
☀️Heaps of free time to work, play, rest, learn.
☀️ Meeting others in the group on the same page as you
☀️Getting on first-name terms with local people and hanging out with them at the lively summer village festival.
☀️Language coaching sessions, excursions, language challenges, yoga, morning river dips and relaxing on the river beach, hikes and general outdoorsiness...
☀️3 weeks of language-learning, laughs and kicking about in nature. Leave recharged with new friends, lasting memories and a deeper connection with Portugal.

All levels of Portuguese welcome. Only 6 rooms available. Be quick!

Interest piqued? Head over here for more info and book your Discovery call with me: https://www.afreshstart.world/serra-da-estrela

Hope to see you there, it'll be mega! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️