It only took six months for Jeff and Rhonda Boehlert to sell off the bulk of their belongings once they decided on retiring abroad in Portugal. âI was a little reluctant at first,â Jeff Boehlert admits. âAlthough the more we researched the better I felt.â The North Carolina couple have since taken up lodging in an Airbnb rental property along Portugalâs central coast, in the sun-drenched seaport of Figueira da Foz. They plan to stay there for a few months before moving on to the Portuguese island of Madeira, and later, the countryâs capital city, Lisbon. âFor the most part we just want to be nomads hanging around Europe,â says Boehlert.