#1 Finding Balance, New Friends, Accidentally Making Feta Cheese

[@angelagentry562]

I want “All The Things” 😂 making bread, making cheese, in the garden, walking the land, farming the land, harvest, selling the harvest, discussing all your future plans, would have loved to see how you hooked up the water system. Mornings at the farm would be a great segway into your videos because I love how the fog ascends in the mornings. Where the kids go to school. How is their Portuguese lessons going. How proficient are you both in the language. I hope this helps. I do like numbering the episodes so if we missed something we can catch up. You may also consider hiring a young person, tech savvy teen or early 20’s college neighbor in the village to do the filming and editing until you get the hang of it. Love this so much. Looking forward to following along. Life is Beautiful ❤

[@SiliconToSoil]

😂 Okay, I'll get on all of that! I think the next couple of "extras" we have planned currently are an abbreviated farm tour, a bit about the raised beds, and some recipe details, but I will add all of that to the list for upcoming chapters and/or supplemental videos. And we are definitely interested in finding a young-someone to help, but it's not as easy as you might think... still in the process. Thanks for the feedback, the suggestions and all of the positive energy and I'm so glad you'll be following along!

[@sarawarrener2193]

Enjoying your videos. Maybe some tours the first few episodes to bring us up to speed with your property and how it all connects. I enjoy the day to day life with recipes thrown in, crafts ie - making your own clothes etc, dyi and gardening thrown in and the running of your business. Would also love to see more of your area and perhaps some visits to other gardeners, small businesses, artisans in the community. Thanks so much 😊

[@SiliconToSoil]

I'm so glad you're enjoying them and thank you for taking the time to give feedback 🙂. One of our top priorities for some "extra" content is an (abbreviated) farm tour so people can get oriented a bit with our space, so we'll be getting that out as soon as possible. We will definitely be mixing in recipes, crafts, gardening and all of that, both in the chapters as well as with some other supplemental content. We're still working out the details of how all of this will work out, but we'll have new content for you guys to check out soon. I really like the idea of local visits! I'll be thinking on that to figure out the best way to incorporate that into the channel. Thank you for the inspiration 😁.

[@paulinestevens9351]

I think your mix of the day to day plus a bit of your background, dealing with cultural differences and so on is spot on 🥰

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you 😊

[@scottcooper6593]

Brilliant, i've been looking forward to your next video 😀I think a farm tour would be an extremely popular video.

[@SiliconToSoil]

We have plans to tour sections of the farm in each coming video, mostly because it’s such a big piece of land that a full tour would take hours, but maybe we could do an abbreviated tour as a separate video. What do you think?

[@scottcooper6593]

@@SiliconToSoil Both sound great, maybe an abbreviated tour to let people see all the different areas you have with differing projects on the go, then you can go into more detail like you were planning with upcoming videos. Me and Mel organised our little trip last night so will be arriving in Amarante on 19th Sept so fingers crossed for a first hand view 😊

[@SiliconToSoil]

@@scottcooper6593 I really like that idea and many people have now been asking for a farm tour, so I'll put that on the top of the priority list. That's so exciting! That tends to be a really nice time of year. We would love to connect, so once you know details, let us know and we'll work something out 🙂.

[@NoeleenGrima]

I enjoy a varied video..showing landscaping projects…gardening & tips…cooking…talking about anything you want to talk about…just keep it real.. youre doing great

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you so much for taking the time to give feedback and thank you for the kind words and support. 🙂

[@JCRiccoboni-j5v]

THIS IS SO EXCITING!! I love what you are sharing with the world. We all need this very relatable, informative, and layered conversation. Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos!

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying it . I hope to have a lot more for you (all) to see soon, but I'm still definitely in the steep part of this particular learning curve (for the "making videos" project), so it'll be a bit before I can get everything out that I have planned... but soon! 😀

[@shehazi695]

Thank you.

[@MichaelCastelli-v4s]

While I generally gravitate towards content that is much more beginning from scratch and lower scale, I real enjoyed your style. I think I have a good idea of from where you came, but little knowledge of your homestead and all the buildings and property it entails. Once I understand that better, just being taken through your daily life that provides you enrichment would be welcomed. Thank you for sharing. Hearing about your recent muscle spasm, and how it upset your plans, certainly makes you very real.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you so much for taking the time to give feedback 🙂. We have had a lot of requests for a farm/property tour, so that's one of our top priorities for "extra" content and we will also be including more detailed introductions to some of the spaces on the property in the coming chapters so people can get to know it better. And though I hope not to have another back spasm again anytime soon, showing what's happening here in a real way is one of our main goals with this channel, so I'm glad it resonated with you. Again thank you for the feedback and for following along 🙂.

[@Ulrikeveenhof]

I like to see all, it’s so interesting, what you show. Thank you.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you 🙂

[@gregandvalettesmith7988]

Hello from Kentucky. I love your first two videos! I would like to see some garden to table information like in this video. I also am interested in learning how to start permaculture. I also love learning about Portugal and the ‘old ways’ they still use. I wonder about ways you have incorporated their culture into your daily life as well. I look forward to watching as you learn about producing your own videos as well.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Hello 🙂. And thank you for taking the time to give feedback. I am very happy to share all of that! We are currently preparing some more in-depth content specifically on how we approach the garden-to-table concept and I'm hoping we can have something out about it next week, as well as continuing add pieces into the chapters. I'll add the culture pieces, the permaculture information and maybe some updates on our filming/editing/producing journey to our content to-dos and we'll get to that asap 🙂. Thank you again.

[@everkel]

In regards to your irrigation, we use a system called B-Hyve that you attach to a water spigot. You can program multiple zones (we have 4) and it is controlled via an app on our phones. The multiple zones helped with the water pressure issue we experienced. Maybe it will work for you as well.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you for the recommendation! I'll look into that. It would definitely help to split it up into more zones 🙂.

[@2freedomjourney]

Hi, first of all thank you for settling in our beautiful peaceful country. Regarding the videos, maybe a more detailed view of the farm and introduce your family and fur babies 🐶 Also show us the surrounding land and any nearby towns or villages, a tour of your home would be nice too. All the best to you and your family.🇵🇹 Cheers 🥂

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you and your beautiful country for being so welcoming to me and my family 🙂. We currently have in the works an abbreviated farm tour (the full one would take hours, so we plan to break that up and add it into multiple chapters moving forward). I love the idea of introductions, tours and giving a bit more context of our area, so I will put all of those on my list for future episodes and "extra" videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to give feedback.

[@melsparkles]

I love all the detail on what you are doing. Helps for when others go to set up their irrigation all the deets. I think the word you were after is timer...guess you remembered it by now.🙂

[@SiliconToSoil]

Yes, it was one of those things that came to me the moment after we stopped filming and it actually would have been useful 😂. Thank you for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed the details. If there's every anything you'd like more information about, just give the word and I'll put it in the plans for upcoming episode or extra content.

[@melsparkles]

@@SiliconToSoil thankyou...I think making kefir would be a good one. I am dairy intolerant so not sure if I'd handle it but would like to try it out. Worst case scenario it would be a great gift:-)

[@SiliconToSoil]

Yes! And though I haven't experimented with it, I do know you can make milk kefir with things like coconut milk and other alternative milks with only occasionally using cow's milk, if necessary, to reinvigorate the grains, so that may be a good option as well. This article has a quick overview of two non-dairy options... the first is water kefir, which I also make but it quite different than milk kefir, but the second is about making milk kefir with coconut milk culturesforhealth.com/blogs/learn/milk-kefir-dairy-free-kefir-options. Anyway, I'm putting a kefir video on our to-do list 🙂. Thanks again!

[@lindacammarata8624]

Thank you! You are providing a great service. I live in Northern Portugal. We are from the US and have lived in Portugal for 3 years. We absolutely love the Northern culture and our Portuguese friendships. Our intention in living here is to engage and integrate whatever we can offer into our local community. We are enjoying that process. I would love for you to share how you, your family, and your farm are integrating with the Duoro Valley community and the Portuguese culture. Could you share who the local folks are that help you? I would also love to see the cuisine that you prepare on the farm, like the cheese you shared. Also, please share what animals that live on the farm. I would love to visit your farm when you are open to visitors. Thaks again!

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you for such a lovely and thoughtful message 🙂. Where in the North are you guys? We feel the same way about the culture and the people here. We have been so warmly welcomed. Our project as a whole is meant to be a bit of a community hub in the future. We want to have offerings like farm visits for the local schools, workshops taught by us, friends and locals, possibly free concerts, events and the like. If I'm honest, most of that is probably more on the 5-year plan due to the amount of work we have to do just to get things up-and-running, but it is what we are working toward. We plan to do some introductions of both the humans and other animals on the farm in the future, but that also will be dependent on which of the people that help us here have interest in being introduced... so we will be leaving that choice to them. We'll see what the future brings there 🙂. And yes! We're plan to have much more of what we prepare here on future chapters and are thinking also about possibly having some supplemental content specifically dedicated to more in-depth explanations of recipes, fermentation, preservation and the like. Would that be something that would be interesting to you? Regarding a farm visit. We're not "officially" open to visits, but it would be our pleasure to show you around sometime if you're interested 🙂.

[@lindacammarata8624]

Thank you for your reply. We reside in Ponte de Lima. I look forward to your frame life evolution and all that you will plan to offer.

[@SiliconToSoil]

You guys picked a really beautiful area. I love it up there and in Arcos de Valdavez where a good friend of ours lives 🙂. And thank you again, I hope you guys enjoy it.

[@johnpierce2390]

Ola’ Guys just keep doing what you do best just keep your video to 30 minutes and take it one day at a time and if you could start your video with a sunrise and do some gardening and some cooking and end it with a glass of wine and a sunset ❤️just remember 💪YOU CAN DO IT💪 ❤️🇵🇹❤️ps The word you were looking for it’s call a irrigation timer it control the water in different zones to come on and go off 👍see you in your next video ✌️John from Pensacola Florida 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you so much for the feedback! We have just gotten a bit of gear that should help us capture things like sun rises and sunsets, so hopefully we can incorporate that into future videos. And yes... shortly after we stopped filming I was like "CONTROLLER!, that's the word I was looking for 😂." It just took a while for my brain to get there in English.

[@CarlosVazFerreira89]

my land is so beautiful :)

[@sarahnd]

I totally get your vocabulary "problem!" When we got a house in France back in the 90s and started renovating it during the summers (we were academics) all my construction vocabulary was in French and I had a very difficult time talking about it to my friends and family back in the U.S. because it was not a vocabulary I was used to using in English! 😂

[@SiliconToSoil]

Yes, exactly! I VERY rarely spoke about anything farm related before we moved and now it's almost always in Portuguese, so I just don't have that vocabulary handy in English yet... it'll come 😂.

[@SamMcNeill]

I've just stumbled across your new channel! I'm already enjoying the 'slow' nature of it! The cheese making element was great but PLEASE show the final food at the end - maybe being eaten for lunch by everyone as it was such a tease not to see the finished salad! ❤ It's going to be exciting to follow the permaculture journey you are on and the produce you create AND there is always room for more dog footage 🐕Enjoy the process of learning to film your own content! 🇵🇹

[@SiliconToSoil]

Hello! Thank you so much for the feedback and I apologize, I didn't realize that people would be wanting to see the final product, but that makes sense 🙂. We're still trying to figure out how to share more of the food aspect of our lives since it is pretty central to what we're doing... but with trying to make the chapters somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes, we're having a tough time fitting everything in. We will be creating separate content for recipes, but we're also trying to share more about the farm-to-table aspects in our everyday lives. I'll work on it... and sorry for the tease 🙂.

[@SamMcNeill]

@@SiliconToSoil brilliant!! The food is your creation show it off! I watch channels like yours partly for escapism but also to learn and be inspired for when we get our own land (soon hopefully) food and dogs and artisan ways are all part of a 'slow life' Well done for being brave enough to put yourselves out there❤️

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you. And that completely makes sense. I'm still working on how to get everything in while still not making the chapters too long... but hopefully I'll find that balance soon. There's just so much I want to share with you guys! 😊

[@Tomwalked100]

Would love to see a tour of the property... some history of the land/ the area... etc.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Absolutely! Due to your guys' feedback, there's a farm tour to come soon and then, in each chapter we will be focusing on an area to talk a bit more in depth about what we have happening in the area currently or what we have planned for the future (or both). I like the idea of the history of the land and the area and we have some stories there, so thank you for that suggestion 👍.

[@brisacostera]

Yay! Immediately clicked on this when I saw it!

[@SiliconToSoil]

I hope you like it 😁

[@brisacostera]

@@SiliconToSoil Loved it!

[@ciprianoneves7246]

Show more of your area….it is a beautiful area of Portugal. Course, Portugal is beautiful everywhere and varied…

[@SiliconToSoil]

We definitely will. I think we'll be putting together an abbreviated farm tour here in the next couple of weeks so people can have a better idea of what we have going-on on a bigger-picture scale, then each coming episode we'll introduce a new area in some more depth and explain the plans for the area and the like. Is that the type of thing you had in mind?

[@catarinatomaspereira]

The language "problem" got me laughing because I feel the exact same thing 😁 Loved the Kefir transformation into cheese. Already learned something I didn't know 😉 And, that sourdough looked absolutely amazing! Would you be willing to share how you do it, please?

[@SiliconToSoil]

Yes, absolutely! Would that be something you'd like a separate video to talk about a bit more in depth? Or just a quick-ish overview of what I do during one of the chapters similar to what I shared with the cheese... or both? 🙂

[@gregandvalettesmith7988]

@@SiliconToSoil a separate video would be great

[@SiliconToSoil]

@@gregandvalettesmith7988 It has been added to the to-dos! 🙂

[@henriquepereira4446]

Beautiful!😍

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you my friend 🙂

[@carinep.4520]

It is so funny…we have a 1 hectare farm in Chile and I totally understand you when you say you lose your English word as you’ve learned the Portuguese words as you use them all the time….it is the same for me and I also throw in French words so depending on who is listening it makes for an interesting conversation 😊. It is so beautiful. Happy to hear you are finding ways to water and give yourself more time to do other things. 2 years ago it would take me 4 hours every day to water fruit trees and gardens but last year we started installing water system with nozzles for our fruits trees and trees and what a different it makes. We are thinking of moving to Portugal too. Checking Amarante and the Douro on different sites. Do you have a favorite web site you have used? Real estate agent? Love to see everything being done and looking forward seeing more of your videos. Thanks for bringing us along. A Canadian living in Chile.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Hello! And yes, I was decently proficient in Spanish, as well, before learning Portuguese and I think I have almost completely written over the Spanish language parts of my brain with Portuguese, but the Spanish words still sneak out on occasion. So I speak a mixture of English, Portuguese and Spanish, many times unintentionally intermixed 😂. And irrigation systems are a life-saver. I'm glad you guys have gotten that going as well. As much as I love the tranquility of watering things and listening to the birds, multiple hours a day can be a bit much. Regarding real estate, the only site I know here that really seems to have most of the properties (at least the ones being sold through agencies) on it is idealista.pt. Unfortunately the real estate agent who helped us find our place is no longer available, but we have a couple of local contacts of agents who have helped some friends find places. If you guys decide to move forward with that, let me know via email (I think it's listed here somewhere on the channel, but if not, let me know and I'll get it to you) and I can get you in touch with a few options. Thank you so much for your support and interest and maybe we'll see you here in Portugal sometime in the future 🙂.

[@JoyHanford]

How was the salad?! Loved watching. Thank you for sharing.

[@SiliconToSoil]

It turned out really nicely! The lovage has a bit of a lemon-y flavor that made the dressing delicious. I'll make it for you guys next time you visit 🙂.

[@antoniocarvalho6160]

HELLO. THE INGREDIENTS FOR A HEALTHY LIFE ARE GATHERED! FOOD WITHOUT CHEMICALS, CLEAN AIR WITHOUT NOISES FROM CARS, ETC. ARE NATURE'S. ITS THE PARADISE. CONGRATULATIONS

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you ☺

[@coltbriner4335]

“Sree days laytair” 😂

[@SiliconToSoil]

😂

[@dale_m1]

Really enjoyed the cheese making, would love to see how you are using your land.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you 🙂. We've had quite a bit of feedback about seeing more of the farm, so there's a farm tour to come soon. Then, in each future chapter we'll pick an area and talk a bit more in depth about what we have going on there and what our future plans are for the spot. What do you think?

[@carinep.4520]

I would love to see the farm more and see different areas of the farm, garden to table recipes, see the garden and what you are growing, if you have fruit trees what products do you use to keep the bugs at bay especially for quince, apples, pears as we in Chile are about to start Spring and always have a big problem with bugs. Would like to know which program you are using to create your videos. Thanks

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you again for the feedback! Yes, farm tour and more on recipes to come very shortly. Maybe we can have a specific "extra" video with some information about our philosophy and some specifics about how we deal with pests in the garden and the orchard. Would that be of interest? The first two chapters were created with DaVinci Resolve which is a very powerful, free program. Moving forward, though, we are going to be using iMovie and then possibly Final Cut Pro in the future if we need more functionality. We have really just started the transition, so I can report back after we've been using it for a while. The primary reason for the switch is that DaVinci Resolve seems to be incredibly powerful, but is also very complex with a lot of very fine control that we just don't ned at this point in our adventure. And due to the fact that we are not creating a feature film or anything like that, and that I'm a complete newb in the area, we're going to start with a useful, but much less complex option so we can focus on the content more than the processing of it... at least until we get more comfortable 🙂.

[@havechopstickswilltravel2990]

You talked briefly about how you ended up with your property. Can you expand on that? Why did you settle in Porto area and not Algarve or central Portugal? Also, I’m curious to know how much you paid for your land. Mainly I want to compare the areas. We are looking to move to Portugal in the future but current NHR situation may be a deterrent. So we may do long visits for now. Also, will you consider farm stays in the future once you are set up? Love your videos and how you are living with the land around you. Thank you.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Hello! And thank you for the feedback. I can definitely expand on our choice in location in a future episode, but to give you the short(ish) answer, for us it was a combination of cultural, geographical and climate factors. We were really looking for a place that had a community of primarily "locals," where, in the Algarve, for example, the expat numbers are astronomically higher than where we ended up, which is ideal for some, but wasn't what we were looking for. I also have a strong affinity for green things and the north tends to be more lush than farther south. Additionally, the higher amount of rainfall in the north not only is responsible for the green-ness, but also makes certain aspects of farming much less stressful. We are also mountains, hills and rivers kind of people so the geography of the north was more to our liking. For those who are more drawn to the beaches and oceans, though there are some beautiful ones in the north, they tend to land in the central or southern part of the country. Lastly, we prefer the vibe of Porto, Braga and Guimarães (all cities all within about an hour of us) to Lisbon. Also a personal preference, but it was definitely a factor. I hope that helps. Regarding farm stays, yes! One of our main goals is to have ways to share what we are building here with people. We currently have occasional, longer-term work-stays, but we only have a max capacity for 4 at the moment. In the future, we hope to have places for people to stay, potentially take courses, get their hands in the soil, and enjoy the farm.

[@havechopstickswilltravel2990]

@@SiliconToSoil thank you for your reply. I love seeing greenery as well. How do you like the climate in the north compared to CA? We live in CT and looking for warmer retirement locals, 😊. Weill definitely lookout for your farm stays and educational possibilities in the future. We love Portugal and looking to go back very soon.

[@SiliconToSoil]

So, where we are, it tends to be in the 80's and 90's in the hottest months and, in the coldest months, it generally stays in the 40's and 50's during the day and rarely goes below freezing at night. So, it's actually quite similar to where we were in CA, but with more rain. We have a bit of a micro-climate due to our proximity to the river, and it gets a bit colder as you get higher into the hills/mountains. I love the fact that water shortages are very rare due to the amount of rainfall, but some might prefer the dryer weather of the south. It is also gets quite a bit warmer the farther south you go, but it is plenty warm for our tastes here. I lived in CT for four years and the weather where we are is much warmer in the winters and less humid in the summers. I hope that helps and we hope to see you in Portugal soon!

[@OPORTO1968]

I love your new channel,why Portugal? why not Spain,Italy?

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you 🙂! There were actually quite a few reasons, maybe I can touch on that in an upcoming chapter, but the short-ish version is that, from the research we did when we were deciding where to go, Portugal was the friendliness to expats, had a climate that was most aligned with what we were looking for and, once we came to visit the first time, we just fell in love with the people and the culture... so the search ended there 🙂.

[@Ulrikeveenhof]

Do you use kefir for the creme cheese only or mix it with sour cream , cream or something else? Out of kefir you become a cotton cheese -nearly like this or more like a cream cheese? It’s really interesting for me, cause I made different cheeses with lab, citron,… to become a cheese brake and press it to cheese. I love the process out of cooking, waiting, experimenting, testing, being better, or have a good result. I have a garden too, not a big farm, only 300 qm self-sufficient garden, one small and one bigger greenhouse. Totally together we have 1,7 ha land. A little forest with a small still water. Ducks and swans breed there, and I don’t want to disturb them, but I like to sit there and watching them. In my garden I use a mix out of Row mixed culture according to Gertrude Franck and Permaculture. some bed is only permaculture. There are tea herbs, potatos, asparagus, artichoke,… The rest is row mixed culture. In the forest is a pice of land, a kind of pasture, but it used to be used as a field, but it is difficult to access and can no longer be worked with tractors due to tree growth. And I can't manage that alongside my job at the youth welfare office. But it will be a dream from me. Thanks for your input. I’m always sourcing for people, they inspire me. Thank you very much..

[@SiliconToSoil]

Hello! Thank you so much for your comment and questions. I just use milk kefir, drain out the liquid for about half a day, add salt, drain again for 2-4 hours or to the consistency of cream cheese that I'm looking for, then add herbs, honey, or whatever I have available and sounds good on that particular day. If you are interested in cheese made from kefir, I found a great book (I'll link it below) of a guy who's changing the way we look at cheesemaking. He's taking the natural approach to making cheese... maybe equivalent to what sourdough is to bread, looking into cheesemaking before the industrial cultures and things like that. It has been a really interesting read to me and is providing me with endless opportunities to experiment. Highly recommended. Your farm sounds like a little slice of paradise 🙂. And it sounds like you are doing a huge amount already in addition to what I imagine is an emotional and energy-heavy career. Congratulations on what you have accomplished and I hope you get to your dream pasture when the time is right. Good luck with everything! bookshop.org/p/books/the-art-of-natural-cheesemaking-using-traditional-non-industrial-methods-and-raw-ingredients-to-make-the-world-s-best-cheeses-david-asher/8758637?ean=9781603585781 (It also sells on amazon and some of the local bookstores here have it online as well.)

[@g1952g1]

Respectfully, more project footage, more terrace tours, more land vistas, less discussion of new teasers of projects next time.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thanks for the feedback. We have plans for a mini farm-tour and some more project details, so I hope you will be able to enjoy them soon 🙂.

[@ljubicasakic1821]

Sinema mast been so mach mowing.we have seen place around,and detail in garden,,haus,around haus,and ater that big vjuw this places.Du you andestud me In midle that sceen put monolog.Long monolog is hard for listen,dont discurage,been beter in sinema.

[@SiliconToSoil]

Hello! I'm sorry, I think I caught some of that, but I didn't quite understand the overall gist other than maybe that long monologs are hard to listen to... Any chance you might be able to explain again?

[@teodoro1007]

Immediately subscribed! I spent 7 months in the terrible Argentina, where in 2003 we thought with my wife we had it all. I'm again in my beloved home near the Coimbra Stadium, where I live since 2021. May be you got not the same amount of money as in the States (Elon Musk wants an investment of mine through ex Twitter), but you got got safety and warmth in the north of Portugal. The Lisbon area is not the same. 72 years old widower?. I´ve been already caught at 52 with a stroke, coma, wheelchair, NDE, etc in 2005 in Argentina. They sent me back (from upstairs). So I celebrated my 70 years making 10 Km in Coimbra in a marathon time (for my age class). My goal is calisthenics for 2026. After the tourism months, I´ll travel to Porto, I have a lot of friends there. Hope we´ll meet. Greetings !!

[@SiliconToSoil]

Thank you so much for the support. It sounds like you've had quite an adventure. I don't know it well, but from our bit of experience, Coimbra seems like a really beautiful city. Congratulation on your marathon success! We'll be around, so just let us know when you're in the area 🙂.