Portugal Farm Life 54 - Last of the Summer 'Whine'

OK so the wine isn't ready yet but there is a little 'whine' in this episode!
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[@michelebushnik2874]

No hamburger, no beer for us, it's a tradgity! Omg best words ever! I feel your pain!❤❤😂

[@meytalvega2293]

If your neighbors are making milk from the sheep that could be an interesting video ( if they want of course 😊) great video🌺🌱

[@OKportugal]

Yes id love to film that

[@theguy7429]

It is ony fair to blast bad service as well as praise good service. I'm sure it will all work out.

[@OKportugal]

Yes we think so too 😊

[@HelderP1337]

It's funny you're saying it's a lot cooler. I remember vividly, living in Portugal on the 3rd week of September, the temperatures drop and the winter seasons begins. You start putting a light jacket on and prepare for some rain. Knowing this, usually I pick the first two weeks of September to travel back home to Portugal and see my family, as it's still nice and hot out. We're really hoping that the covid situation settles this year, and have the opportunity to do that again, I've never felt this homesick in my life before, and your videos both make it better and worse at the same time, eheh.

[@OKportugal]

Here is hoping that you can travel back soon 🙏❤️

[@joshwatson2960]

Hello from Texas, USA! My wife and I love your show and Portugal. We are on track to retire in 10 years and hope that when we do we will be doing so there. We have some friends heading there next year to enjoy their retirement in Portugal. Hopefully one day we will be visiting your farm for a stay in your motor home park! Stay safe and good luck! Josh & Jennifer W

[@OKportugal]

Hey guys thanks for your message 😊 all the best to you both 👍

[@Alfablue227]

Such a beautiful, bucolic life your are leading. Kudos to you and wife. Those sheep and neighbors, delightful! I am so sorry you had such a bad experience with that company. Hope you find another one soon. Cheers.

[@OKportugal]

Obrigado Maria. We are very lucky 😊

[@davidestepena3054]

Did you really feel , the smell of earth wet with rain?... i love it! your videos have moments of pure poetry... you're a poet/artist.

[@OKportugal]

Yes its great to see so much rain after all these dry months. But I think I will miss the hot days soon!

[@davidestepena3054]

@@OKportugal yeah winter is coming...

[@hunnybunny4u259]

I can smell when snow is coming...I can smell when rain is coming...me

[@theswishbangers5533]

all that rain should help the fire situation , sheep's belly's full and you two are running on empty, nice 1 guys , stay safe , all the best

[@OKportugal]

Yes there's no fires showing on the Fogos.pt app 😁👍

[@mraniceto5036]

Ok, so.. my family is from lisbon Portugal. But I was born in canada, and also went to school in canada. So speaking portuguese, when I say some words I might pronounce them wrong. I've moved back here to Lisbon and I get treated, different. They know me, my parents, grandparents, cousins etc. So one day I was at the "junta de fregusia" and the lady who works there, has worked there all her life, about 25yrs. She knows who I am, and my family. So on this day I was waiting for my turn to be served, but there was a lot of conversation with 3 homemaker ladies about how nice the place looks.. But nobody was being served. I needed to get to the bank before it closed... There was a female new president of the town about 30yrs old who just was voted in... they did some small renovation to the office and they were all commenting on how big, and nice it looks. I was getting tired of this conversation because I had running around to do, and I jumped in and said " now all you have to do is sandpaper the walls and paint it all pink.. 😁... They all stopped talking and I was served in less than 5 minutes... It was obvious they were wasting my time... Nice people, I'm sure, but they will give you the run around... Expect it, it happens all the time. Especially in government offices. And mechanics will over charge... Etc... don't give up hope, there are nice people out there... I have no patience for ignorant people, and I'll let them know if they try... Things have been better ever since.. 😁

[@OKportugal]

Yes they are good and bad people everywhere. Portugal is one of the friendliest countries I have visited though 😊

[@alvafaleiro]

Triste comentário o teu. Aposto que se fores para o meio do nada aí no Canadá como para as províncias da Terra Nova e Labrador, Saskatchewan, Northwest territories ou Youkon ou mesmo em qualquer lugar fora das grandes cidades (sim o Canadá é um deserto e tem menos população que a vizinha Espanha) vais encontrar o mesmo que encontraste cá em Portugal nas zonas com poucos habitantes, mas lembra te que Portugal não é só campo nem aldeolas e a vida nas cidades é stressante, as pessoas trabalham e têm que mostrar trabalho, existem protocolos para as pessoas se mudarem para o interior, recebem mais, mais regalias e apoios para quem quer ter filhos e mesmo assim as pessoas não vão, não julgues a terra dos teus pais, Portugal é o terceiro país mais pacífico do mundo e corrupção há em todo o lado mas que gradualmente vai tendo os dias contados, muito tem sido feito em Portugal para combater a corrupção.

[@doloresduarte4059]

Don't worry about bad people, God will bless you with good ppl soon. Regardes.xx

[@OKportugal]

Thank you Dolores ❤️😊

[@bojinglesortina]

Welcome back Gina.....maybe hungry but it was a great day...wow, what awesome rain....definitely need a warm meal, some coffee and a few pastéis de nata......good luck.....

[@OKportugal]

Thanks Guardian 😊❤️👍

[@bojinglesortina]

It does our heart well to see how you care and treat your animals...Memo looks great...didn’t see Dogdog....many blessings!

[@OKportugal]

@@bojinglesortina DogDog is Alive and well ❤️

[@hunnybunny4u259]

Low blood sugar grumpie's...alway's fun to share it with your partner😂 It's so nice to see rain!

[@OKportugal]

Haha yes :) The rain is wonderful but i think half way through winter i will long for the dry heat again

[@karenharley1459]

Hi there, new subscriber to your channel..... Excellent vlogs,very informative for a UK couple who would love to retire to Portugal Brexit permitting, spending a lot of time catch-up on your vlogs, thanks for the content.

[@OKportugal]

Hi Karen, thanks for watching. I hope your move goes well. All the best 😁👍

[@miguelloureiro2224]

we follow you from Italy, you are greats, we love Portugal and want live there

[@OKportugal]

Hi Miguel, thank you. Ciao :)

[@ABV-zi2le]

that's funny, Wife & I were going to retire to Italy (family from Gaeta) but have moved Portugal to #1

[@victorgoncalves2442]

Breakfast ,eat like a King , Lunch ,eat like a Prince , Dinner ,eat like a beggar , thats what we say in Portuguese . I cant leave the house early in the morning without eating something . Blessed rain , much needed to put out those fires , and refills the wells and dams . Sagres and a home meal will have to do . lol . Hope everything goes well with the matriculation .

[@OKportugal]

Obrigado Victor. I am positive that it will go well 😊

[@christhompson5292]

Well, we are just starting matriculation of our motorhome so we appreciate the heads up about that company in Covilha. We won’t be using them! Great video. Thanks.

[@OKportugal]

Cheers thanks Chris. If our new guy pulls through I will make his details public. So far so good, he's a very nice friendly guy 😁👍

[@marioandre7351]

Most restaurants close at 3 and the open up for supper at 6 or 7

[@AndrewCheetah]

I'm somewhat new to your channel but I'm really enjoying your videos so far. Keep it up!

[@OKportugal]

Cheers thanks Andrew 😁👍

[@doloresduarte4059]

Ai ai ate amanha, die taal kome goet. Mooi man. Groeta daar.

[@OKportugal]

We are getting there 😁👍

[@sylve3456]

Hopefully nobody got hurt by the fire.

[@OKportugal]

I did read that some firefighters were injured and 2 fire trucks were destroyed. Also a lot of forest was burned. Its a real shame

[@sylve3456]

@@OKportugal horrific. Im looking into sprinklersystems atm. Found some products that look so simple and cheap. Like a guy who fully opened up his gardensprinklers before they had to leave the area. His property was 100% untouched.

[@OKportugal]

Sounds like a great idea. I'm going to buy a petrol or diesel waterpump that I can put into the dam to push wwater around the farm incase of fire or electrical blackout.

[@crochetingknitter4751]

Thanks for all your videos-I’m now caught up. My husband and I are planning on retiring there in a few years-but no country life for us unfortunately. Hoping for at least a small garden near Coimbra. Are you part of the expats group on FaceBook? They have lots of friendly people with good advice. Might be good for you guys when you’re searching for help on things like car registration, etc. Hope there’s more rain to come and the grass/flowers start growing again!

[@OKportugal]

Thanks for watching 😊 we have unsubscribed from all of the Facebook groups as we found them increasingly negative. I'm sure there are nice people too but they get drowned out with all the bad ones. You ask a basic question and instead of answering you get a bunch of people telling you that you should have done it differently or how dare you ask that question you should do your research etc. I don't entertain negativity so I left them all and am much happier for it. That's just my experience.

[@crochetingknitter4751]

OKportugal thanks for the reply. I’m sorry you had your bad experience with registering the car but hopefully, the final one was successful. My family immigrated to the US over 50 years ago, so I know it’s hard when language is a barrier and when some can take advantage of that situation. Looks like you have nice friendly neighbors and I’m sure as you learn the language (I’m a native Portuguese speaker), things will only get better! Both you and Gina have a positive outlook and that goes far. Best to you guys.

[@OKportugal]

@@crochetingknitter4751 Thank you. We learn new words everyday and its getting easier to converse with people each day :)

[@beijoztwo]

Méééé 🍻😁

[@OKportugal]

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[@sandrascotland3639]

is your neighbour going to plant something else after ploughing or leaving it bare over winter? you should consider broadcasting green manure plants to further fertilise the soil.

[@OKportugal]

I'm pretty sure the fields will grow grasses and flowers again naturally as there are so many seeds still in the soil from springs hay harvest but we will see

[@sandrascotland3639]

@@OKportugal yes no doubt he will want hay again, but you could still use a quick growing manure crop in meantime [which gets ploughed back into soil] before then, and he will still get his hay next year.

[@smichael5547]

Please update on the car import issue. The puppy looks happy

[@OKportugal]

We definitely will update. We are hoping to have it completed in the next week

[@smichael5547]

@@OKportugal It turns out that it is not cheap to live in Portugal, one has to immigrate to Portugal with sacks of gold to live a reasonable standard of living. Apart from the relatively favorable real estate prices in central Portugal everything is expensive, including communication and car. I wonder how much reasonable health insurance costs.

[@OKportugal]

@@smichael5547 the only thing we have found expensive here are cars. The rest is way cheaper than the UK. Bear in mind that we live in central Portugal and not in an expensive city like Lisbon or Porto.

[@yomioloko9727]

Hi Ken do you get an income from the sheep eating corn on your land?

[@OKportugal]

Hi Yomi, our neighbour needs lots of grass, haybales and corn to feed his sheep. We dont need any of it ourselves, so we made an arrangement where he uses his tractors, to prepare our fields to grow food for his sheep, and in return he helps us with our olive and grape harvests. We are happy to do this as we learn a lot about farming in the process and his sheep make lots of milk so he is happy too :)

[@pebbles8022]

Quick, sort your dam out, so you guys can swim in it next summer!

[@OKportugal]

Yes we need to find someone to dredge it for us. Not sure what equipment we will need or how they will do it as its so deep!

[@michaelhopkins4296]

Did you finally get some foos & beer in your bellies? 🍺🍔🍔 ps. Hope the whole car thing works out well for you guys.

[@OKportugal]

Thanks Michael, I ended up making something to eat at home. I have a good feeling about the new guy who is helping us with the car and if it's successful I will be sure to give him a good review on our channel so others can use his services 😁👍

[@michaelhopkins4296]

@@OKportugal That would be nice...much appreciated.

[@michaelhopkins4296]

something to consider. Gardening tips. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CucnSvncdsl5o

[@marlenebos6140]

How about your campervan? Will you import that as well or will keep on your land?

[@OKportugal]

Both cars are registered in Ginas name and she can only matriculate one car free of ISV tax. We arent in a hurry to use Bob the campervan so for now he will live on the farm until we are ready to matriculate him :)

[@21Liberdade]

Okportugal, may I enquire as to where one may purchase a watch such as yours?

[@OKportugal]

I use it for tracking my cycles and runs. It's a Garmin Vivoactive 3... I got mine on amazon

[@21Liberdade]

@@OKportugal Well, if you videos are measure of it, you use it all the time :D

[@OKportugal]

@@21Liberdade not as much as I used to or should. 😅

[@ivosilva2796]

Burocracy in Portugal is absolute trash, but the people are great so Im sure you can find someone to help you. Car's are on the list of top for burocracy up there with Housing, Internet/TV/Phone, etc.... I hope you really start diving in the Portuguese language so you can better interact with the people, the most common mistake I see is people really not learning it and then blame that people are nice but you can't make friends/have conversations/etc.... Specially since you are "far" from main cities where English is less spoken (proven by the used car dealerships not speaking it, only the exotic ones). I'd suggest starting with basic stuff such has fruits, vegies, basic conversations starters and some words you would use on a day to day and getting the accent as correct as you can (if you study from online stuff make sure its in European Portuguese and not Brazilian Portuguese, despite being almost identical the pronunciation is not). Thanks for sharing this video, cheers!

[@OKportugal]

Thank you Ivo, yes we are learning lots of new words everyday and are able to communicate basically with our neighbours and at the shops but find it very difficult on the telephone still. We will get there 😁👍

[@anarelvas9121]

Burocracy in UK is not better than in Portugal. I live in the UK for 12 years now and I know.

[@anarelvas9121]

Burocracy in UK is not better than in Portugal.I'm portuguese and I live in the UK for 12 years and believe me I know.

[@JoaoSantos-dh2qw]

Really ??? :) Hamburguers ? Have you already tried the local traditional portuguese food ? :):):)

[@OKportugal]

Haha yes of course but this hamburger place has Weissbier which is my favourite type of beer 🍻 😁❤️👍

[@JoaoSantos-dh2qw]

@@OKportugal weissbier... hum... I'm with you :)

[@neburoolic1549]

Hi there. I´m sorry to listen about that car dealer, sadly there are a lot of not so honest people in that business not only with foreigners but also for the locals. I don´t know if you already have your situation solved but maybe this site will help you. beportugal.com/import-a-car-to-portugal/. I think you can do it online almost and as I understand you already have done the road changes for the IMT. I can help to translate the portuguese papers. I´m a portuguese but live outside the country and can understand how hard is to not understand the language. Keep it up.

[@OKportugal]

Hi thanks for the link and your offer. We have hired another company to help with this and they import cars as their business so they hopefully will know what they are doing. Many thanks :)

[@neburoolic1549]

Allright then. But if you need some help to translate from PT - ENG some papers or so let me know. I will gladly help you because you give so nice content so it can be a form of thank you.

[@ivosilva2796]

Burocracy in Portugal is absolute trash, but the people are great so Im sure you can find someone to help you. Car's are on the list of top for burocracy up there with Housing, Internet/TV/Phone, etc.... I hope you really start diving in the Portuguese language so you can better interact with the people, the most common mistake I see is people really not learning it and then blame that people are nice but you can't make friends/have conversations/etc.... Specially since you are "far" from main cities where English is less spoken (proven by the used car dealerships not speaking it, only the exotic ones). I'd suggest starting with basic stuff such has fruits, vegies, basic conversations starters and some words you would use on a day to day and getting the accent as correct as you can (if you study from online stuff make sure its in European Portuguese and not Brazilian Portuguese, despite being almost identical the pronunciation is not). Thanks for sharing this video, cheers!