Hello William! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment. Doug says thank you personally for the compliment. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Love watching your videos. What a great adventure you both are setting off on. Can you do a video about the process of renting the camper van? How you chose the van, cost, requirements for the rental etc. ?
Hello! Thanks for watching and for your kind comment! Excellent idea and we will share that information in an upcoming video! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Hello Mariana! Thanks for watching and for your encouraging words. We appreciate it! Hope you are both well and enjoying the fall season! Keep in touch and thanks for following along! Take care friend! Cheers! M&D
Hope that you both enjoy a wonderful tour of mainland Portugal. From our two travels then it's a wonderful country, rich in culture, with significant differences between regions.
Hello! Nice to hear from you! Thank you for watching and following along. Yes for a small country, it’s so rich in culture with diverse places and it continues to inspire us! Cheers! M&D
Hello Robin! Glad to hear you guys had a great time! We completely agree that Portugal 🇵🇹 has so much to offer. Thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers! M&D
I'll be honest, first skipped this video since I wasn't interested in RV traveling. But now I'm back, & love seeing the beginning & real newness of learning a new vehicle! Enjoying the adventure with you.
Hello Mama Llama! We are so happy you joined in and we are happy to have you following along. RV is one way to see this country but of course there are other ways. It’s been interesting being in RV life! Thanks for watching! Cheers! M&D
Hello!! Thank you so much for watching and for your encouragement! We are loving this small space and making it feel special by keeping it clean , minimal and smelling nice! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Guys, love the videos! Suggestion: “please think about dropping the background music”. It doesn’t add anything and on the contrary distracts from the content you guys are trying to deliver. Looking forward to follow each and every step! Thanks for sharing your journey!
Hello! Thank you for watching and for the feedback. We appreciate it! Trying different things to find what works best- so appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Oh my! I remember our 1st RV grocery haul - took a while to get all the right cabinet j’enga sorted so it didnt all land on our heads when we stopped😂😂😂 We are coming to tour for all of Oct - maybe we’ll see you!
Hello! Ha ha yes we have the same jenga experience! The rattling alone as you drive is something to get used to! Lol! Enjoy your time here in October and please do say hello if we happen to cross paths! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
🎉 I'm so excited for your exploring Portugal series! I'm very much looking forward to seeing what you do and your thoughts about the different places you go. Braganca is a great place to start. We were in PT in the Spring and had wanted to go to Mirandela in the NE, but weren't able to fit it into our limited time budget. I'm curious what Autumn looks like in that area ❤🍃🍂🍁 I always look forward to your videos, and now it's next level! 🎉
Hello Miranda! Thank you so much for watching and for your encouraging words! We appreciate it! We are excited to share our journey with you! So far autumn 🍂 has been beautiful - but definitely we’ve hit some rain! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Hello! Thanks for watching and for your engagement! We are loving our adventure so far! Thanks for asking about Leo. He’s absolutely fine and we will be talking about him in a future video. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
So, off on another adventure! How Fun is this for all of us to enjoy. You capture the excitement of the journey and share video of every place you travel and stay at yet leave us with enough to want to visit these places for ourselves. Looks like you've taken a page out Rick Steves book. Stay safe and happy trails!
Hello Alice! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment. We are so happy to have you join us on our adventures!! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Awesome! You guys are such an inspiration for the ones in the process to retire in Portugal like us! So many options to keep retirement interesting. We'd love to know the price to rent a van like that one :) such a great idea. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Take care, have fun and blessings!
Hello Diana! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! We are excited to share our adventures and our Better Second Half of life with others! We will absolutely share costs in a future video. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Hi: nice RV surprise. Well, I think it fabulous to start in the north, as it’s getting pretty cold now. I’ll miss you if you come to Coimbra, I live here since December 2021, but I have to solve things in Argentina in October and November. Personally I have no experience with sleeping in cars, only once in Uruguay I chose a place, and in the morning it was full of farm life around the car. Another time in Germany, same story, lots of cows looking at us. But nearly 2 years of my 71 were sleeping on board of sailboats, and that's an experience I'll try to do again. As I started 2023 in Funchal for the fireworks, passed a bad night in Achada de Gaula, and then 10 days in Santa Cruz put a spell on me, I'll try to repeat and extend the tour this year.
Hello Teodoro! It’s nice to hear from you. Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences. We hope you have a safe journey and we hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
Oh, this is an interesting turn. I’m going to be watching this closely as visiting mainland Portugal using a camper is also on my bucket list. Watch the hight of your camper van when crossing bridges btw. Not sure if Google on a smartphone takes this into account. Garmin and Tomtom have dedicated devices for campers (you enter the dimensions of your camper in them and they route accordingly) and are reasonably priced. Afterwards, you can stil use the gps in a normal car also. Not sure if i missed something but what happened with your dog?
Hello! Thank you for all the information about van height. We will definitely look into that. Leo is just fine. We will be updating about him in a future video for sure! Thanks for watching and following along. Cheers! M&D
Hello Chris! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment. We are excited to share our travels and a betterSecond Half of life with others! Thank you for following along. Cheers! M&D
Looks like an amazing adventure. Looking forward to seeing what you are seeing. Just curious if you could possibly do a cost breakdown, rental for the RV etc...Thank you
Hello! Thanks for watching and for your kind message. We absolutely will share a cost breakdown and rental process in a future video. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Hello! We are happy to hear that you’re in Madeira and we hope you enjoy your time there. It’s an amazing place! Thanks for watching and we hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
Hi Doug and Monique. Another nice video with nice scenery. You videos are getting better and better. Enjoy your new adventure. Are you taking the Portuguese route 66?
Hello Rui! Thanks for watching and for the kind comment. Yes we will be taking that route- at least part of it for sure! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
You guys are really adventurous! I hope you have a wonderful time exploring Portugal's mainland. Thanks for taking us along. Hopefully Doug won't need to add the "r" to your vehicle. 😆
Any chance you could share more information in your videos? Like the cost of the rental, how much is gasoline? how many times you had to fill up? Are there any toll roads on your route? How much are they? etc.
Hello! Braga is beautiful, what a nice place to base yourselves. We don’t have a link, we rented from McRent in Sintra ( Lisbon) approximately 100€ per day. There are other rental places , depending on what you want. Our experience was very good. Best of luck to you on your adventure. Happy New Year! 🥂 M&D
Great video series, my Wife and I are looking forward to each new video, you should reach out to Josh & Kaylee that have the UA-cam channel “Expats Everywhere” they live in Porto, they also have a great channel, they could be a great resource to share information with. 👍😀
Hello! We will be answering that in an upcoming video along with some other costs. But because you asked 😀 For this one it was about 100€/ day. Thanks for watching and following along! Cheers! M&D
Hello! There are several rental places in Portugal. As well as private companies/ people - like Airbnb for motor homes. We rented from a large company. We are not sharing the company name at this time until we feel we can truly give a full review. A quick google search and you’ll find many. Good luck! Thanks for watching and following along. Cheers! M&D
@@Track_Us_Down thank you. I did do a search and found the one that’s like Airbnb. But yours is much nicer !! Enjoy. I hope Tomar is on your itinerary. Loved Convento de Christi!
Thank you for this video🌺. Where will Leo be while you are traveling? (Did I miss something? ) I'd love it if you could detail your travel budjet: how much the van, gas anw so on cost🛻
Hello! Thank you for watching. Leo is home in Madeira with our amazing dog sitter. We were going to bring him but due to some health concerns we thought it best he not travel by plane. We will detail some of our expenses for sure! For now , we can tell you for us it’s about 100€ a day including taxes and insurance. Parking usually free! We do occasionally pay for a campground parking pad or actual campground 3€ - 10€ approx. Cheers! M&D
nice, will save hotel expense.
Hello! Absolutely it’s the hotel, the transportation and the ability to cook! It’s incredible. Thanks for watching and for commenting! Cheers! M&D
Your videos have become so cinematic-very professionally done. And interesting!
Hello William! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment. Doug says thank you personally for the compliment. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Love watching your videos. What a great adventure you both are setting off on. Can you do a video about the process of renting the camper van? How you chose the van, cost, requirements for the rental etc. ?
Hello! Thanks for watching and for your kind comment! Excellent idea and we will share that information in an upcoming video! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
This trip is going to be so awesome!!! Can’t wait for more videos 🎉🎉🎉
Hello Mariana! Thanks for watching and for your encouraging words. We appreciate it! Hope you are both well and enjoying the fall season! Keep in touch and thanks for following along! Take care friend! Cheers! M&D
D and M, super cool! Waiting for the video with Monique driving and you having a nice cold one relaxing sitting in the jump seat. JP
Hello JP! Ha ha not sure that’s going to happen! We’ll see!! Thanks for watching and following along. Cheers! M&D
I'm so excited about this journey! I've been too introverted to do it myself, so I'm excited to experience it through your eyes! Have fun. 👍🏾 😊
Hello! Thank you so much for watching and we are happy to have you follow along! Maybe just maybe you will be inspired to do it one day! Cheers! M&D
@@Track_Us_Down Maybe. I'll let you know if I do.😊
Hope that you both enjoy a wonderful tour of mainland Portugal. From our two travels then it's a wonderful country, rich in culture, with significant differences between regions.
Hello! Nice to hear from you! Thank you for watching and following along. Yes for a small country, it’s so rich in culture with diverse places and it continues to inspire us! Cheers! M&D
Have fun guys! We just back from mainland and had a blast! For a small country Portugal has so much to offer!
Hello Robin! Glad to hear you guys had a great time! We completely agree that Portugal 🇵🇹 has so much to offer. Thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers! M&D
Really good idea. Nice van. Looking forward to traveling with you guys❤
Hello Andrew! Thank you for watching and we are excited to share our RV travels with you! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
I'll be honest, first skipped this video since I wasn't interested in RV traveling. But now I'm back, & love seeing the beginning & real newness of learning a new vehicle! Enjoying the adventure with you.
Hello Mama Llama! We are so happy you joined in and we are happy to have you following along. RV is one way to see this country but of course there are other ways. It’s been interesting being in RV life! Thanks for watching! Cheers! M&D
Wow! It's a luxury hotel!!! Im so proud of you!!!👍👍👍😍😍😍
Hello!! Thank you so much for watching and for your encouragement! We are loving this small space and making it feel special by keeping it clean , minimal and smelling nice! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Guys, love the videos!
Suggestion: “please think about dropping the background music”. It doesn’t add anything and on the contrary distracts from the content you guys are trying to deliver. Looking forward to follow each and every step! Thanks for sharing your journey!
Hello! Thank you for watching and for the feedback. We appreciate it! Trying different things to find what works best- so appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Oh my! I remember our 1st RV grocery haul - took a while to get all the right cabinet j’enga sorted so it didnt all land on our heads when we stopped😂😂😂 We are coming to tour for all of Oct - maybe we’ll see you!
Hello! Ha ha yes we have the same jenga experience! The rattling alone as you drive is something to get used to! Lol! Enjoy your time here in October and please do say hello if we happen to cross paths! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
So excited for you on this new adventure! What a fun way to explore 😊. Looking forward to your upcoming episodes!
Hello Nancy! Thank you so much for watching and following along! Hope all is well with you! Cheers! M&D
🎉 I'm so excited for your exploring Portugal series! I'm very much looking forward to seeing what you do and your thoughts about the different places you go. Braganca is a great place to start. We were in PT in the Spring and had wanted to go to Mirandela in the NE, but weren't able to fit it into our limited time budget. I'm curious what Autumn looks like in that area ❤🍃🍂🍁 I always look forward to your videos, and now it's next level! 🎉
Hello Miranda! Thank you so much for watching and for your encouraging words! We appreciate it! We are excited to share our journey with you! So far autumn 🍂 has been beautiful - but definitely we’ve hit some rain! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Hi guys - hope all goes well for you guys :)
We’re is Leo ?
Hello! Thanks for watching and for your engagement! We are loving our adventure so far! Thanks for asking about Leo. He’s absolutely fine and we will be talking about him in a future video. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
So, off on another adventure! How Fun is this for all of us to enjoy. You capture the excitement of the journey and share video of every place you travel and stay at yet leave us with enough to want to visit these places for ourselves. Looks like you've taken a page out Rick Steves book. Stay safe and happy trails!
Hello Alice! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment. We are so happy to have you join us on our adventures!! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
I've done Europe twice in an camper van. It is such a great way to see Europe. Have a great time can't wait to see the adventure.
Hello! Nice to hear about your experience! Thanks for watching and we hope you’ll follow along. Cheers! M&D
How exciting! Looking forward to this journey. Thank you for sharing.
Hello! Awe thank you!! We are excited to share this amazing RV adventure with you! Thanks for watching and following along! Cheers! M&D
Awesome! You guys are such an inspiration for the ones in the process to retire in Portugal like us! So many options to keep retirement interesting. We'd love to know the price to rent a van like that one :) such a great idea. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Take care, have fun and blessings!
Hello Diana! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! We are excited to share our adventures and our Better Second Half of life with others! We will absolutely share costs in a future video. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Hi: nice RV surprise. Well, I think it fabulous to start in the north, as it’s getting pretty cold now.
I’ll miss you if you come to Coimbra, I live here since December 2021, but I have to solve things in Argentina in October and November. Personally I have no experience with sleeping in cars, only once in Uruguay I chose a place, and in the morning it was full of farm life around the car. Another time in Germany, same story, lots of cows looking at us. But nearly 2 years of my 71 were sleeping on board of sailboats, and that's an experience I'll try to do again. As I started 2023 in Funchal for the fireworks, passed a bad night in Achada de Gaula, and then 10 days in Santa Cruz put a spell on me, I'll try to repeat and extend the tour this year.
Hello Teodoro! It’s nice to hear from you. Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences. We hope you have a safe journey and we hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
Oh, this is an interesting turn. I’m going to be watching this closely as visiting mainland Portugal using a camper is also on my bucket list. Watch the hight of your camper van when crossing bridges btw. Not sure if Google on a smartphone takes this into account. Garmin and Tomtom have dedicated devices for campers (you enter the dimensions of your camper in them and they route accordingly) and are reasonably priced. Afterwards, you can stil use the gps in a normal car also. Not sure if i missed something but what happened with your dog?
Hello! Thank you for all the information about van height. We will definitely look into that. Leo is just fine. We will be updating about him in a future video for sure! Thanks for watching and following along. Cheers! M&D
Love your perspective and how you deliver your content. Thank you
Hello! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment. We hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
Morocco and now touring the mainland. You two are an inspiration! Really excited to see where you go and what you find!
Hello Chris! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment. We are excited to share our travels and a betterSecond Half of life with others! Thank you for following along. Cheers! M&D
love this!!! I cant wait to do this one day! you guys are amazing :D
Hello! Thanks for watching and for your kind words. We are happy to have you following along. Cheers! M&D
Liked the video but cost is alway interesting to know if this is something that others may consider doing. Looking forward to future videos.
Hello! Absolutely we will be sharing the rental process as well as costs in a future video.Thanks for watching and following along. Cheers! M&D
How lovely! Thank you very much for sharing, looking forward to 'travel' with you.
Hello! We are happy to have you following along!! Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers! M&D
This looks like it will be an amazing journey! Hope you two have a wonderful time.
Hello Dave! Thanks for watching and for your kind words! We hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
Looks like an amazing adventure. Looking forward to seeing what you are seeing. Just curious if you could possibly do a cost breakdown, rental for the RV etc...Thank you
Hello! Thanks for watching and for your kind message. We absolutely will share a cost breakdown and rental process in a future video. Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
Fabulous! I am so excited to watch your journey!
Hello Jess! Thank you for watching and commenting. We hope you’ll follow along! Cheers my friend! M&D
Just come to Madeira for a couple of days .
Very nice.
Hello! We are happy to hear that you’re in Madeira and we hope you enjoy your time there. It’s an amazing place! Thanks for watching and we hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
Hi Doug and Monique.
Another nice video with nice scenery. You videos are getting better and better.
Enjoy your new adventure.
Are you taking the Portuguese route 66?
Hello Rui! Thanks for watching and for the kind comment. Yes we will be taking that route- at least part of it for sure! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
@@Track_Us_Down Our pleasure. Enjoy the adventure.
Come visit Figueira da Foz
Hello! It’s on the list!! Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers! M&D
You guys are really adventurous! I hope you have a wonderful time exploring Portugal's mainland. Thanks for taking us along. Hopefully Doug won't need to add the "r" to your vehicle. 😆
Hello Chris! Ha ha we are not calling the van that! 😂lol! Ha ha! Thanks for watching and we hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
I cant wait to see your beautiful journey exploring Portugal ❤
Hello Cleaningtime! Thanks for watching and we are happy to have you along for the journey! Cheers! M&D
Looking forward to your videos, seems like an excellent way to explore the entire country. Safe travels!
Hello! Thank you so much for watching and we hope you’ll follow along! Cheers! M&D
Any chance you could share more information in your videos? Like the cost of the rental, how much is gasoline? how many times you had to fill up? Are there any toll roads on your route? How much are they? etc.
Hell! Absolutely! All that will be sharing in an upcoming video! Thanks for watching and following along. Cheers! M&D
Happy New Year 🎉. We live in Braga and want to rent a van just like yours. I can't find the link of where you rented it from? Please and thank you 😊
Hello! Braga is beautiful, what a nice place to base yourselves. We don’t have a link, we rented from McRent in Sintra ( Lisbon) approximately 100€ per day. There are other rental places , depending on what you want. Our experience was very good. Best of luck to you on your adventure. Happy New Year! 🥂 M&D
Great video series, my Wife and I are looking forward to each new video, you should reach out to Josh & Kaylee that have the UA-cam channel “Expats Everywhere” they live in Porto, they also have a great channel, they could be a great resource to share information with. 👍😀
Hello! Thank you so much watching and for your kind comment. Yes- they have an excellent channel! Thanks for following along! Cheers! M&D
just got this under my recommended videos, isnt that nice guys?
Hello! That’s great! Thanks for watching and commenting! We hope you will follow along! Cheers! M&D
What is the cost of that motor home or a similar one
Hello! We will be answering that in an upcoming video along with some other costs. But because you asked 😀 For this one it was about 100€/ day. Thanks for watching and following along! Cheers! M&D
Thanks and looking forward for that video
What is the name of the rental company for the van ?
Hello! There are several rental places in Portugal. As well as private companies/ people - like Airbnb for motor homes. We rented from a large company. We are not sharing the company name at this time until we feel we can truly give a full review. A quick google search and you’ll find many. Good luck! Thanks for watching and following along. Cheers! M&D
@@Track_Us_Down thank you. I did do a search and found the one that’s like Airbnb. But yours is much nicer !! Enjoy. I hope Tomar is on your itinerary. Loved Convento de Christi!
Hello! We will put Tomar on the list! Thank you!
Hi how much are you paying monthly for this van?
Hello! We are paying roughly 100€ / day all included ( dishes, towels, bedding, etc. insurance) Thanks for watching and following along! Cheers! M&D
Thank you for this video🌺. Where will Leo be while you are traveling? (Did I miss something? ) I'd love it if you could detail your travel budjet: how much the van, gas anw so on cost🛻
Hello! Thank you for watching. Leo is home in Madeira with our amazing dog sitter. We were going to bring him but due to some health concerns we thought it best he not travel by plane. We will detail some of our expenses for sure! For now , we can tell you for us it’s about 100€ a day including taxes and insurance. Parking usually free! We do occasionally pay for a campground parking pad or actual campground 3€ - 10€ approx. Cheers! M&D