We Abandon PARADISE Beaches, Plans Change | Motorhome Life Portigal
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- In this week's motorhome adventure video we planned to explore the beautiful Vicentina Coast of Portugal. We visit a true paradise beach, but discover that parking our motorhome in the area is not permitted. So we make our way to the coastal town of Villa Nova de Milfontes where we take a boat tour. However health concerns with our oldest dog mean we have to make a dramatic change of plan and head back to Spain. But before we leave Portugal we make one last stop to take a morning swim in a natural pool and explore the village of Alte.
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Good views on this one ❤
They were amazing Roger. We were very spoiled. 💜🤟
Best wishes to you all and hugs for Sebastian. Rich & Koa ❤
Thanks guys. Thankfully Sebastian is blissfully unaware, off in his merry little world of dementia a lot of the time and our vet agrees that it's not causing him pain, which is the ultimate blessing.
One of my first 2 BC's had wall-eyes. A very handsome red merle. I never realised that it happened quite so often in BC's and Aussie's. 😍
Much love and chin scratches to Señor Koa. 💜🤟
Bart was loving that boat life. He was quite enjoying the ride. I hope Seb feels better. The waterfall was pretty nice. Not joining WWII preserved a lot of Portugal.
Bart really loves the feeling of movement. Once he got used to the difference of the motorhome, from the car, he sleeps soundly when we travel. To be fair, he's a happy lad and just loves being wherever we are and getting loads of fuss.
As for Seb, we're currently waiting for some test results. 🫤
The waterfall was exactly what we needed. We could have done with going again at the end of the day.🤣
We never considered Portugal not participating in WWII, but that makes sense. A lot of the damage done in Spain seems to have been from the Civil War.
Thanks for watching as always. 💜🤟
@@findingxanadulife Thank you🤘
I've being going to Milfontes for nearly 20 years. I'll be out there again the end of next Month. Medicine for the soul.
Sounds like perfection. We really liked it too.
Enjoy your trip next month.
Thanks for watching and commenting, it's much appreciated. 💜🤟
The start of this video was great, gave me smile (as always).
..and then it changed. But that is life and you have to adept.
Thanks for the holiday feeling.
Hope all turns out well with Sebastian
Hi Towah,
We're glad that you liked half of the video at least. 😬
Thanks for the well wishes for Sebastian. In himself he is happy, which is the main thing. 😍💜🤟
I live in Portugal and I loved your videos in Portugal because I know many of the places you show. I watch one after the other, and I loved to see you eating chocolate salame 😅
Hi Marcela,
We adored Portugal and Darren really loved the chocolate salami cake..! We had to leave early, but we will definitely be back once we have been to Turkey.
We hope you will continue to join us on our adventures as we journey further around the world. Thanks for watching.
Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟
Omg that beach!!!! The rocks the water the sand now that is HEAVEN!!!!! x
A lot of the beaches were like that along the coast there, but the Atlantic Ocean is mean. Huge waves, strong current etc. Beautiful, but tough. 😘💜🤟
Let us know how Sebastian gets on...big love to you all xxx
Will do. We were hoping to have the results of the biopsies by Friday, but it's now Monday...🤷🏼♀️
Darren says our vet shouldn't play poker, so we think we know the outcome, but hope we're wrong. 🤞
Much love and tummy tickles for Watson. 😍💜🤟
So sorry to see sebs not well
Thank-you Matthew. Us too. 🫤💜🤟
Cool video pity you can’t buy mics that turn on automatically when you turn on the video camera you use
Thanks Matthew. That would indeed be a great option for us. Darren always has a head so full of creative ideas, that it sometimes takes over from normal function. 🤣
Thanks for watching as always. 💜🤟
Fingers crossed for Seb.
Thank-you Simon. 💜🤟
Poor Seb, but you did the right thing and at least you were only one country away ❤ No need to apologise for that - this video still had loads of great places in anyway!
Alte, wow...that looks a gorgeous place to live. And that pool you swam in with the waterfall also looked divine.
The beach at the start was right up our street too, those rocks made it so perfect. From what we saw, we enjoyed the Atlantic coast as much as the Algarve.
Loved those family houses, that looked like a home we could settle down in, those light blue colours and patterns were just...😘👌
Shit cake 😂 sounded alright to us, will have to give that a go!
I have to say I (Dan) did like the transition you made Darren from saying "to the next location, which is..." and then cutting straight to it. I might nick that idea 😁😂
Much love to you both 🥰🤟
Hey guys,
Knowing what is the right thing to do for the old boy (Sebastian obviously, not Darren 🤣) is becoming an increasingly grey area, but fingers crossed, we're still on the right side of wrong, if you get what I mean.
Alte and the waterfall were lovely, so close together, the waterfall was really refreshing. We could have done with going again when we had finished walking around the village, although maybe without the extra steps... 🤣
Vila Nova de Milfontes had some really cute houses that we loved, but also a lot of modern ones, with the rooves being so new looking, it was hard to tell them apart at times.
Aaah shit cake. 🤣 It just wasn't chocolatey enough for me, but Darren loves it. We haven't seen it since we've been back in Spain. Sadly we haven't seen our beloved Carrot and Ginger Hummus that Portuguese Lidls sell either. 😭
As for the transition, steal away. 🤪
Much love 💜🤟
Como catalana , los españoles más amables y educados son los catalanes de los pueblos pequeños del interior. Una cosa es ser catalán y otra vivir en Cataluña. Tambien son muy amables y cariñosos valencianos y baleares.
Hola Ana,
Hemos encontrado españoles amables y cariñosos en todas partes. No todos, pero mucho. Siempre hemos descubierto que si eres amable, cariñoso y cortés, la gente suele ser agradable. Desafortunadamente, muchos turistas, especialmente del Reino Unido, tratan a los locales de cualquier nacionalidad de manera muy diferente. Algunos simplemente asumen automáticamente que todos hablan inglés y se ponen malhumorados si no lo hacen. Si fuera un local, tampoco estaría tan contento de conocer a esas personas.🤷🏼♀️💜🤟
Hi both, hope Seb’s doing ok now you are back. No need to apologise re your plan change we would be exactly the same with our pets. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on your home town after your travels. Ie do you miss it there? Do you wish you still have your place there etc. it’s questions that cross my mind when we think about travelling.
Hi Sarah,
We do miss Potries a lot, especially our friends and neighbours, but have really enjoyed seeing all the new places and different cultures/lifestyles in different areas, even within the same country.
We were blown away by the welcome we received when we got back 10 days ago. Even people that we had previously seen around the village and waved to, but not really had full on conversations with, made a point of stopping to talk and welcomed us back. It was also lovely that we managed to get back in time to celebrate the San Juan fiesta in the village on the 23rd. It's one of the fiesta where one complete street is used to set up lots of tables and chairs and the villagers all congregate and have food together. Then watch a fire burn and have the traditional fireworks, to welcome the warmth of summer. It was lovely to be able to be part of that again after so long.
Our previous home looks amazing. The people we sold it to have put flowers on all the windowsills and it's lovely. Our neighbours agree that the couple we sold to are equally lovely and have integrated into the village completely, which was exactly what we wanted. They have asked us if we want to visit and see what they have done inside, but we don't want to do that. It would feel weird.
We are however parking Perse in the carpark one street away from where we lived and have fallen back into several of our old routines. We always used meet friends with their dogs and ours, to spend time in an evening playing in the carpark. Now they just shout through the open motorhome door when we arrive and we don't have to walk so far. 🤣🤣 It does kind of feel like we haven't been away.
It will be hard to leave again, especially our close friends, knowing we won't physically be able to see them for even longer this time, but we really have fallen in love with travelling and aren't ready to stop yet.
Fingers crossed, you'll feel the same. 🤞😘
Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟
So happy for you both and you received such a welcome - quite the celebrities unintentionally ! You both do an amazing job at showing us all that life is for living - so inquisitive and endearing . I really don’t blame you and whatever you decide to do eventually and wherever you decide to live you will make it as nice as Your home in Portries . I love all the places you have been and of course Portugal but my heart still lies in Spain. We will start to explore soon but this year as we have decided to stay in the Uk and travel with our two dogs to explore places we haven’t been before giving up work and moving somewhere! Looking forward to your next episode .x
Tenéis que visitar la playa de Matalascañas en Huelva ahí tenéis una playa virgen de 18 kmtrs de longitud totalmente virgen es la costa del parque nacional de Doñana,no hay urbanizaciones ni villas ni pueblos,no hay nada ni nadie,hay un camping cerca para la caravana.
No tuvimos tiempo de parar y disfrutar mucho de regreso a Potríes, pero volveremos de esa manera en el futuro. Suena idílico.
Gracias por tu comentario y sugerencia.
Mucho amor Alison y Darren💜🤟
I’ve heard the Portuguese are a lot friendlier than the Spanish, having now experienced both what’d you think? Or is it more their just different? And all the best for your furry friend!
On face value, Portuguese do seem to be more friendly as soon as you meet them. For some Spaniards, it takes them a little while to drop their walls and become friends with new people.
Portuguese however, are most definitely much more considerate when driving. They are more likely to let people pull out of junctions in front of them and give way when priority is equal. Spanish drivers have always seemed to be in a rush to get everywhere and much more unlikely to encourage people to join traffic in front of them. 🤣
Thanks for your comment..!
Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟
@@findingxanadulife ah ok, I’d heard that it was terrible to drive in Portugal so that’s interesting to know… we’re thinking to check out both countries as a place to live permanently, But it does feel there are less coastal areas (near large towns/cities) to choose from in Portugal.
I’m swayed towards Spain because it’s bigger and because I’m currently learning Spanish and felt it would be the easier language of the two. We also want warmth not just in the height of summer (Yes +10 is warmth when you live in a place that hits -25 in winter). In addition to Spain being connected to other countries for different adventures.
However, my partner likes the look of portugal too, but after much much research though we are heading to the Valencia region (Gandia as I mentioned to you in a previous post) as it seems to tick all the boxes.
But your videos of Portugal have definitely had us thinking again haha! I love all your videos though! Can’t say I’m not nervous to start a new, I’m British and my partner is Swedish and I’ve lived in Sweden for years, so I’m not new to moving/living in a different country but my current lack of Spanish worries me. I know Swedish now but did have the comfort to slip to English as I was learning because there second language is English, but I don’t think that is an option in Spain so we’ll see how quick I have to learn then 😃
@user-qv6ts1sd6f The north of Portugal is very wet, but as a result is very green.
The major difference in the climate between our region of Spain and say the middle to southern area of Portugal is the night-time temperatures. In Spain once you get to May, the day time temps are high and the night-time temps stay warmer too. Subtropical nights are a frequent thing from June to October. It seemed that even when the daytime temps were higher in Portugal, the night-time temps dropped to under 20° which although meant that we had to put a jacket and maybe trousers on for an evening stroll, it made for better sleeping. In our home in Potries, we would frequently need to put the Aircon on in the bedroom for an hour before bed, but taking a stroll and 9pm or 10pm in shorts and short sleeves was still really lovely. In fact we used to often go to the beach at 7pm and leave about 9pm or later when the sun set.
Unfortunately we missed out on a lot of the Algarve region to be able to compare that and won't be able to go back again until after we've been to Turkey. If you want to drop us a message to discuss it further, feel free.
As a rule, Spaniards don't like the British or any foreigners for that matter, who just have holiday homes, or buy houses, reform them and flip them for a profit, but once our neighbours realised we wanted to make our life here, they welcomed us with open arms and we've been blown away by the amount of people who have welcomed us back and told us that they missed seeing us, even just for those shorts conversations that you mentioned. 😍💜🤟
@@findingxanadulife ah I can relate to the sub tropical thing and hot nights as we’ve also lived in Australia… ideally I’m happy to be warm until it’s late evening and then we’re happy for it to be very cool to sleep. But I don’t suppose you can have everything in one place. I can understand why the Spanish don’t like that, and for us we want to make it home and to settle. What you have there sounds lovely, and thank you for the offer to message you it’s very much appreciated. Have a nice time when you reach home again and hopefully all goes well with sebastian 😊
@user-qv6ts1sd6f Sleep is so important.
We actually reached home a week ago. We had to wait until Tuesday to see our vet, as Sunday was San Juan, which means Monday was the equivalent of a bank holiday. We are currently waiting for the biopsy results back. We had hoped they would be back last Friday, but we are still waiting. The downside of our beloved relaxed way of life here in Spain. 🤷🏼♀️💜🤟
❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂shitcake 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Hahaha Darren keeps telling me that I need to stop calling it that, because UA-cam won't like it, but once it's in your head..?!? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣💜🤟
@@findingxanadulife it's a brilliant name!
@twogeeseandagaz1986 It's very appropriate too I feel. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💜🤟