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Now that we are sure we have our residency in Portugal the dream
of building a semi self-reliant life may be starting to become a reality.
We expect that ‘Mungo the Minibus’ will be our full time home for the next
year as we travel the UK and Europe, and whilst we work on our tiny house and land in Central Portugal.
Thank you so much for following our journey, love from Elaine and Darren.
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So happy for you both – huge congratulations!! 👍🏾💕
Aw – the relief and emotion were so palpable right through the screen 💖A huge Congratulation to you both and a Happy belated Birthday to Elaine from one mother to another (It's Mother's Day today in Sweden)💛💙, Katarina
Hello Elaine and Darren well done congratulations great informative video great to see you back in Portugal look forward to seeing your Portuguese tiny house 🏡👍
Wonderful new chapter and adventure. Perhaps you were Portuguese in a previous life
Lovely to hear that you were back in Portugal again and got your residency certificates and bank account sorted out!
Really looking forward to watching your progress on making your little house your Portuguese home over the next months.
I must admit to shedding a year of joy for you when you showed us your certificates
Lovely to hear your news and big congratulations 👌👏 I'm currently in the area property searching!
Congratulations! Love from New Zealand. I've got a NIF so maybe we'll catch up for a cup of tea in the next couple of years 🙂
The Portuguese word for what you're describing is 'saudade'
Llongyfarchiadau ( in the language of Heaven) many many congrats on your residency success. It is a wonderful feeling being accepted by a country you want make home. Happened when we got citizenship in New Zealand and just about to apply for permanent residency in Australia too. Having the correct paperwork is so important to give you security. Well done again Parabens. Couldn’t put the circumflex over the e to make it correct 🙄🙄🙄🙄.
We loved your reaction about getting your residency!! Thanks once again for vloging a new chapter of your lives in Portugal. We can't wait too see the land and what the tiny home looks like. Cheers and stay safe.
Congratulations and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I can't wait to see how you fix up your home. I'm happy for you!
Congratulations! So pleased for you both, will private email you but I'd theirs anything we can do to help let us know as neighbours (happy to help) our time here has given us a real feel of the area and enjoy the people it's amazing how nice it's been so if theirs anything we can help with please contact us we are not far from the natural drinking spring 😉
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎉🌻🧜♀️. How exciting so happy for you both. How long is the flight from Liverpool?
That’s great that you got your residency. I love Portugal. Now you will be able to get back there.
Congratulations. I slipped my Portuguese EU residency through just in time before the brexit cut-off in Sep 2020 with the idea of retiring in Portugal, but then my health and then my parents ill health has prevented me staying….so it is all a bit unclear where I stand and how it will end up. I watched your original videos….. I really wish you both well. You are both such down to earth pleasant people, I really really hope it all works out for you. All the best!
Great Video! After my June trip to NY, Maine and Azores (Teceria Island, yes again this year), I'll be hitting that Patreon account of yours!à. So happy to see you in Portugal! Was suppose to see Céline tonite, I'll be in England in the Spr8ng!! If she's better, sure am worried! GOD BLESS!! 🙏🙏❤❤🇺🇸⛵🤙🇵🇹🇬🇧
Congratulations on your residency! What a huge relief for you both. I am jealous of those roads. I live in Mexico where almost all the road are cobblestones (read cobblestones as rocks in dirt).
SO happy for you both! We also know exactly what that feeling is you were trying to describe. We describe it as “having found our place”. It’s visual, audible, taste of the air, everything coming together to feel “just right”. So happy that your concerns about residency were eliminated, and you have made such a helpful contact at the bank! There are so many kind and lovely people in the world! You being some of them naturally attract more of the same types!!! Truly nice community you are building. Best Wishes and hugs from Northern California.
Congratulations ☺️🎊🎊🎊🎊🥳
Sending all the best wishes to you both and Max. Love your videos! Kisses from Brazil
Aw Elaine's reaction to getting residency made me tear up…delighted for you both 😊 Always happy when you post a new video…really enjoy your content ⭐
Great news. Sorted! 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
So happy for you both. So much good news for you folks. Wonderful, you are taking time to enjoy your new home away from home. The scenery is lovely and the villages look so quaint. Have Fun, Enjoy and most of all Relax. You have worked all your life to have this adventurous life and it is so well deserved. Have the "Time of your LIfe!"
Congratulations. Look forward to your adventures, so exciting. Lots of hard work in your future but will be so worth it I am sure. Hugs.
Happy happy birthday! Congratulations from Florida!
Be welcome to Portugal. I wish you both, happy days here …in this little and lovely country
So very happy for you both😀 ,excellent news re your residency , well done 👏and your new bank account…👍what a successful trip..
Looking forward to seeing the land again and your little house. Wishing you all the very best , you so deserve it.
enjoy every moment……
Yay, great news! Now you can finally look ahead and plan your next steps.
Wonderful news! So thrilled for you both💜 enjoy your new home🇵🇹
So pleased you got your residency…I think the word you were looking for is what we in Wales call Hiraeth…hard to define but you were definitely feeling hiraeth!! 🏴
Enormous congratulations on retrieving your residency papers and having such a good return to your Portugal home❣ The dream lives on 💗
Huge congratulations on your residency in Portugal! We hope you get on well with the house and land and enjoy!!!
So happy for you congrats!
Thank you for the joy you have brought into our lives. Perhaps, one day we can do a meet and greet in Portugal one day. WE wish the best of success and joy in your new home in Portugal.
Congrats! to obtaining your residency . Sending you lots of love💖💖💖 Jim, , Harriet and Yuki. Richmond. Va.
Yaaaay! Muitos parabens to you both! 🇵🇹 🥳🥳🥳 🇵🇹 exciting times ahead!! 😊 myself, partner and doggo are hoping to get out and look for somewhere there in the autumn fingers crossed! xx
Thanks!