Merry Christmas everyone and welcome to our special Christmas special episode.
We hope that you are all safe and sound and spending time with your loved ones!
Join us as we visit the City of Castelo Branco to check out the Christmas lights and market. Things dont really go according to plan but we get up to a bunch of cool stuff on the farm including some cold water dam swimming. We also have an awesome winter braai with some delicious steaks and we take you on a tour of the farm to show you how different everything is looking after all of the rains.
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We are Ken & Gina. In 2019 we decided to have a mid-life crisis!
We weren’t happy with the way things were going for us, so before Brexit, we sold our home and most of our our belongings, and drove to Portugal in our campervan Bob.
We bought a stunning farm in Castelo Branco where we live the good life with our beautiful animals. Back in 2019, we could not find any videos on life here for expats, so we started this channel, documenting our move from the city life to the farm life and buying a farm.
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Everything is so green! Here in Colorado itβs brown with occasional snow. Ugh!
this is a really nice episode for Christmas π
Beautiful difference between the seasons. Wishing you always the very best.
Totaly normal for Portugal to Rain a LOT in December!! Just the last five years have too dry, the driest ever
Thanks for your vid ππππ Love you guys, happy new year π.
I completely understand you about the cold water swimming. I remember the freezing water of the swimming pools on the Transvaal! Gina must have some seal genes or something π All the best for 2023!
Firelighters that never fail me: Buy some cotton balls and petroleum jelly (tip: hunt around the bedroom and bathroom while Gina sleeps and you may find some π ), then just mix the petroleum jelly into the cotton balls to make firelighters. Good for your hands! π They will store fine in a container. When using, just pull a bit out to light. They light easily and burn for ages. Just scale to suit π
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Merry Christmas πππ I wish you all the best and having a wonderful & amazing time beside your family and friends in peace, joy , happiness, blessing πππ
Hi Ken and Gina, where is the, Jimmy sauce, braai broodjies and trifle ???ππ
Have a wonderful New Year and all be best for 2023
Warm Cape Town regards
I love your channel! We too have moved to Portugal recently after leaving in the UK for 25 years. I saw in one of your episodes that you recommended someone that sorted out your car registration and legalization, could you share the details again e need their services π Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas
A very wonderful Christmas (belated ) and of course, A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR from Oregon !π₯°π€Άπ²
Another fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable video. Love you guys. Merry Christmas from a Portuguese subscriber who always gives your videos a thumbs up. Love love your videos. Thank you !!! By the way I love your cat and your dogs . I believe Eddie is the Estrela mountain dog. What a beautiful boy he is. Cheers !
Great grill the butter trick I always use. Have a nice New Year.
What a great end of year round up. You have a great way of showing us around Portugal π΅πΉ we always watch your vlogs and really enjoyed the Lisbon ones .we hope you had a great Xmas and wish you both a happy new year. Cheers from Rick and Jan in Sydney Australia π¦πΊ π
Very interesting about the cold/ice bathing!!
Dog Dog is looking so spritely!
Merry Christmas to both of you. I donβt think swimming in the winter for me. LOL Thank you for the tips on the steak. I will check out Auchan for the steak.
Maybe you should have warned people about sudden immersion syndrome. The middle of winter is not the time to start cold water swimming!
Proud of the pair of you getting into the water
I think we will definitely try the cold water swimming in our dam when we get back to the farm in the new year…watch this space lol π Feliz Natal e Feliz Ano Novo to you both. Jane & Mark x
Feliz Natal from Bristol … π
Happy holidays to you Ken, Gina and the magnificent animal bunch! Very brave dam dipping, nice braai a "Dutch" farm (LOL) and uber x-massy Castelo Branco! Great video again even without batteries π
Feliz Natal, ππ
Happy Christmas. Have a blessed 2023. Thanks for sharing your lives with us.
As a suggestion, you can make your own barbecue firelighters by saving old wine bottle corks, putting them in a lidded jar soaked in Isopropyl alcohol. Much cleaner and no chemical contamination of the fire.
Not on your life would I do the cold water even though I have SAD. I'd be even sadder if I was that cold!!
Merry Christmas to you both and hugs from π¨π¦
Merry Merry Christmas πΎπππ₯π
BOM π Natal π
And all the best for the new year π
feliz natal from a portuguese in dallas texas usa
No jet skis yet on OKportugal farm, but it does look like you can grow rice π¬. Hope the ground drinks up as much as poss so your farm can grow a bumper crop of corn for Joaqim's sheep during the parched summer.
What a fun christmas day episode! Ken (the man who sits in owchy boiling water) in cold water: π€£ But you both look rejuvenated from that dip ππΌ.
That's an amazing price for 2 sizeable ribeyes. Steakhouses in the U.S. put a dab of butter to finish their steaks, and yes that butter makes a delish difference. π€€ dinner you made.
Did you get to meet the Blake family of Quinta Font da Pipa at the CB xmas market?
Thanks for letting us hang out with you today π. Happy new year β¨ π₯
Merriest Christmas Gina and Ken!!!! Sending love and joy from Reno, NV, usa
Merry Christmas
Well, I'm late… I hope you add a very good Christmas Day. Love this channel, it's getting better and better. I'm portguese and didn't no we add the better meat in Europe. Love to see Portugal by your perspective and learning things about my own country. You're very courageous, I think. Not every one likes or have the courage to take a cold bath in the winter. Already waiting for the next video. A lot of kisses to the doggys and boas festas para ambos. Tchau!
Merry Christmas to you both!
Tech not working is a sign for you to just enjoy the moments.. Merry Christmas
Merry christmas! Please buy yourself a pumice grill cleaner. Those wire bristles are dangerous if they are swallowed. They can pin your intestines together and cause a blockage and cause death if not operated and removed in time. Just a heads up my friend. Enjoy a safe braai.
Loved the swim! Our dogs love a good pigs ear also! We received your card and thank you for taking the time to send it! Merry Christmas!
Happy Christmas all over the world-nice video..!!!
Merry Christmas!!
Happy Christmas, guys! You're both crazy and deserve each other. More than that, you're both honest. Wishing you both an amazing 2023.