You’re a natural story teller. Never stop!

Having watched maybe 30-40 episodes your love and respect for portugal is evident .Nice summing up this far into the adventure.Good move smart move and who knows if there are any more because that is a lovely life where you're at-- hard to imagine giving that up.Cheers and thanks for giving us these vignettes of your life.

And what an amazing journey you have had so far. You are truly an amazing man. 🤗🌻

Well done Mate, takes “balls” to take on such a change in location and life. I am Australian, so the good weather is easy to identify with. My Wife (She’s a Pom) loves rural Europe, particularly Portugal, Spain and France and if it wasn’t for our Children (6) and 5 Grandchildren….. we’d love to do something similar to what You have done. However we are building in soon in rural South Australia 🇦🇺 and I will just follow your experience and live out our European passion vicariously through your and other similar channels. If we get back to Europe and we happen to get to southern Portugal…… we might catch up for a few frothies 🍻🍻……. Meanwhile enjoy your life and we’ll enjoy following your escapades.

Loved this video. I love Portugal and the Portuguese are such lovely people. We often visit the Algarve and stay in Silves and love to spend time in Monchique. We never use the motorways and just stick to the N25 to get from Faro to Silves. Thank you for such an interesting video.

Hi Andrew! Interesting story. It seems that many people from the UK are hoofing it to Portugal for very good reasons. I moved from Montreal Quebec to rural Nova Scotia. The family originated here. The city was insane. I had to drive to work about 4 blocks through 8 traffic lights. I decided I had enough of the politics, crowds, and sitting for long periods of time in traffic because they were always doing construction. Nova Scotia is much more sane. The winters suck but we do have the mildest winters in Canada. Every place has a negative. It is said that, regarding Nova Scotia, your heart will never leave. There is truth to that. But the palms, the fruit trees, the beaches, the weather. P💓rtugal! So tantalizing! I could get used to that.🙂👍🌻🌷🇨🇦

Ok I’ll say it for you only because I’m Portuguese from immigrant grandparents and l was married to a Portuguese guy from the Acores. My children are first generation American. I live in a huge Portuguese area south of Boston Faults …..We are intrusive at times which is exactly what you said. People getting up close to see and or hear whatsoever is going on. The second thing is we are LOUD especially when we are gathered with our families. I think those are our biggest faults. On the other hand we are hard workers. We are resilient, kind, compassionate, honest, loving, always willing to lend a hand, proud of our heritage and love our festas(parties) especially when family is together. Oh yes we definitely are Catholic and join in on many church celebrations and ceremonies. I’m just finding your channel now but I’ll binge watch and catch up w you later. You’re a lucky man. If you’re lucky enough to live in Portugal then you’re lucky enough. PS… we are amazing cooks.

It has been a joy following you here on youtube😊

This was so cool. I just saw the house I own and will be rebuilding in your video. It's the one above the moto clube house in Monte Ruivo LOL... Thank you for that made my day. I'll be there in 6 weeks :)

Awesome... inspirational.. love it...👍...

Hi Andy your journey is a real adventure and sharing your experience is usefull information thank you for that. I enjoy your clips of the renovating and natural environment. Keep up the filming take care.

Been waiting for this one, Andy 👍

It was a good choice to go live in the sunshine in the countryside near the sea. I know you work hard, but surely the life/work balance is easier to attain. Be happy Andrew.🌻🌞💕

Perhaps worth a mention of all the Ex.Pat clubs and activities. Hash Running, Cycling clubs , Motorcycling clubs Badmington etc. etc. And how active people stay, later in life, even if it's just wandering down to the local bar in the sunshine for a few hours every evening knowing your mates will be there.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us all. 👌

That was wonderful, thank you.

Sorry for not completing the above comment. Life is extremely peaceful and makes me aware of your sincerest approach to simple and less simple things.

I really enjoyed you sharing, Andy. All good reasons for moving from the UK to Portugal, and it's great that you have found that the positives greatly outweigh the negatives. Lovely to see that one of your fruit trees that you planted last year is already bearing fruit!

I really enjoyed this video Andy. I’m happy because you. Thank you for you love Portugal and the people. My granddaughter is English too 😊 Enjoy Portugal and the next hot summer 🥵😎😎😎🇵🇹 🎉🎉🎉

Love the historical recap & positive aspect of this blog. Thanks so much Andrew!

I like your thoughts Andy. The time to reflect has come.

The video came out great. Very enjoyable to watch.

Have watched all your videos this one was that good I’ve watched it twice 👌🇵🇹

Great video Andrew! Thanks for sharing your perception of Portugal 🇵🇹

I’ve enjoyed your progress Andy and the dogs, well, rv, house in town and yours. Stay well and enjoy the summer.

What a laugh! Good one! 😂. Life happens, and sometimes it does have a happy ending!

EXCELENTE GENERAL INFO ANDY... I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT... DIFFERENT PEOPLE... DIFFERENT NEEDS AND WANTS... THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES...

Fabulous Andrew! And inspirational. I’m so glad you are allowing us to come along on your adventure! I see the cork trees are in bloom and look at all those peaches (yum!!). Those beautiful pots and bowls at the shop at the start of the video were so lovely ❤. I am planning a trip to Portugal in September and I am definitely looking forward to experiencing the culture and some tasty food. Thanks again. Great video!

Excellent and helpful video, Andy! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your love of Portugal!

Thank you so much for this, Andy!!! Very helpful information and glorious photography!

Great video as usual, funny, kind, reflective, positive,.....your videos make me wanna sell up and head across the pond and check it all out:):)

What a nice time spent in ypur company, listening to all your points of view, so interesting. The way you talk about your new

Thanks for sharing with us!

Hi Andy! Been watching your videos for a long time, and you and your brother are good fun to watch, everything that you accomplished in this journey. All the feelings you have to Portugal and Portuguese people makes me proud of my country. We're not perfect but we are friendly and welcoming genuine people. I hope you enjoy all the good things that Portugal can offer you and we appreciate what you gives in return by also helping the local economy. Big hug.

Best video yet, so informative, its inspiring for myself and my wife to move out there. Loving the drone shots, it adds another dimension. so much useful information !

Great pod Andy very informative thanks mate always a pleasure 😊

A brilliant video Andrew . very informative .

Cannot wait until it’s all about you and your house xx

Great video Andy!! Thanks!!

EXCELLENT video, Andy!! Thank you so very much for all this information. :) Very helpful!

There must be several listeners who would give their eye teeth do do what you do, or be with you living the way you do..God Bless you Andy…

Hey Andy been watching on and off from the beginning, you are an interesting man, on an interesting journey, love the attention and detail you put into all your projects.👍😁

Loved this video, really insightful, informative and funny. Was hooked from when it first started, I love your enthusiasm and straight talking. Everything you said resonated with me. We are so looking forward to exploring Portugal and maybe living there 😊

Great vlog, thanks for sharing

Excellent vid. You’re vid skills are getting really good 👍. Interesting to hear the recap. 😁 It will be fun to go back and watch some of the earlier ones. ❤️👍🌺🇺🇸☮️

Amazing recap... thanks for sharing Andy👏👏

Great stuff mate, nicely done

I am from Portugal and follow a few others like yourself who have made a home in Portugal. I am very keen to find the right place for me and my family (although they are much more reluctant than I am). The ambition is similar, build a more self-sustained way of life, growing your own produce as well as animals. I would love to combine that with the potential to earn some money from providing some rental spaces within my property to allow other families to come and visit to enjoy that more relaxed lifestyle whilst still being able to go on day trips to various locations. I know the Algarve and most Southern areas get very hot during the Summer but equally further up north it doesn't escape the heat either. Looking at properties and prices, what kind of budget should one set themselves plus contingencies for living there without necessarily earning something (I realise You Tube is an option but still limited). In terms of language, it would not be a problem at all.

Enjoyed this very much! Thank you and please keep then rolling.

Andy, Thanks for that tour d’horizon which we found both interesting and enjoyable. We’ve been watching since you were draining and renovating the well which seems longer ago than it was and enjoy your videos greatly and admire what you have set out to do and have achieved. Loved your point about the lack of overt materialism (we are fortunate to live somewhere in the UK where there is a similar unflashy vibe save for the tourists).

Your best video so far Andy. It can be intimidating baring all to strangers as to why your life took such a change in direction. However, there are many of us in the UK and elsewhere that need people like you to show that changing ones life in a major way is not only possible, but can be the best thing you've ever done.

Cheers Andy, thanks for sharing your life with us. Me and mum have been watching since pre covid, we're now coming up to 1 year in the Algarve 😊

Sweet video and nice to know a bit of your backstory Andy

Top video, I love holidays on the Algarve and hope to relocate some day

That was such an engaging video, perfect for me because I am in the situation you were seven years ago. I happened to be in the Algarve this last week so doubly interesting. I didn’t see you there but didn’t go looking either. Thank you for bringing us along on your interesting journey. ❤️

Thank you Andy, for this warm nas friendly video! Going to Portugal on June, holpe I can visit yours Algarve😊

Andy, i'm only nine minutes into this video and I can completely relate to you, what you have done and what you are saying, especially about the dogs, and how they are part of you, as family and or best friends. "Take my hat off to you". I believe it is the expression. Well done. It's so nice to see a happy person. I will be driving around Portugal next month and would love to meet up.

Thank you for such an interesting vlog. I was wondering about the wild life there. The shots of beach and water were amazing. It sounds like your living your dream...so happy for you

Happy to have discovered such a genuine person! Thank you for your wonderful videos!

Thank you Andy for the wonderful documentary you make smile,.think happy,be well 😎❤️

Nice to learn a bit more about you Andy and your living your dream for sure. Enjoyed the video thank you xx

I like the way you edited your video. My kid is gonna be 18 in 2 yrs & I've been contemplating not living in US any more so been learning Portuguese but it's scary so thats when I started looking at ppls Portugal videos. I love seeing all the progress & get inspired by y'alls (u ur bro & sis in law) energy & problem solving & makes me feel like I could maybe do it one day w I have the empty nest!

Thanks for sharing your experiences😀 One of the things I really appreciate here is that most people are very open and willing to help, even if you haven't mastered the language yet.

Some words of wisdom mixed in there. Yes definitely a natural story teller. Thanks for sharing Andy.

Absolutely wonderful video Andrew.

Wow you made your decision so quickly! Very inspiring. It usually takes me months and months to make such a big decision like that. New sub. Looking forward to learning more about how living in portugal looks like.

Nice to "meet" you Andy, what a nice introduction of yourself and your more personal info. 😉😀 Good to see you full spirit and energy. Thanks for the Vid!

Thanks Andrew for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guy. Yeah you have a great life and your family near by how wonderful 👍.

My Gosh, what a video! I just loved it. Your best, so far

Glad you are Enjoying Life! 😊😊

I plan to move soon! Thanks for the tips!

I just loved this episode so I’ll be watching it again. Thank you for being so candid. I appreciate your honesty and values. And it did my heart good to see you in that hammock even if it was just for the video.

I'm back for more! Thanks for the tour! I went to learn a bit about Portugal and how it's populated and why. climate and all. Thanks for telling your inspirational story. You are a brave man!🎉🎉❤🎉

This was a great recap. So love the you cannot think of anything bad in Portugal. I too wish it continues to be just as it is coz therein lies it's beauty.

Spot on Andrew. Your most recent video truly explains why you have moved to Portugal. It also helps folks know more about the area that you live in and living in Portugal. Looking forward to seeing the completion of your village home Reno and also your own home. See you again next year. Cheers.

Now that was worth watching . It was a good explanation to follow and gave a good understanding of what we can look forward to

So happy for you and the dogs living in your beautiful home you created!

Hi Andy! Watched many episodes. I was just down close to your neck of the woods and visited a friend in Santa Catarina. It was such a heartwarming experience and a week in I felt like a new person. Back in September! And the following September; retirement!! Yesss!

Loved the video!

My goodness you've been working so very hard, especially in that horrendous heat. What a great job you've done on the houses you've already renovated and I wish you well with your journey.

Great video Andy !

Hi Andrew, sounds like your liveing in Australian your weather and beaches are just like here. Just beautiful, hello from Australia.

Enjoyed all the info. 👍🏻

It all looks fabulous - The mix of living daily life in the sun as well as being able to travel around and you have the best 4 legged companion. It all sounds very tempting indeed! Enjoy your best life!

What a great video and I’m glad to learn the answers to questions I had. And you’re right, not hard to find you 😂😂

Hi Andrew I really love your story about your home in Portugal and the building your brother and brother are renovating. I'm way in NZ. God bless you.❤

Peaches are heavy fruit they will snap the branches if all fruit are left on, leave the biggest peach about every six inches along each branch ❤🇬🇧

Andrew, I watch most videos you put out and enjoy all of them

Hi Andrew, thoroughly enjoyed that chat about Algarve living real! Here in Cape Town, Toyota 4x4's ,and SUVs are VERY popular. My son has a dbl cab "bakkie"for his work, and loves it. Thats the name, South Africans call a pickup/truck .Years ago the slogan, " everything keeps going right...Toyota! That still applies.

Nice to see the fruit trees growing. I hope to make it to Portugal one day, very jealous of the constant blue skies and sunshine, sigh.

Nice to hear you talk so possitive about Portugal. I can feel the love you got for all the good things you mentiioned. And also understand you. I did the same but I moved to spain. And it gives me that feeling you told us. The wheater The people But for sure also the joy of living again seeing those blue Sky every morning. Keep up the good work Love to follow you And Your Brother James. 1 thing I realy mis into the house Your renovating Is daylight and fresh air!? Specialy in the kitchen Area I know you live much more outdoor in Portugal Butt stil! Thx looking forward to the next video ..

My late father was a Sicilian artist and sculptor living in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Obidos, Portugal when I was 12 in 1977. He flew me there when I was 16 to spend the summer. Obidos is a beautiful walled village with a castle in the center. The people were lovely and the culture so rich. We spent days at the Algarve, enjoying the beach life. A wonderful experience for a young man. I had my first beer there, I believe it was called Super Bock.

Hi Andrew, so happy to see a video from you. Let me get into it.

Great video Andy.

That's a great tip about texting the coordinates to delivery people. We have had a terrible time getting deliveries (from some carriers) at our house in rural France. Particularly, I have to say, the younger drivers don't seem to be able to follow directions without being able to plug an address into their GPS.

Very Interesting Andy.. love hearing about Portugal

You lucky Bugger Put me down for the last week in July. .......................... Interesting video this week.

That place looks so nice, i’m tempted to move there.❤

Is beautifull, your joy for living and your joy for living in algarve. 👍

You are a natural for this activity. Keep it up!