Living Authentically: PORTUGAL LIFE 

It's a GOOD channel!! I enjoy it very much. You guys are lovely. I think that transitioning from the village house back to your regular life is just a difficult thing, and would be for anyone. Also, the change in seasons has more of an affect on us than we sometimes realize. And, you've been flying/traveling quite a bit, as well as making these videos. Umm, it's a lot. So please do get some good mental and physical rest and get refreshed and re-energized. Take care. 🥰 🍂🌾♥️🌾🍂

Listen to your body, it will tell you when you need to take a rest. It's nice of Cristina to let you win at cards all the time 😂.

The both of you do make me giggle, good watching on a Sunday night 👍 & we all love a nap now & again 😁 😴

Thanks again guys 😊

Take your time and do what feels right. The land is looking great . x

Love watching you both getting on with getting your jobs done around the property. Preserving olives is a long process, I did not realise, I just buy them in a jar. So glad you went and visited Sindy and Dan, thank you. Your property is looking lovely at this time of the year. See you next week.

Give in to your needs to rest. This older chicken does the same. It's getting colder and after all that hard work, you need a reset😉😁Make it a great one, enjoy this time of year. One step at the time. Olives aren't my favorites eather James😂😂😂 the green small ones are ok, but with a huge glass of wine, everything tastes nice🍷🥂🍹Cristina you know and can do so much different stuff, it's amazes me every time. Respect! Thank you two, for a lovely video again🙏

The change in the time by just an hour can have an exhausting physiological effect….on top of that, changes in temps and weather can be so tiring too. Plus your back and forth between Portugal and England can do a number on you. Maybe time to hibernate a bit !

One of the best channels re Portugal living…keep up the good work!

"why should they subscribe Christina?" "ahhhh,...... because its not a good channel,....." I love you guys. I love watching your projects and lives....as i say that it sounds a bit daffy but I do and you guys are lovely so keep filming and hopefully more folks will keep subscribing and the dogs will never be out of kibble:)

Great video guys. Always love watching you both and your gorgeous Frenchies 🐾❤️😘

So love the rapport between you guys! James, you still haven't told us (or perhaps I missed it) why you call Cristina Linda!!! Also, love your CUTE dogs!

Hi guy's, I genuinely believe that after nearly 18 months of telling yourself to "push on with the build etc" that you are now in crash mode. It's a common phenomena and you just need to give yourself a little time to transition back to "normal" life. Enjoyed catching up with you, Christina and the coiled springs.

Love your videos 🤩 husband is very funny

Baby steps especially if your no spring chickens anymore ( can relate to that lol) ... have to say your channel has come leaps and bounds in recent times. Always a Sunday highlight .

Fabababadobolous 👍

Hello to you both from San Diego!

You never see crushed olives being sold. Even the olives don't like being beaten LOL I speak Portuguese but I will try to explain it in English. I am a grandmother and it was how my grandmother treated olives more than 50 years ago. My grandmother was calm, peaceful and affectionate, she never hit anyone, not even the olives LOL The olives are not crushed, we make a vertical cut in each olive and cover them with chlorine-free water. CHANGE THE WATER EVERY 24 HOURS - FOR 10 to 15 DAYS, and put them in a dry place without light after 10 or 12 days - TASTE TO SEE IF THEY ARE BITTER after 10 days 2nd PHASE - NOW THE FIRST SALTING PHASE - 1st BRINE FORMULA (Salting) 80 gr. Salt x per each 1 Liter of Water DISSOLVE THE SALT BY STIRRING But to confirm the salt, WHEN A RAW FRESH EGG FLOATS, THE AMOUNT OF SALT IS EXACTLY RIGHT - BUT when I saw your eggs, the egg has to prove not to float in water without salt LOL) - PUT THE OLIVES IN THE BRINE FOR 3 DAYS - CHANGING THE BRINE EVERY 24 HOURS (From the first 24 hours to the second 24 hours, new brine and new egg ;) to test the salt. From the second 24 hours to the third 24 hours, another new brine and another egg to test the salt. After the third 24 hours (3 days), the phase of not touching olives with your hands or metal objects ) 3rd and Final PHASE TO PRESERVE - SALMOURA FORMULA (to Store the olives): 40 grams of salt for each 1 liter of water if it is 3 liters of water it is 120g of salt Place the olives in a jar or glass container with a lid. NEVER METAL or Place the olives in several jars without touching them with your hands (non-metallic spoon or with gloves) and cover the olives with the 2nd mixture of 40% salt - COVERED WITH A THIN LAYER OF OLIVE OIL to BETTER PRESERVE THEM, OR to have a MILDER Flavor use SUNFLOWER OIL Store the jars in a dark and cool place, no need for a refrigerator. I hope to have explain it without many spelling mistakes ;) or any very strange English lol

I'm with you James....olives are 🤢and I too have tried to like them. Yuko Y'all have a large property, it's obvious you have a lot of work to do to maintain it. You should be tired. I wouldn't worry about subscribers; posting a weekly video will cause you subscription's to sky rocket. Your content is most interesting. And both of y'all are very personable. Thanks. God Bless and stay safe. 😊

It will all get done in the end, just take your time & I'm sure it will all look amazing, sending love to you both ❤❤❤❤

Wow! Those olives were so big, I thought they they were plums at first.

Gee, Christina, quite a process, prepping olives! Love them, the saltiness with a good cheddar, some Provitas, with butter, baby tomatoes and cucumber. And after, a nice mug of Tetley tea with a t of brandy! 😴make that 2 t of brandy, after seeing that spider!😮 eek! Get the flame thrower!!😅

You're right, you aren't spring chickens anymore, like I should talk 😄. Take care of yourselves. Rest when you are tired. Tomorrow's another day. Maybe you guys need a spa day. 🙂👍👍🇨🇦

You need a rest guys! You have all flogged yourselves to get the village house completed and now you need some time to recoup your energy and focus on your house for a while. Loving Andrew’s channel too 😊

Lovely video and take time off for yourselves and rest❤

❤hello you 2😂 glad to see you both back to the wicked humor😂❤

I agree Christine, Spiders..😮🫨🥺🤯👋🥴😊❤

Fab video, really interesting to watch the olive process Cristina, and they were HUGE 😮. James, your gardening method were you do it right and leave it 🤣, once Mother Nature has finished laughing, I have a feeling that comment might bite you in the bum 😉. Keep it up guys you’re great fun to watch ❤

❤You have the most beautiful house! 💕 I love the wall decor of your outdoor kitchen area! 👍🥰👍🌟💕❣️

Take a rest you dizerve it.

Cristina, I bet those olives are delicious. Sorry you’re missing out James, when the creator was handing out taste for olives your hands were behind your back. I sure you can care less 😅. Thanks for another video, guys! Have a great week. 🫶🏻

Love your flogs now as the townhouse got tedious keep up the good work

Always a great way for me to spend a part of my Sundays 🇨🇦👍👍😁❤️

Are you sure those were olives? They looked more like plums, they were huuuge. Loved the video guys, great vibe between the 2 of you. You will have to teach me how to play cards James 😂😂. Natalia says she is going to have a stern word with you when we see you again, she was definitely not a fan of the spider 😂😂. Cristina looked like she was working in a bank stamping paperwork with that rock. Hope you have a great week, rest well and feel better 🤗

You a little Kubota Asta tractor I had one of those little guys it's perfect for backyard work

Been watching you folks for months convinced I had subscribed. Woops! Fixed it now!

Best "Ad break" I've ever had to watch! 😂

You have been traveling a lot recently plus doing lots of work around your property, you both should be tired. I love the changes to the beds. The first one looks lovely and I’m sure this new one will be just as beautiful. See you soon.

Hello there, it’s probably just winter mode😅. Sleepy days, it’s good.

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I am not a fan of big spiders. However spiders do a good job with the bugs and so as long as they don’t try to eat me I try to ignore them 🫣

Your property is looking good with all the hard work I'm sure with you too the outcome will be beautiful 😊❤❤

Im liking and commenting so that your dogs will be happy...haha Love your humour. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

boa tarde 🙂

OMG... that Spider 😮 Oh H*ll No 😟

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Keep up all the good work.

Que excelente vidio meus amigos a sério que gostei muito e gosto de ver o dia a dia . Graças a Deus que a Christina está cá gosto muito dela. Que Deus os abençoe muito e sejam sempre felizes❤❤❤❤

Ah James - I’ll have a bacon and egg but tie in your honour. I love olives, especially 5he large green ones so am jealous of Christina there.

All mushrooms are edible once🤣🤣Crushing the olives looked like it needed to be done with 2 people over a good chat.

Lovely to see you. You’re doing a lot, so no wonder you’re tired early.

Love you guys always makes me laugh 😂 That spider was huge was it dangerous? Do you get rid of it or let it go naturally?

It's called Weed Barrier 😊

Take time to eat good food. It's worth it...

i normally like your videos so much - BUT that spider made me scream so loud🥰. All is forgiven, of course. Your videos are super.

You guys make me laugh, so yeah.. I like your channel very much.

You guys need to take time for yourselves and let your bodies & minds rest! You didn't move to the Algarve to spend all your time doing physical exhausting work. It's not a race and you will get there a job at a time 💪🇵🇹💚❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Lovely video guys ❤❤

Love watching you love the frenchies your channel is brill as you just show the real you. Can you let me know the dogs names and also an address to post a gift to you

Beautiful ending to lovely video.

Hi again, re unplanted section at gate . How about buying a few bright Bougainvillas? That will be the wow factor when they grow and flower against that fence. Your Loquat a dark green focal point. Just add a few handfulls of compost to enrich the soil and make a well around it . A few buckets of water in Summer. Why dont you do the poppies, cornflowers, shasta daisies that you love Christina? Even though the weeds will grow, and once poppies etc have flowered and dried, and shed their seeds, there will be less weeds each year. The bright bougainvillas will be awesome and that area will come alive.💐💐💐💐💐💐🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🐝🐝🐝🦋🦋🦋🦋🐞🐞🐞🐞🐛🐛🌻🌻

We have a bull terrier who is 14 and very much our baby, who wouldn’t want to share us, I’m afraid lol🤣

I am commenting to make you both happy. 😂😂

Not Crocs and Socks again 😱😱😱😱

Hi James & Christina. I’m watching from Australia 🇦🇺 I just subscribed ( as I only just started watching Andrew’s channel & he mentioned your channel. Looking forward watching your future video’s 😊

I feel for you about the lack of bacon James. I also can't stand olives but really like olive oil. Another enjoyable video .

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work guys 👍😀 you can use some extra sleep I think after the village house and the rest of the stuff that you guys are doing.

Your brother sent me over❤️🇨🇦

Lovely👍

I win again is what you are playing!😂

See if you can find a old cloths mangle as they have stone wringers and you can adjust the distance between the rollers to crush the olives🤣

Gin Rummy?❤

Olives are very nice but I grew up eating them, marmite is horrible.

Only with I had a partner to do things as you do😊❤❤

Could you use a cherry pitter?

Hi guys Crazy Norwegians here again. Write the recipe for the oliven.

you know a floating egg is not necessarily bad means only that its older as far as running out of bacon well that's just barbaric.

A nice check up at your Dr? Bp, blood sugar, etc . Then a bco inj, and some vitamins ? An afternoon nap...and a walking stick!!! Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man, healthy, wealthy and wise! ( my Dad) born in Woolich!☕ 🥱💤💤😴