We love Alcobaça and were so pleased to be able to share this pretty town with Ma and Gazza... and to have great interactions with the friendly locals! In case you haven't seen any of our other Alcobaça videos, here's the link to our Alcobaça on a Budget vlog: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYiuzc2yYa29hNI.html

@joaorobalo9353

Жыл бұрын

Bolo de Cabeça. Rock cake. What ?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣They are Bolos de Erva Doce.

@joaorobalo9353

Жыл бұрын

Lee said feijão riscado is not sold in UK. Are you joking ? The supermarkets and the Portuguese shops sells Portuguese food in UK. I can even find Polish food in UK and I don't have to be in Poland. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@joaorobalo9353 Hello! So good to see you back here, spreading joy and happiness 😉😁🤣 ~ Mandy

I just arrived to Portugal as you are leaving. Your videos have given me so many suggestions of places to visit...I want to see it all! I am amazed at how much is packed into this little country.

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

This is such an amazing country and we hope you have as incredible a time as we have had! We'll definitely be back next year... there's no way we could leave forever. There are still more Portugal videos to come, and we hope you enjoy them! ~ Mandy 😁😀

@joaoramoscarvalho5670

Жыл бұрын

Portugal may be be small but is packed with surprises...

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@joaoramoscarvalho5670 We completely agree! ~ Mandy 👏🇵🇹❤

Thanks Mandy and Lee. Yet another lovely trip to Alcobaca. I will dearly miss your trips round Portugal. ❤️🙏🙂

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

You are so kind, Lesley! Thank you for always being so positive and supportive 🙏 Don't worry... there are still plenty of Portugal videos to come AND we'll be back next year, as can't stay away from this incredible country for too long 🥳🎉🇵🇹 ~ Mandy

@lesleysmith8300

Жыл бұрын

So pleased to hear that Mandy. 🙂

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@lesleysmith8300 Excellent! We hope you enjoy seeing our travels in other countries as well 😁😀 ~ Mandy

@lesleysmith8300

Жыл бұрын

@@FrugalTravellers l certainly will. I like to see other places too. 🤣🤣

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@lesleysmith8300 Yayyy! That's great to hear! ~ Mandy 🥳😁😀

Another great insight into life in Portugal - I do love the markets. Lee talking about being frugal - Gazza just pipes up - "It's just common sense!" - I'm going to miss Gazza on future vlogs 🙂

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

He's a very wise man in a very clever disguise. 🤣 It was so much fun getting to show them Portugal and those moments you have in these wonderful places are to be cherished. The Portuguese people you find in the markets here are really what make this such a special place. 😁 More videos with Gazza to come! 😁

Wow what a beautiful city. Nice walking tour in this fantastic market👌

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jack. It is a lovely city and the market is so much fun to visit. Thanks for watching. 🙏👍😊 ~ Lee

Frugal musician tip... carry cutlery AND a roll of freezer bags for when buffet food gets left over at the end of the night and the hosts encourage you to take some home!

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Oooh... that's a great frugal tip, Imo 🙏😀😁 ~ Mandy

Thanks to see you again

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too 😁😀

Looks like such a great time. I'll have to find those melon/pears. When we went to Alcobaca, there were four weddings at the church.

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Hello Ladonna! It's always so lovely to hear from you 😊🌞 Oh my word... 4 weddings at the church! That would have been amazing to see! The melon pears were delicious... so refreshing on a hot summer's day. We had such a wonderful time in Alcobaça... we love it there! ~ Mandy 😁😀🇵🇹❤

Great video guys. Must try to organise our day trip there next year on market day. Love that colour blue on you Mandy.

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment, Cindy! Definitely aim to go to Alcobaça on market day as it's a great experience. I wasn't too sure about the colour of that tee shirt, as you might have noticed that I prefer dark blue or black tops, but it was the only colour in Decathlon Alcobaça when I bought it in January 😊😉 Im thinking it's a definite inclusion for our travels in the Middle East! ~ Mandy 😀😁

You must discover the really friendly market in Portugal: Mercado do Bolhão, Porto! Try and then compare!

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, Jose. It has been under construction for quite some time. The few times we visited it wasn't accessible but we are really looking forward to exploring it next time in Porto. We've heard it is amazing! 👍😊 ~ Lee

@stephenjarzombek2903

Жыл бұрын

@@FrugalTravellers Oh yes, we visited it more than a few times during our stay in Porto and it's really great. It seems that there will be several new restaurants opening up on the upper level, but most of those were still finishing up construction.

Fun video and so great to meet one of your followers from the US who is now in Portugal. Wishing you both safe travels and look forward to your next videos.

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. We really enjoyed our time there. The local people were so wonderful and Chad was such a nice guy. I'm sure he'll fit in really well there. We sure will miss Portugal. 😍

Another excellent post by our favorite vloggers!! Thank you guys, now we'll have to try that melon pear next time we go to Alcobaca!

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Yayyy, it's always so wonderful to hear from our IRL friends... even if you're a bit slow to comment sometimes 🤣🤣 Seriously, the Alcobaça market is brilliant, and it will be so good for your Portuguese! They are the kindest and most friendly market people that we've ever met! D&T... thank you for taking the time to write, and I hope you know how much we appreciate you guys! ~ Mandy 😁😀

That Lee boy could charm the fruit of the trees 😉 great market for discovery, kool vid as always camera work 🎥 😎👍

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, revolt7. We had great fun there with all those wonderful people. It'd be hard to not get along with them! Who'd have thought that going to a market could be so much fun. 👍😊 ~ Lee

Going to miss these Portuguese explorations, but also looking forward to new adventures in the unknown (to me) countries of the Middle East! ❤

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind comment, Carolina! A big worry about finally leaving Portugal was that we'd lose our lovely viewers, so it's wonderful to know that you'll still be following our travels 🙏😊 ~ Mandy

The market fruit and veg looks amazing!

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

We love the markets here in Portugal - homegrown produce that's so fresh and delicious. It's yet another reason we love this beautiful country! 🇵🇹❤ ~ Mandy 😀😁

@joaorobalo9353

Жыл бұрын

Expensive stuff.

Olá Mandy / Lee, Lovely video with the locals + the US chap. Friendly atmosphere / people. It's nice they don't force people to buy, while still explaining what it is, how it's made.. I'd love to try that fruit to kill my curiosity, I don't think I've ever seen them. Extremely good value meals, especially Mandy's plate. Ma's omelette looked EGGceptional 😉 Wishing you guys a lovely weekend 😎

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, Sergio. The people in this market are so friendly and welcoming. No pressure, just genuine, honest folks making a living. It really is wonderful to be amongst a community like this. ❤️ Good value food as always. I love your 🥚 yolk. I thought it was cracking! 😆 ~ Lee

Very nice video about Alcobaça. There's a porrtuguese song wich lyrics are "Quem passa por Alcobaça, não passa sem lá voltar" (who cames in Alcobaça, has to come back") and that make senses because it's a friendly place with an important monastery from the XII century founded in the times of first portuguese king, Afonso Henriques. Cheers.

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Hi Luís. I love the sentiment of those lyrics and understand where they are coming from. It's such a charming place and the monastery is spectacular. I love the view over the city from the castle above. Such a beautiful place. 😊

Thank you for another lovely video. I was impressed with the busses in Portugal, as well, except for the lack of a bathroom.

@arturjcrebelo3275

Жыл бұрын

I have a kidney problem and need to drink a lot of mineral water and need to pee a lot, but i dont use the pay public toilets, i go to any supermarket and use theirs (very clean) and free and you dont need to buy nothing. Continente, Lidl, Aldi, Auchan or Pingo Doce all have toilets for free.

@_stone_

Жыл бұрын

@@arturjcrebelo3275 thank you. I was very happy to find free sanitas as well....but always good to have 50 cents on hand just in case😌

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@arturjcrebelo3275 That's such a great tip... thank you for sharing! It's important to note that not all supermarkets have free public toilets... ie the Lidl at Sete Rios train & metro station doesn't, nor does the Pingo Doce in the centre of Caldas da Rainha. Apart from that, yes... supermarket toilets are the way to go, and supermarket restaurants are great value! ~ Mandy

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@_stone_ Thank you so much for your lovely comments. We are so pleased you enjoyed this video, and that you also had a wonderful time in beautiful Portugal! ~ Mandy 😁😀

@_stone_

Жыл бұрын

@@FrugalTravellers I love Portugal and hope to go back again! Thankfully, your videos make me feel like I am there🙏🏽🤗🙏🏽.

Great video! Lee, your Portuguese is really good. How did you learn?

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jess. Thank you 🙏 I taught myself the basics using the brilliant free Duolingo App. After 2 years here practicing it has improved a lot. 😊 ~ Lee

My water bottle started leaking in Lisbon, so the hotel clerk directed us to the Decathlon only a few blocks away. The bottle I bought there for €6 costs $12.99 on their US website! They also have the most amazing system to check out, just put all your items in the bin and all the RFID tags are read at once.

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

What a great bargain! I didn't know they had that system for reading the tags. That's amazing! We are very impressed with the products they have and have used them many times over the years! A great place to stock up in Europe. 👍😊 ~ Lee

@stephenjarzombek2903

Жыл бұрын

@@FrugalTravellers Decathlon doesn't have a great presence here in the US so it was the first time we could visit one of their stores, which was adjacent to the El Corte Ingles. We met a Canadian couple on the train to Porto a couple of days later. They'd spent a month in Italy and he quickly started talking about how European technology in most retail outlets is way ahead of us over here, and he started out by raving over how quickly he checked out items at a "sporting goods store in Rome last week." I said "Decathlon?" and he said "Yeah, how do you know about them?" 🤣🤣🤣

@joaorobalo9353

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenjarzombek2903 phones&IT stuff, TVs, automotive body repair/tools, etc. are much cheaper in US than Portugal

How long did it take you to get fluent in Portuguese?

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Clement. I'd say about a year to get to a reasonable conversational level. I think it helped a lot that my Spanish was at an advanced level as there are many similarities with the grammar. Keep at it if you are learning. It's well worth the effort. 👍Lee

Which city or town in Portugal was your favorite....meaning if you were to move back to Portugal and settle down, where would you? BTW have fun on your new adventure....

@arturjcrebelo3275

Жыл бұрын

One the best and very close to Lisbon is Mafra, fill at last to me all the boxes. First you pay for your rent half of the price in Lisbon. It's a very clean with lots of green spaces and very, very safe. Close of great beaches like Ericeira, Foz do Lisandro and even Cascais. With the biggest market in Portugal (very cheap lat time there i live in Odivelas is not so close, i buy 2 kg of big Oranges for 1€) it's called Feira da Malveira. With great highways to every corner of the country A21, A8 and A16 highways, close by the biggest airport in Portugal, if you want to visit your country in less than 30 minutes by car of Lisbon and without traffic jams.

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

Hello Shari Love! Thank you for your great question, and we have added it to our upcoming Portugal Q&A! It's always wonderful to hear from you! ~ Mandy 😀😁

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@arturjcrebelo3275 Thank you so much for taking the time to share this brilliant local knowledge! We really appreciate this wonderful information and will definitely put Mafra on the list of our places to visit when we return to Portugal next year! 🙏🇵🇹 ~ Mandy 😀😁

Hii sir and mam , how are ypu both doing?

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

We're both very well, thank you! ~ Mandy 😀😁

Hello sir how are you?

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

We are fine, thank you.

@iamtraveller444

Жыл бұрын

@@FrugalTravellers Sir I think this video of yours can go viral👍👍👍

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@iamtraveller444 Wow... that would be brilliant! 👏👏👏

@iamtraveller444

Жыл бұрын

@@FrugalTravellers Sir you can get 100k subscribers within three months if you want

@FrugalTravellers

Жыл бұрын

@@iamtraveller444 We prefer organic growth rather than buying subscribers, so aren't interested, thank you.

King Afonso not Alfonso, we are portuguese not spanish

@FrugalTravellers

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Cheers for that, Sara. We appreciate corrections from locals! ~ Mandy 😀😁