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Tapas and Fika - Life in Portugal and Sweden
Добавлен 2 авг 2021
Living the life of a Bird, migrating South to Central Portugal in a small project stone house in Winter, restoring the property and making our dream retirement home. Migrating North to Swedish Lapland and restoring our log cabins property and enjoying the beautiful Swedish summers. Loads of projects, challenges and adventures completely changing our life style.
Facing the challenges of The Schengen rules from the UK, 90 days at a time in Europe, looking to move to Portugal via a D7 visa in the near future, retiring as early as financially possible.
When in the UK working temporary / contract jobs earning enough to pay the UK bills
From 2023 we will visit Portugal January to March and work on our stone house and July to September will be spent in Sweden working on our old school house cabin
We have a buy me a coffee page
www.buymeacoffee.com/Tapasandfika
Thanks, Obrigado and Tack
Phil, Jackie & Star ⭐️ + Wendy
Contact us directly at TapasandFika@gmail.com
Facing the challenges of The Schengen rules from the UK, 90 days at a time in Europe, looking to move to Portugal via a D7 visa in the near future, retiring as early as financially possible.
When in the UK working temporary / contract jobs earning enough to pay the UK bills
From 2023 we will visit Portugal January to March and work on our stone house and July to September will be spent in Sweden working on our old school house cabin
We have a buy me a coffee page
www.buymeacoffee.com/Tapasandfika
Thanks, Obrigado and Tack
Phil, Jackie & Star ⭐️ + Wendy
Contact us directly at TapasandFika@gmail.com
Log Handrail Added to our Cabin Chainsaw fun in the woods
We’ve added a homemade log handrail to our decking
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Hammerfest Road Trip 2024 including stopping to see Santa in Finland!
Просмотров 130Месяц назад
We took a road trip to the amazing Northern lights route E6 Scandinavia north coast road. We visited the most northern town in Sweden, Norways Hammerfest the most northern large city in the world and the home of Father Christmas in Finland Epic road trip 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮 #hammerfest #santa
2024 Sweden Cabin Update - Root cellar - nature cams - garden - Lapland weather 🇸🇪
Просмотров 269Месяц назад
We’ve arrived back to our Lappland cabins in Northern Sweden after a lovely 5 day journey in our VW T5 Campervan Highlights of our nature cams included
Life in Central Portugal- Dog Walk from our House into the forest - wonderful Portuguese countryside
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Taking a dog walk into the forest from our house in Central Portugal. A look around the forest and the beauty of the area we live in. The tracks cut through a mixed species forest, hilly region of Santarem Central Portugal #centralportugal #dogwalk
Barn to Bedroom in 8 weeks - Our most extreme DIY transformation so far Portugal home 🇵🇹❤️
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.5 месяцев назад
We have converted the old barn side of the house into a master bedroom. Taking it from a dirt floor, with crumbling single brick walls to a fully insulated (floor and walls) amazing room. We fitted double glazed patio doors out to the garden, knocked through the orginal 2ft stone wall to join into the main house. We also raised, damp proofed and leveled the floor. It certainly was a much bigger...
We’re back in Portugal -Update on our Portuguese House and plans / projects for 2024 stay
Просмотров 9287 месяцев назад
We’re back for 3 months and have big plans for improving our home Glimpses of work started and an update on house condition and garden. This years garden work was just a couple of days and majority of the time was digging up brambles! Got to try and kill them off properly this year. It’s great to be back in our wonderful Portuguese home, we have really missed it and the great country of Portuga...
Bargain Cabin Update - Improvements to our Large Lapland log cabin house we have done in 2023 Budget
Просмотров 83811 месяцев назад
We have spent around 4 weeks working on the large cabin, renovating the outside and painting the exterior with the traditional red, white and black paint We have replaced all the broken glass panes on the outside and cleared all the metal guttering of our Lapland future house Inside we have removed a lot of the modern cladding to reveal the old interior and beautiful wooden floors Life in Lappl...
The Perch - Catch Cook Eat includes a Hungry Pike Attacking our catch Amazing Footage 🎣 🇸🇪❤️
Просмотров 290Год назад
We went fishing for Perch today for a delicious fish supper later. A hungry Pike wanted to share our supper 😀 We would never dream of eating a Perch from an English river but in Northern Swedens crystal clear rivers they taste delicious Almost strainght from river to bbq with one of the perch via a Pikes jaws ! Catch it Kill it Cook it Eat it Perch ( in Swedish Alborre) Life in Sweden in Summer...
Mould Month Sweden - A tour of the Mushrooms 🍄 growing in our Garden at the end of August 🇸🇪 ❤️
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Loads of Mushrooms Toadstools and Berries are in full bloom at the end of Summer here in Lappland A little look at some of them and tried to identify the names types We assume they are all toxic and luckily our dogs ignore them Some grow in days and they have a beauty to them with a different look each day as they mature and go over Late summer early autumn in Northern Sweden #mouldmonth #lapland
Potato Cellar Restoration Project in our 100+ Year old Log House in Lappland Northern Sweden 🇸🇪
Просмотров 299Год назад
Our summer life in Sweden includes lots of diy project work. Restoring the old potato cellar under our old Swedish wooden house Thought it would be a quick patch up but became a much bigger project as wood was rotten and collapsing Given its state it still performed very well last winter hopefully the rebuild will improve the cellar’s performance for the future A long dirty job underneath the h...
Lapland Out building Upgrade Added Floor and raised door to make our Perfect wood and fishing Shed
Просмотров 159Год назад
Lapland Out building Upgrade Added Floor and raised door to make our Perfect wood and fishing Shed
Lapland Gardening - Garden Mowed and Strimmed after 10 1/2 months - A look around our gardens
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Lapland Gardening - Garden Mowed and Strimmed after 10 1/2 months - A look around our gardens
UK to Lapland Sweden via Gothenburg Drivers eye view Stunning Nordic roads
Просмотров 535Год назад
UK to Lapland Sweden via Gothenburg Drivers eye view Stunning Nordic roads
Coffee On The Go ☕️ Portable USB Expresso coffee Capsule machine Ideal for our Van Travels
Просмотров 116Год назад
Coffee On The Go ☕️ Portable USB Expresso coffee Capsule machine Ideal for our Van Travels
Van Awning added : Stitches + Steel Van One Awning to our Camper £100 May 2023
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Van Awning added : Stitches Steel Van One Awning to our Camper £100 May 2023
Final Garden Tour of 2023 and a look at our plans for 2024 - our central Portugal project house 🇵🇹
Просмотров 355Год назад
Final Garden Tour of 2023 and a look at our plans for 2024 - our central Portugal project house 🇵🇹
Smokeless Firepit / BBQ - Full how to make video and it really Works! Central Portugal Home 🇵🇹❤️
Просмотров 333Год назад
Smokeless Firepit / BBQ - Full how to make video and it really Works! Central Portugal Home 🇵🇹❤️
A very unique Log Store and Tool Shed, DIY build from scratch for under 300 euros. Portugal
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A very unique Log Store and Tool Shed, DIY build from scratch for under 300 euros. Portugal
Garden Wall transformed from Beast to Beauty - Central Portugal house DIY Project - fun in the sun
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Garden Wall transformed from Beast to Beauty - Central Portugal house DIY Project - fun in the sun
Outside walls Sorted! Lime Cement, Painting and Linseed oil transform our Portuguese house DIY
Просмотров 462Год назад
Outside walls Sorted! Lime Cement, Painting and Linseed oil transform our Portuguese house DIY
Does Lime Cement prevent / cure Damp in our Central Portugal house we measure moisture in Lime walls
Просмотров 410Год назад
Does Lime Cement prevent / cure Damp in our Central Portugal house we measure moisture in Lime walls
A new kitchen in our Portuguese House - DIY on a budget 3.6m Kitchen for approx 1000 euros 👍🇵🇹
Просмотров 745Год назад
A new kitchen in our Portuguese House - DIY on a budget 3.6m Kitchen for approx 1000 euros 👍🇵🇹
Our Back Door Fell Off - We make a new one from an old door left in the Shed! - Quick DIY Project
Просмотров 364Год назад
Our Back Door Fell Off - We make a new one from an old door left in the Shed! - Quick DIY Project
Cheap Central Portugal House Update - We bought the cheapest Habitable house online
Просмотров 698Год назад
Cheap Central Portugal House Update - We bought the cheapest Habitable house online
UK to Central Portugal by Road January 2023 using Eurotunnel With 2 dogs. Inc Full cost breakdown
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UK to Central Portugal by Road January 2023 using Eurotunnel With 2 dogs. Inc Full cost breakdown
Caen to Portsmouth - Brittany Ferries - Travelling with 2 Dogs in a Pet friendly cabin - Sept 2022
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Caen to Portsmouth - Brittany Ferries - Travelling with 2 Dogs in a Pet friendly cabin - Sept 2022
Plunge pool Complete project build - Our mini swimming pool in Central Portugal 🍹it cost under €300
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Plunge pool Complete project build - Our mini swimming pool in Central Portugal 🍹it cost under €300
Sobreirinho River Beach Central Portugal - Day out with our 2 dogs Star and Wendy 🏝
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Sobreirinho River Beach Central Portugal - Day out with our 2 dogs Star and Wendy 🏝
Central Portugal Garden update - March to August 2022 - Spring to Summer Portuguese Garden
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Central Portugal Garden update - March to August 2022 - Spring to Summer Portuguese Garden
Tiny House Sweden Lapland - Paid under £2000 - Tour of tiny home including renovation costs
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Tiny House Sweden Lapland - Paid under £2000 - Tour of tiny home including renovation costs
Great video . Looking to do this next summer. How long is the sailing?
Have fun on your trip, the Ferry is around 6 hrs 👍
Could you do a video on the surrounding area? Thank you.
We are planning to do a look around our village video soon 👍
I think you have such an amazing life. It's wonderful. Do you intend to live in this house rather than your first .
Although we love Sweden, even the snow, it gets so cold in the winter, so we plan to live in this one in Summer till October each year only 🇸🇪❤️
Can't say I know, but £7k sounds about right, my guess was maximum SEK 100k (I didn't hear you mentioning the price). But it all depends on location and the shape, and it's hard to say just from the video. The main feature of the wood stove (kakelugn) is that the smoke is led up and down through channels inside the structure so that a lot of heat from the smoke is kept heating it up instead of just going out the chimney
Thanks for the info! The chimney really does seem to hold the heat, it’s a really impressive heat output from such a small burner area. We paid 70000 SEK plus some fees totaled about £6.3k at the time, we are about half way up Vasterbotten region, so quite remote, approx 10hr drive from Stockholm 👍🇸🇪❤️
@@tapasandfika Yeah, I got where you are. I meant more "local location", like close to a lake/the sea, close to stores, close to child daycare/school. Things like that
@@tapasandfika Found this illustrating the principle, they're not all exactly the same though. www.gabrielkakelugnar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/funktionsskiss_gabriel_kakelugn.jpg
we’re lucky we are on bus route etc but nearest shop is about 16km away and main schools are 40-50km, no traffic though 😃🇸🇪❤️
How come your cabin was such a bargain? Sweden is renowned for being really expensive. Do people not want to buy them anymore? I love it. What a lovely life. 😊
They really are amazingly cheap compared to anything in the UK, they are also cheap to own in terms of yearly costs. But they are remote and Winters are very cold we recorded -43C on our max min temp guage this winter 🥶 🇸🇪❤️
I believe that the house is probably older than 80-90 years. I would think it's from the end of the 1800's.
I think you are right, we know the building was relocated and rebuilt as the road and railway moved North. This became its final resting place, it really is amazing how resourceful people were back in the day 👍🇸🇪
Thank you for the video! it's honestly so helpful to see some things that'll go on :) I'm planning a trip to sweden in the next year or two once i get my licence sorted. Do you have any tips on what to do when taking dog's? as i have 3 and want to know the rough cost's and what i need to do to take them
Glad it was helpful! With the dogs you need a euro pet passport if possible else a Uk vet animal health cert to travel The cost of dogs on car on eurotunnel is around £20 per dog each way, but easiest way to travel to France with dogs 👍
@@tapasandfika Thank you so much :) i'm thinking to go to northern Ireland i heard theres a vet over there that can give an EU pet passport i know the health certs can cost a bit if you want to travel more then once
Thanks so much for posting! I am looking forward to seeing how you get along and of course learning more about the community around you as well! Congratulations on a Beautiful property! A fan from Nova Scotia!
You are so welcome! Canada 🇨🇦 is great, We’re making slow progress but have just put a wood fired hot tub in the garden, more fun than work at the moment 😃
muito bonito 🙂
A lovely video of a fantastic trip. Good editing too. I look forward to the next one
Glad you enjoyed it, it is a brilliant drive in the summer 👍
Very interesting!! You have got me thinking ......I love the nature in Sweden and the lack of many restrictions regarding enjoying the outdoors etc. Well done!
@@chrisrea7347 thank you, Sweden really is paradise for outdoor life, we love it 🇸🇪❤
How much did the materials cost you?
It was not cheap around 500 euros but really has lasted well, all is still perfect 👍
Good to see you back on yt
Cheers 🥂 it’s great to be back in Sweden 👍
Welcom to Sweden 🇸🇪😁👍
Thank you, we’re going back in less than 3 weeks, we are counting down the day 🇸🇪❤️
Great job , just curious , if you were painting over existing exterior walls and they weren't damaged or in disrepair would you need to put on an undercoat or can you just paint over with more exterior paint ? And I've read that with all paint and primer in Portugal you have to dilute with water prior to using , I'm from Canada and things are a bit different there I'm finding ( product wise )
We just jet washed to get the old paint off and then painted with the extreme Portuguese exterior paint, so far so good 👍
Great thanks for the info!!
good footage love it
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Good catch 👏 Did you pay for the fish 🐟? Also, do you need a license 🎣? Cheers👍
Cheers, where we fish on the river is license free, lots of Northern Swedens rivers are 👍
But what do you do for work there?
We are semi retired, so don’t work in Sweden 👍
@@tapasandfika Lol....ok, good deal!
Do you have any issues with dogs at the borders this is my first time taking my dog I can not wait if am honest something I've wanted to do for a couple years now and this year it became reality
The border with dogs has always gone smoothly except once on our return to the UK where we had the wrong year written for the worming treatment, but we kept the receipt from the Portuguese vet so the border control edited the pet passport and ok it 👍 . Was a bit stressful at the time 😀 The problem is pet paperwork really is subject to human error and a lot is hand written. We always double check things now and keep all receipts 👍
Hello again, is there a particular type of muzzle that the ferry insists on? I was planning to get a soft one so the dog can drink and pant. Thank you, Sarah
Any type is ok, we use the soft ones👍
Thinking of getting one for my swb vivaro for my Fishing / Camping trips. Would you recommend one? Look super simple and easy.
Yes, absolutely, really is easy to set up, plus seems pretty indestructible, brilliant materials. 👍
Great video looking for the same im the next few years any advice would be grateful
Nice one 👍 definitely look at Blocket.se and search Stuga and area to find cheaper log cabins. Hemnet.se has more completed homes. Also maybe rent somewhere and ask around as lots are sold by word of mouth in the area we are in. Best of luck it’s amazing in Sweden 🇸🇪 👍
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Method a bit arse about tit, but end result, great❤
That was a lovely wander. Thanks for sharing
No problem, glad you like it 👍
Lovely area for the dogs
Wendy and Star love the woods and think it’s theirs as we’ve never seen another dog in them 🇵🇹❤️
Nice one 🤠
Thanks for the visit ❤️
So interesting and thank you so very much!!
No problem, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Lets do a trade, when you are in Sweden I rent you're place in Portugal, ans when you are in Portugal, I rent the place in Sweden ! I live in Sweden, I have e a dog, but I realy like you're way of living !!! I have a bus camper myself.
We hope to one day have a our second cabin to rent, a few years away though 🤞🏼, there’s loads of great bargains in Portugal and Sweden especially good if you have a bus to live in 👍🇵🇹🇸🇪
@@tapasandfika I have a rental house in Sweden, so that's no problem. I hope that all works out for you !!!!
Cheers 🍻
Lets do a trade, when you are in Sweden I rent you're place in Portugal, ans when you are in Portugal, I rent the place in Sweden !
Thank you, we’re not ready to rent anywhere, both are great to travel to, especially in a Campervan 👍
Nice job matey. Fun watch. Ps. Good meeting you guys last night. D and J
Thanks, great meeting you both too 👍🇵🇹❤️
Well done,
Thank you Helen, we are so pleased with it 🇵🇹❤️
It's a fantastic size, its huge achievement for DIY's as you said yourself, it give us other DIY's the confidence to try things and I love your honesty re mistakes etc, not all youtubers are as up front. 💪
Thanks, we don’t mind sharing our mistakes, and really enjoy taking on things, it’s all worth it. 👍❤️
Good to see you back, well done i like watching your video they are nice and relaxed. Yes you messed up the order that you did things but all is well that ends well. Thank you for sharing your costing. Thanks for the video. 😊
Thank you, we do buy from DIY shops so could be done cheaper from bulk suppliers, the door and patio door were a lot cheaper than we thought. 👍🇵🇹❤️
Thanks for the video, great job. 👍👍
Thank you, much appreciated 🇵🇹❤️👍
You did a lot of hard work there. But putting that tile over those beads was crazy. The ceiling in the barn was so nice with that light wood You should have put a light stain on it and it would have been much more bright and cheery in there. But the wood stain is just my opinion. You are never supposed to put cement on stone walls never especially smearing it in big patches. That should have been all lime rendered also cement traps the moisture and breaks everything down. All in all time will tell. But the finished result looks great.
Some of it was crazy, the normal cement we add lime cement to and the render is only lime cement, hopefully it will all stay good 👍 🇵🇹❤️
Loads of hard work but so very worth it! Well done and I'm sure the room will be very useful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, it was worth it, we plan to turn our original bedroom into a large bathroom, it’s a small bedroom 😀👍👍
Brilliant.
Thanks Jo 🇵🇹❤️
Well done 👏
Cheers Mick 👍👍
boom 🙂
Cheers, the rock in the wheelbarrow certainly made a boom 😀👍
Ola Phil is there a update this month see you soon 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️
Yes, hopefully in a few days, we’ve nearly finished the barn conversion, it’s been a mega project 👍
See you soon Phil 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️
Morning again, just a quickie, how many hours/how long before do you arrive at the ferry port before your sailing? Thanks, Sarah
We always arrive at least 2 hrs before so the dogs can get checked in/ microchip scanned. We’re always early though 😀👍
Very good video well done
Thank you very much!
Great video..how wide is it plz from the side of your van
It’s a good size, just over 8ft along the van and comes out 5ft 👍
@@tapasandfika ah perfect thank you
Thank you for your speedy reply - happy travelling x
Thank you! You too 👍👍👍
Thanks, very informative. Am I right now that it's not Pet Passport it is now Animal Health care certificate with rabies jab over 21 days and need to travel within 10 days of certificate being issued. Did you get your animal Certificate in foreign language? Thank you for your time, Sarah
You are correct, we are lucky as we have Portugal pet passports now, the animal health certificate is something we don’t have to get anymore👍
Eucalyptus is highly flammable causing serious wild fires in Portugal , also not a native species.
Wish it was gone, think it’s pretty indestructible species.
Trevligt och se dig igen. Mycket bra jobbat, ser så fridfullt ut. "Testar din svenska annars får du hjälp av Google översättning". Lycka till med övriga projekten. 😅
Tack 😀 we definitely needed help from Google, maybe one day in the future we won’t 👍
Trevligt och se dig igen. Mycket bra jobbat, ser så fridfullt ut. "Testar din svenska annars får du hjälp av Google översättning". Lycka till med övriga projekten.
Obrigardo and Tack 👍