HOW MUCH IS THE COST OF LIVING IN THE AZORES - Check out how much we pay for food and drink Ep 32
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- čas přidán 8. 03. 2021
- Hi Guys,
This episode is about our cost of groceries in Portugal. We share with you the specific cost of our regular monthly grocery items. This will give a pretty good idea where we shop, what we buy and what we pay for groceries on Pico Island Azores, Portugal.
We also discuss some of the food we get for free; these are given to us by friends and family. Talk a bit about the old days, since of community and village.
The bottom line is that we feel Portugal is a very affordable country to travel too or to live.
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Portuguese people are awesome! They just feel good helping and giving something to others, it's just the way we are. Laura, a girl/female says "Obrigada" (a at the end) and boy/male says "Obrigado" (o at the end) Lol!!
Absolutely; couldn't put it better myself. Obrigada! Saude Isabel,!
When I lived on Terceira we had a little garden and we had a chicken. I loved the milk in the cartons, you buy a case and put it in the pantry. So happy for you both being able to live there.
Glad you enjoyed it! The simple things make all the difference; chickens, goats, oranges etc Cheers
When did you live on Terceira? We were there 1977-1980.
I just learned that my ancesters lived in Azores! Im now applying to get my Portuguese passport. This process
Can take 2 years but still, I hope I can meet you when we can make a tríp to Azores! Thanks for sharing your videos! Great videos!
That is awesome, welcome to the family. Having a Portuguese/Europe passport is definitely worthwhile! Good luck!
We love your “real” personable videos. Being Canadian as well, we love spending winters in Portugal & find your vids of Pico a new possibility for us to explore.
Keep up the Alcho-rythym 👍🍷
Thank you Donna; glad you're enjoying the videos. Pico is waiting! Cheers!
I can't wait to have our house built there! You guys keep giving me my Pico fix :) p.s. keep the wine flowing in your video's...Love it! :). Regards, from Oakville, Canada :) :)
Thank you Brian. You will be here sooner than later! Take care!
I just had a glass of red wine with you 🍷Sauede! Thanks for another great video. I really like you both and your sense of humor! Hope to see you on Pico one day...
Looking forward to it; Pico is waiting. Glad you enjoyed the video. Saude! Take care.
Hi Carlos and Laura . We are from Terceira living in Canada for 45 years, I think we have seen all your videos from the very begining and I never miss that Like even if the Comercials are long but we like to suport you guys as much as we can . I think if I was to go back, Pico would be a # 1 choice just because it looks so quiet and kind of relaxing to live. Me and my wife always enjoy watching your videos and thanks for charing your experiences and all the info with us. You guys are amazing . Thanks again eh...Jack & Mary
Thank you so much guys; glad you're enjoying the videos. We love sharing them. Take care! Saude!
When I am on Madeira I shop at Continente or Pingo Doce. Both have a reasonable gluten free section. I think that the prices are very reasonable compared with the UK. Local produce is a lot of times cheaper than special English brands. I always try to buy local products and also would shop for vegetables at the local markets. The only thing which is more expensive is goats or ewe cheese as I don’t tolerate dairy and also gluten free items are more expensive as in the UK for me personally as I get it free on prescription like bread, pasta, flour and cereal. I normally only buy gluten free biscuits and luxury bread. I like the little clips in between. When I finally can move to Madeira I will grow my own vegetables and fruits. Greetings from Scotland
More and more we are seeing new products being introduced here on the islands; good to have variety for everyone. Growing your own is not only sustainable but also rewarding. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers Eveline!
Great video once again guys. Very informative and of course funny. You guys are great!! Thank you 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Susie! Saude!
Thank you for another great video. We love watching you and how down to earth, relatable and funny you are.
Thank you so much Danille; glad you enjoyed it. We are pretty down to earth; always try to be true to ourselves. We believe that luxury is in nature not things! Take care! Saude!
I absolutely loved this video. So much valuable information and you 2 are adorable and just a pleasure to watch. Cheers to you! :)
Thank you so much Wayne; we're glad you enjoyed it. We really have fun sharing our experience with you. Take care!
Another great video guys, I always try to watch them when I can, unfortunately I still have a few that I haven’t watched yet, but I will get to them eventually, thanks for all the postings.
Thank you Sergio! Hopefully you will enjoy the other videos. Take care!
Some great advice guys thank you for sharing, you crease me up here in the UK, great couple, really enjoy hearing your anecdotes! It is lovely that people around you are so warm and share, exactly how it should be, all work together, share what we have, we will enjoy seeing you on your adventure, good luck! cheers.
Glad you enjoyed the video; we appreciate it. Take good care!
I love your videos and this one is precious for people to get an idea of expenses. I’m sharing it with a friend in the US, who is thinking of moving to Portugal.
Love the humor and enjoy every single video that you put up.
You are such a lovely couple. Am just waiting for the house to be ready. 🪔🌺🌸🪔
We're so glad you enjoyed it Indira. It's always good to have an idea on what things cost. Take care!
Thank you for sharing your experience with the cost of day to day items you buy, good to know that Sao Miguel is on par with Pico. You both look great, I love your sense of humor you videos are always so up lifting. Laura your português us coming along good.
Enjoy the rest of your week! Um abraço para vocês.
Glad you enjoyed it; we appreciate it. You have to have humor, laughs and sometimes a bit of silliness. Enjoy having you with us on our journey. Take care Natalia!
Love this, you guys are awesome!!🍇🥂
Glad you are enjoying! Keep watching! Take care Carrie!
Great vdw....Enjoyed Watching it!!!!Cheers guys 🍻 Stay Blessed N Safe
Cheers
One of the best video talking about grocery. Keep smile guys
Thank you Khalid; glad you liked it! Take care!
Great job guys. Carlos you bring pride to our Portuguese heritage. Thank you from 🇺🇸
Thank you so much Roy; that means a lot to me. Saude!
I always enjoy your visits. I love red wines too!
Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!
FUNNNNY!!!! You guys are great love the video. Wish I was there having some wine. Laura keep practicing you’ll get there. 🇨🇦❤️🇵🇹🥂🥂
Thank you Maggie! You have to laugh sometimes! Cheers
Thumbs up for the broken eyeglasses That was a nice touch to the video i’ll say it’s second to the wine glasses though nothing like nice pico wine enjoy your videos thanks
Thank you Messias; glad you enjoyed it. I do have to get new glasses; the lens keeps popping out. Lol Take care!
Dr. Carlos Soares, the vegetable doctor. You two always make me smile. Thank for the grocery prices.Love the wine prices and great that your uncle makes wine.
Glad you enjoyed it. One of the spices should always be humor! Take care!
I love watching your videos. I was born in pico but now live in mississauga ,Canada . You guys are so funny . Keep up with the great work with your videos . Saúde
We're practically neighbors. Glad you're enjoying the videos. Take care Amanda!
You guys are so funny. Carlos is setting a trend with those tapped glasses! I love it
Its the new craze, here on Pico - lol Take care Joe!
Even though we are on mainland Portugal, we truly appreciate getting the Azores cheeses & butter. It's the best. Must be happy cows there. :)
Especially those cows, we're also very happy with them. Take care David!
Thank you for sharing your journey. Love your videos.
I like to go to the small markets. The market next door to the Bombarios in Sao Roque.
Thank you for being with us on our journey. Markets are great! Take care! Saude!
Hi guys. When we go to Flores we love the convenience of the septic pack milk. As s kid visiting I loved going with my avó to milk the cows and drink warm milk from the cow in the can lid. You guys take care.
I remember doing the same thing, except a goat kicked me once. Lol
Take care!
Thank you for all the wonderful videos. We bought a house in S. JORGE a few years ago and now a car, but now can't get over there to enjoy it. The videos remind me of my rustic house 💔. Please keep them coming, p.s. I went to school with Carlos
What a small world Susan. We love Sao Jorge; very beautiful. We're glad you are enjoying the videos. Saude!
I found your video very helpful and kind of funny, really enjoy how you explein
We wanted to have bit of fun; glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
Great videos love you guys
Thank you Natalia; glad you enjoyed it. Love you right back! Saude!
Great information!!! You made me laugh. Thank you for that as well!!
Laughing is very good for you; glad we did that! Saude!
Great video Saude!
Thank you Ruben! Saude!
Love your videos! :)
Thank you Kitcat; appreciate it! Take care!
Great video thanks for sharing 🥂🥂
Glad you enjoyed Anne! Cheers
Thank you for sharing al your videos. My parents are from Sao Caetano and husband is from Almagreira so not far from São Mateus. We were there in 2019. Hoping to spend more time once we retire. Enjoying watching your journey ❤️🇵🇹
Thank you Anna; love having you with us on the journey. Maybe we'll see you on Pico. We visit Sao Caetano quite often. Saude!
@@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552 Have you been to the bakery in São Caetano? They make good breads and bolo.
@@annabettencourt9531 Not yet; will go soon. Cheers!
I remember smelling the wine from the little “Holy Ghost” houses during the festivals. I was a child of course, so I never tasted any!
You can taste now! Its nice remembering the old days! Cheers!
Hi guys..Your stay in Pico improves your moode, you look happy and healthy.... Or is that the WIne ???
It might be a mix of various things; including the wine.. Lol. Take care Jorge.
I shop at Casa Cheia when in São Miguel. Not sure if they are in the other islands. Living here in Bermuda the cost of living is very height it’s crazy. I love grocery shopping in São Miguel. I say São Miguel because that’s where I’m from. Grocery shopping here in Bermuda it can run up to over 1.5k per month or more for a family of 5. With this kind of money there I can shop for a few months. Love your videos. Keep them coming. 🤗
That is extremely expensive; I had heard that about Bermuda. For 1.5 k per month can go a long way in Sao Miguel! Glad you are enjoying the videos. Take care Maria!
Very good prices!
Very reasonable! Cheers Jeanne!
👍😎💨🌱🌱🌱🍷🍷✌️🤛 Carlos & Laura another great video... Live the life you Love, and Love the life you Live...
I love that saying; totally true. Glad you enjoyed the video Tony.
Eh Carlos I LOLOLOL when I watch this video, great content keep them coming...humour @ it’s best...👍😎💨🌱🌱🌱🍷 Keep Calm & Relax...Anandamide AZORES.
@@antonioventura4411 Glad you enjoyed it Antonio! Saude!
I always enjoy your videos. You mentioned "cornbread" there. As an expat, originally from the southeastern US, can you tell me how it compares?
You guys are too cute!!! Suggestion (because I am trying to learn Portuguese) do a language lesson at the end of the Vlog...3 words that pertain to the Vlog and display in the lower left. Say it twice in English and Portuguese. I have been taking short language lessons for 200+ days...our lady at the grocery store says I am learning but a long way to go. Love the home reforma series!
Glad you enjoyed the video Sheril! Portuguese is not a easy language to learn; keep at it. I'll try to remember your suggestion. Take care! Saude (health!.
Suggestion: When you guys make a video that is longer than 20-25 mins then try to incorporate time stamps, so that the viewer can navigate to which part they want to watch.
All the best :)
Not a bad idea, may do that in the future. When we follow our favorite channels, we just watch the whole video. We believe that our organic subscribers/followers do the same with our channel. We will think about doing the time stamps, some viewers would appreciate that. Cheers!
Thank you Carlos and Laura very interesting and informative. I'm from Cape Town and ZAR not favourable to Euro
Laura would love the pasta sauce recipe as South Afican use sauce from a can🙄☹ . Love you program warm regards
Thank you Yvette; glad you are enjoying the videos. There are a few good sauces sold in stores Cheers!
I had a hard time getting steak sauce. . .with all that beef on the island of Terceira. . . .the waiter had a steak sauce made from basics like mustard, molasses, and some other spices. .but it worked.
Like we always say, there is room for improvement. Steak sauce is definitely one of them! Take care Edward!
You should always start your videos with a glass of “uncle wine”🍷. Also good to se that the prices are to live with, but a quite big difference how it vas 10 years ago. As a beekeeper I think the honey is much to cheep....one teaspoon is what a bee collect in here lifetime, respect!!
Thanks for a educational and joyful video. Take care and saud.
We might have to implement your wine idea; lol. We see a lot of super large bees here; never seen anything like it before. The local honey is delicious, high quality and the more expensive one. Glad you enjoyed it! Take care Lars!
Wow Lars I had no idea “one teaspoon is what a bee collects in her lifetime”! They should call it liquid gold. I am very respectful and have saved a number of bees, one was drowning in the ocean and I swam out to rescue her with my flip flop!😂 The bumble bees are stunningly beautiful here in the Azores!! Laura
"Let's go with the liquor so we don't forget it." "If you're trying to quit the stuff, don't come here." 😅😅 Love, love Sagres cerveja and the price is right too. Glad to see you two are enjoying yourselves and still on talking terms, doing a reno together as a couple can be is pretty darn stressful. Bom trabalho!!
By the way, do you guys have a confirmed flight home?
Thanks Janys; glad you enjoyed it. We love Sagres as well. Take care!
Love to watch your video..Very-interesting and informative….. Actually we bought land in Povoacao ( St.Miquel island)and plan to start building in 2023 .Could you spend a few minutes talking about health care …Thank You!!!!
Glad you enjoyed the videos, might do a health care video soon. A friend/follower also bought land in Povoacao, building next year. Cheers
Typical Picoense. Have to start it off with a glass of wine instead of waiting till the end. haha. Greetings from Canada. I'm also a Picoense hoping to move back eventually. I'm from Ribeiras. Just stumbled on your channel. Loving your videos so far. Keep it up.
Lol; you are right Kevin; glad you enjoyed it. Love Ribeiras! Take care! Saude!
@@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552 Thank you kindly for the reply. I'm enjoying your videos thus far and have learned a few things along the way. Great information. I also did see your video when you both went to Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara. My house is in Santa Cruz. It's actually about 30 feet from the location you both were filming the pool from. Cheers. Stay safe and have a safe flight back to Canada when you are allowed to return.
@@kevbocat5621 What a small world. We will be going swimming in that area soon! Just got my new date; return flight to Canada is Jun 12. Take care Kevin!
@@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552 Glad to hear you both got a date back. If you do go swimming at the pool in Santa Cruz, the cafe in the town is a nice little place for a drink or something to eat. The woman who runs it, Ilda, makes some good food. Tell her I sent you and she will take care of you. Furthermore, if you two are planning on climbing the mountain this trip, I have a friend that does climbs to the top. Her name is Steffi, she's from Belgium and such a wonderful and intelligent woman. Her company is called Hominis Natura. You can find her on Facebook. Mention my name and she will also take care of you. Stay safe and hopefully one day we can run into each other in Lajes or somewhere else on the island. Bon Voyage if I don't hear from you by then.
@@kevbocat5621 Thank you so much for this information Kevin; really appreciate it. We will definitely go to the cafe, eta and say hi to Ilda. We will put it in the vlog; we will even give you an honorable mention. We will check Steffi fb page as well. Take good care! Hopefully meet in the village some day! Saude!
Well done Laura, they need all help they can get whit farmers and their poison hysteria. Here we expect a big snowstorm tomorrow, hope it is quickly over. The girls need to get out of the hive and start up their bee-things, so no more snow please. Give them a nice thought when you take the next teaspoon honey. Take care
Bees are just amazing; a wonder of nature. We keep seeing a lot of bees around where we are; some are huge! Take care Lars!
Olá,C&L,going to finish the house before getting back to Canada?:)
I think you are loving it,all the best.(by the way,I'm also from the Soares family, but from Sete Cidades,Madalena,dont think we are related)lol
Take care.
The house is a slow process; probably not. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Take care! Saude!
Nice video, no way to complain about prices - I like all the shorts you insert in the video the farters are 🤣🤣 thank you for sharing
Lol. Glad you enjoyed it Giuseppe! Take care!
Hello fellow panther. Lol we also lived in Oakville, in-laws still do. What was your homeroom? Ur are on the same page in the yearbook. We have a family house on faial. If u ever get over there with your car, go down to the faja. Places to eat are rumar and aldinas.
Hi Helena! Small world and only 3 degrees of separation. Lol I can't remember the homeroom. Maybe you can take a photo of the page and email it to me. Appreciate you reaching out. Cheers! soarescarlos64@gmail.com
We will go to Fail soon; will check the fans. Take care!
Enjoying your grocery list. Joe & Sue (Bermuda)
Glad you enjoyed it! Take care guys!
I noticed a iceberg lettuce at the smaller store once for 5 euros which I thought was a bit high , but it's always like that at the smaller stores
We bought a head of ice lettuce the other day for around 2 euros; it depends. Cheers George!
Great ! Mais vinho👍
Mais vinho; sempre bom! Take care!
😂😂😂 best part @10:31
Hi Carlos and Laura another great video.carlos did you ship any furniture from Canada to pico? We live in Kitchener.ontario and we have furniture and other things we want to ship to Sao Jorge,I wonder if it's an easy process.
Glad you enjoyed the video Maria. We have never shipped anything here, a lot of people do. I believe the process is pretty straight forward, from what I hear. Take care!
You guys are cute, my husband and I watch you guys, we are from Sao Miguel living in Canada since we were kids. You are living our dream to be able to go there one day as you have done so. Bless you
Respectfully, we would have appreciated a cost of living video, not so much how much groceries cost, but more so how much does it cost for basics in a month, like water, electricity, taxes, health insurance, groceries over a month for example, car insurance , home insurance etc. Total monthly expenses would be great to know..
We do have another cost of living video; you can click at the end of the video. Glad you enjoy our videos. Follow your dreams! Saude!
Hi Clara! Here is the link for the other cost of living we did a few months back. Hopefully it will give a bit of an idea on some costs. Cheers!
czcams.com/video/BcFZ4YSXiLs/video.html
Thank you! =) Have the prices changed since last year at all?
Thank you, glad the video was useful. Some products have gone up, some the same. Cheers!
The Dairy product is very inexpensive here in Ireland
milk 1L is euro .75 cent for the
supermarket brand " Tesco "
and there are other brands
with higher prices .
How do your prices compare with the mainland ?
Christy 🇨🇮
I think it's comparible with rural and smaller places outside the big cities Take care!
You should try the Basmati rice of Pakistan. They are the best in the world.
I would have to agree! Take care Arsian!
hi i love shopping in Continente store ...the food there is more organic than here and i find a litle sheaper ...by the way wine is very sheap ...Just wanna say helo from Acton Ont. And Dr. Soares needs new pair of glasses
Glad you are along with us on our journey Jacinta. It's a very good store! Saude!
, Pico wine are very good .
I have to agree Jose! Take care!
we have SPAR in South Africa
What a small world; it's a franchise consortium of food. Thanks for sharing Hellen! Take care!
You should drink wine more often doing some of these videos. Was fun watching. (Do we need to start a Go Fund Me page to get Carlos some new glasses lol!)
Great ideas on both suggestions; lol. We had fun; needed to comic things up a bit. The truth is both Laura and I laugh at each other a lot; its healthy. Glad you enjoyed it Joanne; means a lot. Take care!
Groceries on Pico are much cheaper at our local Continente than in Algarve!
I would have to agree Maurice! Cheers!
dairy cheese and eggs are a FRACTION of the price in Canada. Eggs just went to 4 to 7 dollars Cdn. and if you want any organic fed, free range, or other designation you're paying at least 8. cheeses of al lkinds are now 6 to 12 dollars for 200-300 grams, and yoghurt just jumped (and now never on sale) form 4 to 6 to 8 bucks. Ouch. And Canada is a dairy country.
The overall cost of living is definitely less in Portugal, especially in smaller areas like the Azores or central Portugal.
hi guys i just wanted to ask, you didn't tell us how much the price of the tape was for your glasses? And which store was it bought at, lol?
lol - The wine was 1 euro, the cheese 5 euros and the tape priceless!! Good one Sue! Take care!
@@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552 Ha ha, i thought you guys would appreciate that, you guys have a great sense of humor, and my boyfriend and i had a good chuckle out of your response. I think when we come for a visit we will definately have to get together the four of us or our "reunion". We'd have some drinks and some laughs for sure. Take care!
@@suefromtorontoon5517 it's a date Sue! Cheers
Olá from Colorado 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Ola Delia! Saude!
Salute
Salute e Saude! Cheers!
If you live there. What do you do for work?
We have a Tourism business, vacation rental etc. Cheers
So even with the exchange rate, Canadian groceries are more expensive on average...🧐
From my experience; quite a few of the items we buy here are more in Canada. There a few that are either around the same or higher; like peanut butter etc. Take care Vecna!
how much does it cost to dock a boat?
I am not sure of the cost, I did hear its reasonable.
To bad they closed down the milk cooperative in Flores.😢
That is a shame, I didn't know. Take good care. Cheers
Saúde
Saude Paulo!
25 cylinders :D oh man u did get me hard almost fell from chair :D
Excellent, but it must be cheaper in the island than in Lisboa? And the sizes are smaller too than in USA, but that´s ok.
Cities tend to be more expensive. I'm sure central Portugal will be less than Lisbon. When the item is measure in kg is the amount is the same. Some items are less quantity; but not all. Appreciate your comment. Take Maria!
What do you mean 1 kg is more than 2 pounds
Size doesn’t matter what matters is how much you pay per kilogram 1 kg is more than 2 pounds
That's not YAM. That's TARO! YAMS are vines..
Yam, also known as coco is a root vegetable that we eat as a side dish. Cheers!
Carlos deita crazy gloo da dólar store ai tem ,trabalha cuidado para nào cular os dedos ,,🇨🇦Mississauga ont
Boa idea Valentina! Saude!
After 4 or 5 glasses of your uncles wine you don't need the shoppers drug glasses geat video now back to work nick from Oakville
No wonder my eye sight improved. Lol. Take care Nick!
Boo I saw Burger King in the background
Yes you did! Most don't like it. Cheers