That means: Do you speak Portuguese? I got back from Portugal last night and it was INCREDIBLE. I loved it. It was so beautiful, gorgeous and relaxing. Like I mentioned in my last post, this trip was paid for and included through my program. We left at 9:30 AM and arrived in Portugal just before 12. Portugal is 1 hour behind Spain.
Our first stop was Lagos, a quaint little beach town. As we were driving through, the houses reminded me a lot of the Philippines. It was really neat. We stayed in Lagos for just a few hours so we could take pictures and stretch our legs from the 3+ hour drive. On the beach, my friends and I found this rock structure that we climbed on and took some great pictures. Also, there was a guy on the peach who was practicing yoga. He was ridiculously good at it. I wish I had gotten some pictures of him, but my camera died. He was balancing himself on all these rocks doing perfect hand stands. It was really cool to watch.
At this little stand, I bought a big shell to hang on my wall in my room. Its really gorgeous and intricate. At the stand though, there was this little doggy who was the cutest thing! His name was Dingo and I loved him. I wanted to take him home with me!
After Lagos, the bus took us to our hotel in Portimao which was just about 45 minutes away. After we settled in our rooms, we headed to the beach to relax and get some sun. The water and landscape in Portugal is absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t stop taking pictures! After we enjoyed a beautiful sunset, we had a tasty dinner then relaxed on the beach a little more before going to bed. The next day it was raining pretty hard most of the morning. My friends and I got some souvenir shopping done. There was so many colorful and cute things I wanted to get it all!
One thing really interesting about Portugal was the language. For some season, much of the world seems to believe that Spanish and Portuguese are very similar sounding languages. This is a well spread rumor because Portuguese is one of the strangest languages I’ve heard! It sounds like the people are speaking with their mouths full of air. I would describe it as a cross between Polish, French and Italian. Its spelling is similar to Spanish, but the pronunciation is not at all.
Portugal is a beautiful country. I definitely would go back to visit. It was such a relaxing and enjoyable time and the scenery was just breath taking. As my friend said when we were coming back, “Now we can die and say we’ve been to Portugal.”
so glad you are having so much fun and seeing interesting places so far! Sevilla is really a nice Spanish city…have you seen their cathedral already? Praying always for your safety wherever you are. Make sure that you & your friends are always careful about new places you get to see. Take care & God bless you.