@@DrBsy The Portuguese seem very friendly and helpful. Their command of the English language is exemplary. I try my minimal Portuguese vocabulary to get started but the conversation quickly moves to English as they recognize my limited command of their language. It’s a little slanted to fully recognize the true friendliness as most the people we deal with are associated mainly with tourism and tourists which economically makes sense to be friendly for good business. To comment on the food is a little more difficult as we are preparing most of our meals at our Airbnb as my wife as specific dietary needs. She’s on a mostly protein diet. The times we have eaten out we’ve found the food fair to good and mostly economical. Last night we ate at a lovely place with a nice view of the Douro River and ate seared tuna and octopus with a delicious goat cheese starter. The seafood is especially good anywhere along the coast. Inexpensive meals can be found most anywhere as well. Just across the street from our place is a small bakery that sells sourdough bread and mostly English speaking people are lined up to purchase from there on Saturday mornings. There must have been something nice posted somewhere on the internet 🤣 My wife found a butcher at the food market hall in Braga that was recommended to her and she says the beef from there (grass fed) is the best she’s had. Overall I’d say the food is good to excellent. We just haven’t eaten out all that much.
@@Dean_Trips Thank you so much for the heads up about Portugal. We are excited and looking forward to seeing the country next year. I’m already looking at accommodation and places to visit with my family. Your comments about the food and the people are reassuring. Thank you so much Dean 🙏. #AroundTheWorldWithDean
Hello Dean. Could you please share a little bit of your experience with the people and food?
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@@DrBsy The Portuguese seem very friendly and helpful. Their command of the English language is exemplary. I try my minimal Portuguese vocabulary to get started but the conversation quickly moves to English as they recognize my limited command of their language. It’s a little slanted to fully recognize the true friendliness as most the people we deal with are associated mainly with tourism and tourists which economically makes sense to be friendly for good business. To comment on the food is a little more difficult as we are preparing most of our meals at our Airbnb as my wife as specific dietary needs. She’s on a mostly protein diet. The times we have eaten out we’ve found the food fair to good and mostly economical. Last night we ate at a lovely place with a nice view of the Douro River and ate seared tuna and octopus with a delicious goat cheese starter. The seafood is especially good anywhere along the coast. Inexpensive meals can be found most anywhere as well. Just across the street from our place is a small bakery that sells sourdough bread and mostly English speaking people are lined up to purchase from there on Saturday mornings. There must have been something nice posted somewhere on the internet 🤣 My wife found a butcher at the food market hall in Braga that was recommended to her and she says the beef from there (grass fed) is the best she’s had. Overall I’d say the food is good to excellent. We just haven’t eaten out all that much.
@@Dean_Trips Thank you so much for the heads up about Portugal.
We are excited and looking forward to seeing the country next year. I’m already looking at accommodation and places to visit with my family. Your comments about the food and the people are reassuring.
Thank you so much Dean 🙏.
#AroundTheWorldWithDean