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100 Portuguese Idioms! #Part1

Portuguese is a language, that although not spoken much by others in Europe itself (but being the 6th most spoken language in the world), is very historically and culturally rich, and is definitely worth learning during your Erasmus period! The grammar is quite...

0 0 , 5 years ago
Douro Valley - a UNESCO World Heritage. No wonders why!

The place where the Port wine was invented is a UNESCO World Heritage. No wonders why! In the picture below you can see the point where Douro and Tedo rivers meet. Almost all the wine made on both sides of Douro River is sent to Vila Nova de Gaia, about which I talked...

1 0 , 5 years ago
Destination: Sexta 13 in Montalegre

Celebrating bad luck Invited by our landlady, Adela and I ran to the railway station after the last class on Friday to get to this little remote town, Montalegre. This is situated in the north part of Portugal, very close to the Spanish border, so we took the train...

3 1 , 5 years ago
In the middle of Atlantic Ocean

One island. Two hundred euros. Three nationalities. Four seasons. Five adventurous people. I had barely known something about The Azores before reading the ESN Magazine full of interesting destinations in Portugal. I found out that this group of nine volcanic islands...

1 1 , 5 years ago
To visit as many beautiful places in Portugal as I can?! Challenge accepted!

Hello, everyone! I will talk about one of my favourite places in my … favourite country! Algarve - A surprisingly beautiful region that reminded me of Greece Getting to one of the warmest region of Portugal by bus, from Porto, was not a really bad idea, since we...

3 2 , 5 years ago
If you're a smoker...

If you’re a smoker you’ll be wondering how much cigarettes cost in Portugal, or if you can smoke in the bars, or also more simply where to buy cigarettes! In this post I’ll attempt to provide answers for these simple questions, because some things weren’t even...

0 0 , 5 years ago
What did I love the most in Portugal ?

What did I love the most in Portugal? When do you have an opportunity to live for long period in a country which is not your national country? When do you have a possibility to use more often the language which you have learned for long time in the school? When can you...

0 0 , 6 years ago
Portugal

To be honest, Portugal is always seems too far for me and to be difficult to go to. It's because of the fact that both the plane tickets are expensive and the plane takes four hours from Poland. But one day we were bored in the room and when we checked the ticket prices...

0 0 , 6 years ago
Wonderful castles of Sintra and Cabo da Roca

The wonderful castles of Sintra. Yes, it is the plural. Indeed, Sintra has more than the famous Pena Palace. And they are all worth the visit. That’s why I am going to tell you about them. The first two, I saw on a trip with Erasmus. We had our own bus going to...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Day trip to Alentejo - Évora and Evoramonte

The 1st of December is a bank holiday in Portugal and so, we didn’t have classes. Apparently, the celebrate the independence of Spain. And what does it mean, if we don’t have classes? We go sightseeing! Together with a friend, I drove to the region of Alentejo to...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Internship in Portugal

I liked Lisbon so much that I soon knew I wanted to stay longer. Also, I had the feeling that my Portuguese had just improved and I wanted to exercise more to know it even better. Also most of my friends were staying for one, two or more years. I loved my flatmates and...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Road trip through North Portugal

Let’s go on our next Road Trip to the North of Portugal! That was my plan for my sister and best friend, who were coming to visit me. Let’s go to the North and let’s do that during the coldest season. OK, that was not the reason, it was just the time that they...

1 0 , 7 years ago
Madeira

Being in Portugal, you really have to take advantage of the short flying times and low prices to the Portuguese islands. That is at least what me and my friends thought, when we planned our holiday on Madeira. Madeira is an island of the Autonomic region Portugal and...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Almost caught by the police... Panorámico de Monsanto

Today was a very interesting and exciting day. I wanted already for a long time to go to the Panorámico de Monsanto. I read about it in an online guide about Lisbon and thought it sounded good. It is a restaurant on a miradouro – which is a lookout – that was...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Road trip through Central Portugal

As the 8th of december was a public holiday, we used the time to go on a four day road trip through central Portugal. As not many people were so lucky with the dates of their exams, many of my friends either had to study or even had exams on Friday. Many of them had...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Wonderful Azores, wonderful São Miguel!

I always wanted to go to the Azores and after talking a lot about it in our classes in university, didn’t matter whether in language, culture or history, I wanted it even more. Together with some friends, we decided to go there for a few days. It is only two and a...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Christmas and New Years Eve in Lisbon

This year, I decided to stay in Lisbon for Christmas as I wanted to experience the typical Portuguese way of celebrating. That I stay for New Years Eve had been clear all the time. My sister and my best friend were planning to come to celebrate it with me, same as last...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Weekend with my favourite Portuguese and her family

This weekend, my flatmate invited me to spend the weekend with her and her family in her city. They had always asked for some time, but we never managed to find a date. Finally, we had set this weekend. Friday after work I took the train to meet her. She had already...

0 0 , 7 years ago
University in Portuguese

I was curious about my daily life at university. You always have to think about that it is a different country, with different culture, different educational system and therefore also the classes and life at university can be really different. After my experiences in...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Life in a shared flat

If we don’t take my family into account, I have never lived in a shared flat before. I mean, of course I have been on holidays with friends and spent half a year in New Zealand in youth hostels, which is kind of similar. The difference is just, that I always changed...

0 0 , 7 years ago