Hi I have a question please dont laugh : if I learn the Brazilian Portuguese I can understand Portuguese spoken in Portugal , right ? Probably not immediately- given that many Brazilian tourists have trouble!! Brazilian and European Portuguese are the same, but different...... just like US & UK Eng...

Last year I developed a really nasty allergy, so I went to the local emergency clinic (cost €14) and saw a Spanish doctor. I was prescribed oral antibiotics, a cortisone cream and antihistamine tablets so trotted off to the farmacia, expecting to pay megabucks (three items on prescription in the UK ...

I use a different option where you hire the transponder...... but only pay in months where you use the motorway..... the rest is the same. I do this for 2 reasons, firstly, I'm not in the Algarve so don't always use the motorways.... so in months I don't, I don't pay. Secondly.... if you buy it, mai...

I'd second Trindade - a beer and a steak sandwich...... and Portugalia in the Av.Almirante Reis is an alternate ( https://www.portugalia.pt/en/our-location.html ) BUT , without doubt, the finest eatery is just up the road, still on Av.Almirante Reis, Cervejaria Ramiro ( https://geral24128.wixsite.co...

Not an app as such, but take a look at https://www.practiceportuguese.com/ - as they say, "Desculpem Brasileiros, we want... European Portuguese!"

If you're making your way up to Lisbon and avoiding the tolls ( ;)), there's a great place literally on the IC1, just before Ourique, at Aldeia dos Palheiros the Novo Coimbra https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1916976-d4132410-Reviews-Novo_Coimbra-Ourique_Beja_District_Alentejo.html Th...

Moons back, I used booth a broker and an "official" system via Caixa Geral for moving funds to Portugal. The broker (now defunct) gave a slightly higher rate (but nothing to write home about)..... but the method of transfer led to my bank raising a charge for accepting the money!! The Caixa Geral sy...

There can never be too much online resource and I welcome a forum dedicated to life in Portugal. I guess the only issue is the potential duplication of things covered elsewhere and/or those things that fall between the cracks ..... so I'd ask clarification on links out to other online resources........