Settling in to the Portuguese way of life!

The day began trying to make sure everything was packed and then saying goodbye to everyone. I met mum in town and she took me for my last Mcdonalds, for the third time, (I've also had one in Portugal today).

At the airport there was a lot of waiting to be done. I started thinking about the programme Airline that I'd watched the night before and someone was taking their test to be an air hostess. Sure enough on the plane a nice lady called Bergona was new to the crew. After having rammed the food trolley into the back of my chair and forgetting to give me any change I was pleased to see that she remembered to do the toilet check at least.

On landing I tentatively gave an "obrigada" to the custom's bloke who looked at me as if I was English. Buying a metro card was my next hurdle. Trying to find somewhere to put a €20 note in to a machine that doesn't accept notes was challenging until a nice woman came and pointed out that I was English and suggested I moved to a different machine.

After having dropped my case on the escalator and actually breaking the metal wiring on it I made it onto a train and into my hotel. Failing to understand the free internet system that you had to pay for and finding a note from my sisters that said "the llamas will miss you," I decided to have a bath. The plug didn't fit quite right into the the hole but I was determined to have that bath! Eventually, I sat in the bath and held the plug down with my big toe. I gave up with that day. Bed


The next day began more possitively. A nice buffet breakfast with watered down orange juice, lots of butter and not so much bread. However, I finally worked out the internet system ten minutes before I had to check-out.


I got the keys to my flat from Eduardo. He's Brazilian and he was complaining about how hot it was. I dumped all my stuff on the floor and left again. Straight on a bus to ikea. A wonderful place. Ikea, cinema, h&m, Zara, Claire's accessories, Mcdonalds, Burger King and Pizza Hut... I really started to enjoy and embrace the portuguese culture.

I met up with Charlotte and her mum bought me a hot dog! :D After that I returned to the flat with goodies from Ikea and from the supermarket and started to write this blog. Now I am off to party Portuguese style... hopefully..