So I return rather reluctantly from a magical week savouring the delights of Portugal. Until my visit there were only two countries in which I would live, France and Italy. Now there are three. Portugal has all the delights of a Latin country, the style of living the joie de vivre. The beautiful fish, fruit, salads. Lot’s of gorgeous wine. The people always helpful and friendly.
We started in Lisbon, went to Sintra, which was the only negative point, lot’s of Anglo Saxons. Then gradually up to Porto. An amazingly attractive lively town. A trip across the Doura valley which is scintillatingly beautiful. Back down to Coimbra the university town and finally to Lisbon for the last two days.
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Definitely!
Toronto has a large Portuguese community (in the midst of which I Iive), including a restaurant named Sintra. It's very good indeed and almost entirely Anglo-Saxon-free! Their wine list is terrific, too.
Their food is great. We had a lot of excellent fish accompanied by some nice crisp whites. We had some excellent beef as well. The reds are a bit heavy for my taste, more like Rhone wine, that you would no doubt appreciate. The patisserie is superb, it is the only country outside France that has real deserts.
All at half the price of France and .1% of London.
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