October 04, 2009
A few shots of Portugal
The nicest things about Portugal are the people, friendly and helpful in a genuine and comfortable way, and the food and wine.
Lisbon is lovely with many things to see. Porto is spectacular although it could do with a little maintenance work.
The food is awesome. Here in Porto we had one dinner with much more than we could eat, pork and suckling pig, preceded by a huge bowl of soup, and followed by a delicious apple pie, and wine and bread, all for 17 Euros. Yesterday for lunch we ate a delicious fish dish and rabbit stew, and chose an excellent wine , right in the tourist area of Vila Gaia for 20 Euros all in. Amazing and delicious.
Oh and we are enjoying Port wine. Tomorrow we head off into the interior.
I am listening to my Portuguese podcasts, and even met with one of the people who was interviewed on the TSF podcast series Mais cedo ou mais tarde. He was Fernando Luis Santos of the Instituto Piaget in Lisbon. We discussed learning and the Internet, what else.
Repairing the sidewalk is a lot of work
Boat tour of Porto on the Douro
Food and excellent wine for two, for 20 Euros
October 02, 2009
Poetry and language learning.
I am not a great fan of poetry in any language. I certainly do not use poetry for language learning. I do enjoy literature in a foreign language, but to judge by the content that people like to study at LingQ, that is not so common.
What are your views? Do you enjoy poetry as part of your language learning?