Remo=Rowing/crew
Comida=food
Televisão=Television
I row at home and so I wanted to continue doing it here in Portugal, so I joined the local rowing club. Today was my second day at practice, it's really weird because the coach doesnt necessarily tell you what to do, you just work out. And you can go whenever you want you can miss days when you want. I didn't really understand this on the first day so I was just awkwardly like standing in the weightroom and doing random workouts. Today I was told to do two 20 minute pieces on the erg and then that was it, and tomorrow probably the same thing and then Saturday morning I'm going to row in a single, I've never done it before but that's what they row here so I'm going to learn. Another thing is that practice is supposed to be from 6:00 to 7:30 but again it doesn't like matter when you go so it's not like you get punished for being late or leaving early. It will take some getting used to.
Today for dinner had a traditional Portuguese dish called Bacalhau, it's salted dried codfish and I guess you can make it a lot of different ways and my host mom made it mixed in with mashed potatoes and olives. It was okay but really strong and fishy. It's different, but I'm glad I tried it. Food in Portugal is pretty much the same as what we eat at home in the U.S., just rice and more bread. Also we don't eat anything from a box, there isn't any junk food or microwave meals here in Portugal, you cook dinner and lunch everyday. Lunch in Portugal is like the amount of food we eat at dinner in the U.S., salad, and a main thing like pasta or meat, with bread. And Dinner is that amount plus soup and another side like vegetables or potatoes, and then you have fruit for dessert. People eat 6-7 times a day too they have tons of little snacks throughout the day which is usually bread with cheese. People eat a lot of food here.
Portuguese T.V. is basically all the shows that were discontinued or never even made it to the public in America. There are so many really stupid reality shows like the Real World but just so stupid with really stupid people and lots of weight loss reality shows like the Biggest Loser, but really bad quality t.v. here for the most part. All American shows are in English and then Portuguese subtitles. The only thing that's dubbed is kids shows and cartoons which my host brother loves to watch, along with the simpsons and American dad. My host parents like Grey's Anatomy and whatever movies that are on.
I think that's all I have to say now, tomorrow I will hopefully upload a lot of pictures to the blog, I have free afternoon tomorrow, then I have crew "practice," and then I got invited to a birthday party tomorrow night it's like at a grill at the marina but apparently just because it's at a restaurant doesn't mean it won't last for 4-5 hours.
Boa Noite(Goodnight),
Tony
If you get a chance to watch Conta-Me Como Foi, DO IT! When I was there, it was on RTP1 on Sunday nights. It's a great show about living in Portugal during the dictatorship in the '60s and '70s. It's kind of a dramedy. Also, Gato Fedorento (which is on SIC, I think, channel 3) is really funny. It might take a while to understand it but once you do it gives you an idea of a lot of Portuguese culture.
ReplyDeleteOh, and in the early evening, there's a TERRIBLE but fun show called Morangos com Açúcar, which is a cheesy teenage thing, like The O.C. but even cheesier and more melodramatic. That's on channel 4, TVI. The thing that's nice about it is it has Teletexto, which is captions, so you can watch the show and see the written Portuguese at the same time. It actually helped me learn a lot of Portuguese, especially slang.