Yesterday I went to Alveiro, Portugal. It was really pretty. The city is near the Atlantic Ocean and has lots of canals. The houses are very colorful. I really like Portugal as a country. The people I talked with were very welcoming and spoke English, which is kind of surprising considering Spaniards often really can't be bothered even though they get loads of tourists whereas Portugal doesn't get quite the same volume. The Europeans I was with keep attributing it to television, as in Spain, shows are dubbed (rather badly), whereas in Portugal and the Netherlands they are in English with subtitles. I'm not sure how accurate this is but most have American accents so there may be some validity.
The streets are all mosaics, which really makes the city very pretty.We had breakfast in a bakery with traditional sweet quiches made with cheese and coffee (1.35 euros total). Needless to say, I really liked Portugal after that. The waiter also taught me some Portuguese; obrigado: thank you, olá/oi:hello.
Many of the houses had tiles on the front of the themand if they don't then are painted bright colors so the whole city is very colorful.
and lastly, la playa....
