likes and dislikes
Mar 3rd 2010 | 4:49 am
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likes and dislikes
I thought it might be fun to have a thread about our likes and dislikes of living in Portugal. I will give my likes and dislikes.
Likes. Living among a laid back people in a warm dry climate.(usually warm and dry)
Dislikes. The fact that public functionaries get salaries for their ineptitude.
Likes. Living among a laid back people in a warm dry climate.(usually warm and dry)
Dislikes. The fact that public functionaries get salaries for their ineptitude.
Mar 3rd 2010 | 4:53 am
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Re: likes and dislikes
Ask me when the weather is better..I'm pissed off with everything at the moment 
Mar 3rd 2010 | 4:56 am
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Mar 3rd 2010 | 5:14 am
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Mar 4th 2010 | 4:38 am
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Re: likes and dislikes
Likes - the weather (normally), chicken piri-piri and good wine
Dislikes - Everything else !
Dislikes - Everything else !
Mar 4th 2010 | 10:24 pm
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From: Tavira
Re: likes and dislikes
Likes; wine, people, food and the weather (but not so much at the mo')
Dislikes: wild campers, drunken expats and expensive car insurance
Dislikes: wild campers, drunken expats and expensive car insurance
Mar 8th 2010 | 7:13 pm
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From: São Lourenço, Almancil, Portugal
Re: likes and dislikes
Likes -
Dislikes -
Obviously these aren't all the advantages of living here, but overall, the pros DEFINITELY outweigh the cons!!
- Weather (Most of the year
) - Laidback attitude to life
- Night-life
- Young female tourists
Dislikes -
- Awful roads
- Lack of good english goods
- Inability to cope with rain
- Unnecessary red tape for everything
Obviously these aren't all the advantages of living here, but overall, the pros DEFINITELY outweigh the cons!!
Aug 28th 2010 | 3:54 am
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From: Costa de Caparica: 2007-2010. Then Olivais, Lisboa: 2010-2017. Currently back in Cambridge, UK.
Re: likes and dislikes
I thought it might be fun to have a thread about our likes and dislikes of living in Portugal. I will give my likes and dislikes.
Likes. Living among a laid back people in a warm dry climate.(usually warm and dry)
Dislikes. The fact that public functionaries get salaries for their ineptitude.
Likes. Living among a laid back people in a warm dry climate.(usually warm and dry)
Dislikes. The fact that public functionaries get salaries for their ineptitude.
LIKES: Weather/climate in general, wine, lack of yob-culture, lack of gangs of drunken youths smashing bus stops, shop windows etc, lower crime rate, people (young and old) much more aware of healthy eating and living, stronger family ties, no worshipping of latest teen "celebrity," no Noel Edmunds, no Chris Moyles, no Davina Macall, no over-the-top political correctness, - and none of those awful dirty 1970's carptes - just beautiful polished wood or ceramic tiles.
DISLIKES: usual stuff - lack of professionalism in some quarters, uneccessary beauracracy, apalling driving.
At the moment, my likes outweigh the dislikes - so I put up with or get around the dislikes as best I can. But its a small price to pay for all the reasons I left the UK. I can still watch quality programming such as Mastermind, Coast, the David Attenborough series, Blackadder and even Last of The Summer Wine on the BBC's Entertainment Channel. And if I'm really missing Blighty, The Two Ronnies, Bagpuss, Clangers etc are all available on DVD or YouTube. So....that just leaves the binge drinkers, hooligans and other louts, - whom I don't miss one single bit.
OK, I needed to get a fair amount off my chest. Probably because Villa got thumped 6-0 last weekend!!
Last edited by ah207; Aug 28th 2010 at 4:15 am.
