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Forum: Portugal
Oct 29th 2013, 1:32 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,280
Posted By hurstc

Re: Portuguese Lessons

It will not replace face-to-face lessons but there is an interactive programme you can download for free which is the best I have found for vocabulary.....and pronunciation.....www.byki.co.uk
:)
Forum: Portugal
Aug 26th 2013, 3:54 am
Replies: 0
Views: 665
Posted By hurstc

Talking Bridge clubs, Silver Coast

We have a holiday home near Lourinha and wonder if there is a bridge club anywhere near.:D
Forum: Portugal
Aug 24th 2012, 3:08 am
Replies: 6
Views: 3,118
Posted By hurstc

Re: Garden Furniture

Thanks for the info. I will try leroy Martins.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 23rd 2012, 8:41 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 3,118
Posted By hurstc

Question Garden Furniture

Help, We have a penthouse apartment near Areia Branca ( 80 km NW of Lisbon). The side terrace is beautiful but so WINDY at cerain times. I need a dining set that is easy maintenance but will not blow...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 25th 2012, 8:41 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 633
Posted By hurstc

Diabetes

I have just been reading the health care thread. I am a pensioner of 64 so the cost of treatment is a minor issue. However I have just been diagnosed as a diabetic. We still live mainly in the UK at...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 17th 2012, 8:09 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 4,387
Posted By hurstc

The elderly in Portugal

We have a home in Lourinha which we have been using as a holiday home for some years and would like to move over permanently.. Following the death of my mother after a long illness I am now looking...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 17th 2012, 8:05 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 5,570
Posted By hurstc

Re: Help needed! Moving to Lisbon

Hello Joanna, I think that a choice of living near Lisbon is a good one. It is a wonderful area of the world. We have a holiday home just to the North and would be living there now but for looking...
Forum: Portugal
Sep 14th 2011, 3:56 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,992
Posted By hurstc

Re: level of language proficiency (Portuguese)

Warning. I have been studying Portuguese at night school and practicing whenever I come over to our home in Lourinha and I thought I had reached a level of understanding. I went on my own to the...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 22nd 2011, 4:44 am
Replies: 1
Views: 1,021
Posted By hurstc

Car Hire on the Silver Coast

Help ! I have a place in Lourinha and I am trying to find the nearest car hire company accessible by public transport. Is there anywhere in Torres Vedras , Peniche or Bombarrel.
...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 16th 2011, 12:20 am
Replies: 11
Views: 3,154
Posted By hurstc

Cool Re: Multi Banco

Hello Blackbeardie. Yes I am very well thankyou. After spending June in the UK catching up with all my commitments I am returning to Portugal for 6weeks next week. If ever the budget airlines put up...
Forum: Portugal
Jun 15th 2011, 5:10 am
Replies: 11
Views: 3,154
Posted By hurstc

Re: Multi Banco

Yes a PT bank account is a good idea but also is a euro travel card. You buy these in the Uk say through FairFX . You know exactly what rate of exchange you are getting and they are cheap to...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 25th 2011, 6:56 am
Replies: 2
Views: 2,418
Posted By hurstc

Re: Scam warning!

Dear ah47. We are looking for a Portuguese registered car . We are on the Silver Coast. Is this anywhere near you?


Carol:D
Forum: Portugal
Apr 20th 2011, 3:32 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,323
Posted By hurstc

Cool Re: Language schools

I understand about the pronunciation. Here in England we are used to every foreign accent under the sun and we have developed the ability to understand a level of broken English. Near us in Portugal...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 19th 2011, 10:20 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,323
Posted By hurstc

Re: Language schools

I understand, my first husband once tried to teach me to drive and stormed out of the car leaving me at a busy junction..... Carol:wub:
Forum: Portugal
Apr 16th 2011, 8:15 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,323
Posted By hurstc

Re: Language schools

Ola , you are right it is borboleta ( and I thought I would never forget ). I have had a bit of an epiphany. Suddenly when I listen to Portuguese TV ( on you tube ) words have started to jump out at...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 14th 2011, 6:02 am
Replies: 3
Views: 864
Posted By hurstc

Re: Removal company

Thanks for that Kyle's mum. I will give them a try Carol:thumbsup:
Forum: Portugal
Apr 13th 2011, 8:51 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 864
Posted By hurstc

Red face Removal company

Help. Does anyone have details of anyone who can take a small number of boxes from the North of England to The Silver Coast ? We sent a full load of furniture some time back with a certain Portuguese...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 4th 2011, 12:42 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,925
Posted By hurstc

Re: learning portuguese

Try www.byki.com. This has a series of lessons on vocabulary and pronunciation and spelling. Even though I am taking lessons I found the site so useful that I bought the deluxe version fon CD or £50...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 17th 2011, 5:50 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,323
Posted By hurstc

Re: Language schools

Thank you for the hint. I will try that. However the main problem is not the vocabulary it is the XXXXXXX verbs. Any hints for those ?:confused:
Forum: Portugal
Mar 16th 2011, 12:52 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,588
Posted By hurstc

Re: Empty estate car PORTUGAL -> SCOTLAND leaving next week

Jeronimo, If ever you are going the other way I would be REALLy interested.

Hope you get fixed up and have a good trip Carol:thumbup:
Forum: Portugal
Mar 14th 2011, 2:21 am
Replies: 3
Views: 823
Posted By hurstc

Re: May bank Holiday

Thank you for that. I will stay the night in Lisbon and travel up on Monday when I can do some shopping.:thumbsup:
Forum: Portugal
Mar 12th 2011, 9:13 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 823
Posted By hurstc

Question May bank Holiday

Help.....I have arrangeed a flight to arrive in Lisbon on the may bank Holiday, Sunday 1st. to go up to our holiday home in Lourinha . I have decided to stay the night in Lisbon and trevel up on the...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 8th 2011, 3:54 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,323
Posted By hurstc

Re: Language schools

ola , Eu mora em Inglaterra agora. meu merido trabalhar aqui. Nos compramos uma apartmento em Seixal , perto de Lourinha, a Costa de Prata, oitenta kilmetres nord e oeste de Lisboa. E muito bonita...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 7th 2011, 7:14 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,323
Posted By hurstc

Re: Language schools

I too have been taking lessons but as an old bat I find I do not take things in as quickly as I used to . I have been supplementing my lessons by using a free programme I downloaded from...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 2nd 2011, 12:55 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,151
Posted By hurstc

Talking Any one got a car for sale

We are looking for a car we can keep on the Silver Coast when we spend about half of our time there next year. I have noticed how expensive they are over there and to import....though I read the...
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