This morning I found myself sicker. My sore throat’s gone but I could stop sneezing and runny nose. Shoot! I felt much better last night. What happened? I probably have to go through all the way.
I got up around 2:30am since he had an online meeting at 3am. I was gonna fix breakfast for him but went back to bed around 4am.
Alameda to Saldanha
I felt better after a good sleep in the morning when he brought a bad news.
Somehow the printer we bought doesn’t detect wifi, I had to go to the immigration service office to sign some paper.
Ok…He was extremely hungry and there was not much food at home. So we had lunch at 1pm on the way to the office.
We’ve had a difficult time to order food at restaurants and made it easy to go to a chain cafe, A Padaria Portuguesa, which has menu with pictures and English explanation that help a lot.
I initially ordered Salada de Frango (chicken salad), but it was sold out. Only choice was Tuna or Salmon. So I took Salmao with agua ($5.75).
He had a combo of two half sandwiches, soup and juice ($5.95). I didn’t taste sandwich and juice, but soup was very homey and I think it’s a great deal!
On the other hand, my salad was ok. For me, it’s too salty. Even without dressing, cheese, smoked salmon and dried tomatoes are more than enough to give it saltiness. He shared a half bowl of soup that I enjoyed the most.
This place would be a good lunch option. They have several kinds of fresh juice and a variety of savory and sweet pastries.
First time we walked to Alameda station. It was very warm today (22 degree C) and I could enjoy it.
Suddenly an open space was in front of us. There is a huge fountain, called Fonte Luminosa there.
There is nothing on the other side of street. I am not sure it’s intentionally left open or they have any plan to build something.
Metro entrance is right there!
After one station ride on subway, we were here in Saldanha again. I think it’s hilarious that a street vender selling roasted chestnuts blowing a lot of smoke. Portuguese and Japanese share similar custom and culture (probably because Portuguese brought a lot of food and values to Japan in 15th century) and enjoying roasted chestnuts is one of them.
Our First Coffee and Nata
After the appointment, we decided to walk back home instead of taking metro. It would be about 25 minute walk but it was a beautiful day, so why not?
He suggested to take a break on the way for coffee and nata. Oh, yes!
Because I didn’t feel to drink nothing but water and OJ, this was the first official coffee along with pastel de nata in Portugal in 2019.
Pastelaria is on every block. We just picked one.
I wanna do what locals do.
We tried to order in Portuguese. “Dois cafe cheio e dois nata por favor.” Portuguese coffee is basically espresso. Cafe cheio means to make espresso full of cup by adding a little water.
Break at 3pm: Cafe Cheio (0.60 euro x 2), Pasteis de Nata (0.95 euro x 2). What can you get for less than 2 dollars in the US? This is unbelievably good!
Look at the layers of tart. Of course this is not best nata but still makes me happy.
Coffee in Portugal never gets me disappointed either.
Picked up some vegetables at continent (supermercado).
Dinner @ 6:30am: Farfalle in Tomato Sauce with Bacon, Zucchini and Red Bell Pepper
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