I slept in till 5:30am this morning.
The sandwich was too big and I skipped dinner while he had some microwavable meal (sorry).
Pastries & Kebab Sandwich
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Do Portuguese Eat Five Times A Day!?
Now we set our regular schedule as below.
Sleep: 9pm-3 or 4am, Office Hours: 4 or 5am-Noon, Breakfast: 5am, Second Breakfast: 8-9am, Lunch: Noon-1pm, Dinner: 5-6pm
We realize that it would be like going out every night if we went out every afternoon since our office hours are early morning to noon.
So we intentionally stayed home all this afternoon.
As we report that it doesn’t drain well in the shower, the owner came over this afternoon to try to fix it, but he was not able to. He promised to come back tomorrow morning with a solution.
Before he took off, I asked him about Portuguese’ eating habit or customs.
Then he explains that they traditionally eat five time a day.
- pequeno almoço (breakfast) – 7-8am
- almoço (lunch) – noon-2pm
- lanche (snack) – 4-5pm
- jantar (dinner) – 8-9pm
- ceia (late night meal) – 10pm or later
He added the diet trend has changes to healthier nowadays. Also, he mentions that Portuguese love talking about food. That’s wonderful! I love it too!!!
Then he kept talking about fish, seafood, seasonal food and wines in Portugal…
I tried as many Portuguese words as I can. He was happy to hear that.
He made my day more exciting!
Bank & Piri Piri Chicken
I successfully adjusted my time to our life here in Lisbon. I went to bed at 9pm and slept straight till 4am.
I worked on my blogs and youtube videos in the morning. We left for our bank to issue a bank check as a payment for our deposit/first rent to the long term landlord.
It was about 10 people waiting in the lobby and it took an hour to get our turn. Then it took additional 40 minutes to get a check issued. It was actually better because our realtor told us it would usually take 2 days to get a check.
We were starving when we got out of the bank branch around 1:30pm.
Time Out Market & The Lisbon Tour
Around 10:30am, we took off for Time Out Market for brunch.
El Corte Inglés & Roasted Chestnuts
Our realtor introduced us to El Corte Ingles, a department store and a museum nearby. On Sunday after 2pm, the museum admission is free, so we went to explore around there.
Fish Dinner @ Pirata
I woke up again around midnight…worked for a couple of hours and got my throat sores again…Oh no…
Went back to bed around 2am and stayed in bed till 2pm. That’s crazy… but I was feeling so fatigued.
I have to figure how to fix both my jet lag and cold as quickly as possible.
We took it easy watching TV this afternoon and went to a grilled chicken restaurant, which was supposed to open at 6pm.
6pm is too early for dinner
Snack Bar Pirata
At this point, we were too hungry to wait till 7pm. So picked a place nearby. The one I see it’s always a full of people.
But I was not sure that they were serving dinner because all people enjoyed just drinks.
I asked a server in English, but he didn’t understand. In my mind, what to say “dinner” in Portuguese…Then, “Jantar?” He replied, “Sim!”
Yes!!!
Only in Portuguese
Since the server doesn’t speak English, we have to communicate only in Portuguese and gesture, which was good and interesting.
He asked, “Peixe or carne?” and I answered, “Peixe,” but I didn’t know what kind…He took me to the fish case and told me to pick one.
He: “Dois?” Me: “Um.”
I took him back to the table to take my husband’s order (he knew what he wanted).
I kept trying, “Uma garrafa de agua, por favor.” He said, “Fresca or natural?” (I believe). I replied, “Fresca.” If I am correct about the conversation, fresca means cold water and natural is room temperature. I read somewhere it’s common to be asked in Portugal. I wish this would be common in the US because there is always too much ice in water for me.
Ok done. But I saw he grabbed two fish and headed to kitchen. I followed him to say, “Um! Nao dois.” He said something like that would be fine. I asked, “Um prato con dois peixes?” He nodded, “Sim, Sim!”
Our dinner was amazing!
Fonte Luminosa & Queijada de Laranja
Again I woke up around mid-night and couldn’t go back to sleep. I was laying down in bed till 3am when he got up. Since he is a shallow sleeper, I didn’t want to distract his sleep by making noises.
After I worked a bit, I felt tired and went back to bed around 6am and slept till 9am.
I went out for a walk by myself in the neighborhood while he practiced yoga after work. Lunch was chicken soup from last night @ noon.
Then we walked to Alameda area to explore in the afternoon.
Various food cars are in the park. By the way, it was All Saints’ Day (holiday) today. I was wondering all cafes and restaurants were open. I would say 90% in the area was open.
Almoço de Dia @ Calçada 28
I slept from 9pm to 7:30am straight. It’s too much sleep but feels great!
In the morning, I fixed breakfast and worked on my blog and research on activities in Lisbon.
Today, we tried to get meal time straight like breakfast @ 8am, lunch @ 12:30pm and dinner @ 6pm.
Around 11:30am, he finished his work and we left for lunch around 12:30pm.
I really wanna come back here for lunch again soon. Next time, I would have wine along with my lunch in a best condition!
We took a walk to a different direction we’ve never taken to explore the neighborhood. It’s residential area and I like that there are a little market or cafe on every block. Feels so local.
Found a supermarket and got grocery for dinner.
Body Got Confused Between Time Differences
Last night we went to bed at 9:30pm. I got awake around midnight and couldn’t go back to sleep around 1am. So got up and worked on computer and he got up around 3am. His work hours are 3am to noon. I went back to bed around 3:30am but still couldn’t sleep, so played with my phone for a while then gave up on sleeping.
Maybe because I was too hungry.
Not sleepy yet…so I did laundry. It took 2 hours till the machine finished its job. I am not sure how it works. I should’ve probably gone with “rapido” and without “extra.”
Around 11pm, I finally got sleepy and took a long nap until 3pm…ah uh…I really don’t know what time frame I should live with now.
Also we really don’t what time we should eat lunch and dinner. When I woke up, I was really hungry but 3pm is too late to go out for lunch and too early for dinner.
We need to figure…what would be best for our body and mind…
Went out for grocery and cooked dinner myself.
Cafe Cheio & Pastel de Nata
Sick Again
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.
This place would be a good lunch option. They have several kinds of fresh juice and a variety of savory and sweet pastries.
Alameda to Saldanha
First time we walked to Alameda station. It was very warm today (22 degree C) and I could enjoy it.
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.
Picked up some vegetables at continent (supermercado).
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