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!
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