Discovering Food

So far my favorite part of discovering Portugal has centered around food. It's amazing how many different kinds of food you can eat. I'm convinced this is a great way to culturally understand the country and culture, but not very good on my need to watch my weight!

So far I've been pretty blown away by the pastries and bread here. My favorite activity of late is to go to the bread store at certain times and get hot, fresh bread or a pastry. On most of our day trips out to cities either north or south of Lisoba, we'll stop at the bread store and buy some bread and cheese before heading out to explore a new location.

On Wednesday I was so proud of myself because I went to the butcher and ordered meat. We had bought a new crockpot (score!) and we wanted to try to make some kind of a roast with potatoes and carrots. I ended up ordering what I thought was the right amount---so we've been eating through a kilo and a half of meat over the past couple of days......who knew that a kilo and a half was a ton of meat?

We truly haven't found anything that we don't like--which makes our exploration of Portugal both exciting and tasty. Ate ja!