Hello I’m some guy named Dave in Portugal.
Since everyone like the first Culture Shock in Portugal for an American video, I decided to make a Part 2 with some of the things I missed.
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-Dave
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If you have diabetes… what? How about impulse control and not stuffing your fat face with crap? Getting dizzy because you didn't eat breakfast? Typical Merican response and excuse to add several more layer of fat on your ass that the public will soon subsidize in the form of rising health care cost, because of impulse control and the false narrative promoted here.
Restaurants are closed between 3pm and 7pm but you can always grab a Bifana, prego, panado, rissol, panado, folhado de salsicha, etc in a café
Yeah, we are Droopy country. We don't bother much 😐
Dave, in some watched beaches in the Summer you have for sure signs that indicates everyone where strong sea currents are and people are not allowed to enter into water between those arrow signs. In these days, normally you also have a yellow flag. In the Lisbon area I see them a lot in the Caparica beaches.
Assim como em varios outros paises os horarios dos restaurantes sao os mesmo que em portugal
Aqui no Brasil, você pode beber na rua sem problemas. Eu não me lembro de confusão por causa disso.
You can find food at any cafe, sandwiches or little appetizers are everywhere
Why don't Americans and Brits just stay home and fix your own country instead of coming here….
YOU MUST LOOK FOR A " PETISCOS" THAT´S THE REALLY THING
Ok… we don’t have signs for don’t do this or that… or even about dangerous sea currents… BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DUMB or American 😂
"Purtugal" not "Pórtugal" ("O" with the "U" sound)
I liked the video, but it's strange that you've been in Portugal for a year and still haven't learned to say the name of the country.
Comer muito à noite dificulta a digestão, pode perturbar o sono e…engorda 🙂
My wife & I love hitting restaurants at 7PM when we travel in Europe. It's a touch late for us to eat, but early for seemingly most Europeans, so there's rarely a crowd. It took a little getting used to, and we usually travel in the larger cities where a few options are available all the time. But I could grow to like it, I think. I certainly like the more relaxed and easy going vibe when you eat. Restaurants aren't so focused on table turnover like they are in the States, so you can take your time and enjoy the meal, especially in Portugal and Spain.
And it's crazy how cheap the beer & wine is. Portugal, Italy, Belgium and others have beer that's half the price you'd pay in the US, if not less. Denmark is the only place we've been where I think the prices for beer, wine & cocktails was on par with what I'm used to. It's odd having to pay for water in most places, but you get used to that, too.
I'll be moving to Portugal in late 2024, so these culture shock videos have been very useful.
6:35 GNR might be on the highway more often than you think, sometimes they have undercover (unmarked) cars and use them to catch speeders
I think you "shock" too easily! Good video though.
Grandmas on the window/balcony… as we call them, "surveillance cameras"… 😅
I had a few in my neighbourhood when I was a child. That's how my mom knew EVERYTHING me and my friends played at. Even the child crushes we had…
Oh, surveillance cameras, that institution…
I'm portuguese and i never heard about kissing someone's cheeks in a specific order 😂
I never understood the paper bag thing in the USA. Isn't it obvious that you are drinking alcohol because it is in a paper bag?
That American know more than some Portugueses, 🇵🇹
Ok, here's the thing… That restaurant part… BS. Sure some places that strictly only serve FULL COURSE MEALS, will close outside meal hours. But most restaurants also have snack bar services, so they stay open all day. Also there's a ton of places that are open all the time. Including the fast food stuff… If you have low bloodsugar you'll be fine… Idk what kind of end of the world kind of area you've experienced, but in 90% of Portugal, places stay open all the time.
Once on each cheek…
Here's one about police in Portugal, if you go full Karen here and call the police for trivial bullshit, you'll be paying them for coming over. So, have fun Karening.
Dave, you have to go to a café to eat something between 3 pm to 7 pm, you will find a variety of food there, because we, portuguese, do eat in that time, in fact we do not have breakfast-lunch-dinner like american people. We have an eating hour between lunch and dinner that we call "lanche" where we eat a pastry, some bread or even a cake meanwhile drinking some juice or tea. You can mix up whenever you will like and eat it, although do not eat too much otherwise you will not be hungry for dinner time 😂😆
As for greetings, if you mistake the side you might be in an awkward position because you and the other person can encounter each other meanwhile going for a kiss on the cheek. You can start by exchanging an hand shake and as time goes by you will get used to it and start doing it. Older ladies will go for the kiss on the cheek because it is a sign of respect and closeness 😉
Ele já está a ficar de cor de azeite lmao
Funny you mention the old grandma in the window, information between them travels faster than the internet 😂
there are cafes opened all day long, in almost every street.