I'm In Portugal!

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Smelena
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10 Jan 2008, 1:50 pm

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: Away from WrongPlanet for a few weeks

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Hello,

I'm on holidays at the moment in Europe so I won't be posting on WrongPlanet for 3 weeks.

However I will be checking my PM's everyday to send and read messages from AussieBoy.

If anyone needs to contact me, send me a PM.

IceB will be posting in the Friendship section regarding the London meet-up on 26th January.

Portugal is very beautiful.

Helen

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10 Jan 2008, 1:51 pm

By the way, the airline has lost my luggage!

Lucky my friend and I are the same size so I have been borrowing her clothes. Luckily I had a spare set of underwear in my hand luggage.

Apparently if they don't find my luggage, I am entitled to compensation of up to 4000 Euros. So if they dont' find it, at least I'll have fun shopping for new clothes!

Helen

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10 Jan 2008, 1:53 pm

Here's a photo of the village I'm staying in:

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10 Jan 2008, 1:56 pm

Wow! That is incredibly beautiful. I'd love to be there. I hope you enjoy your stay.

(and that they find your luggage! )

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10 Jan 2008, 2:25 pm

Whereabouts in Portugal are you? It looks beautiful there. Give it a few more months and it will be lovely and warm!

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10 Jan 2008, 3:16 pm

nice!

have a great trip Helen.

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10 Jan 2008, 7:19 pm

Hope they found your luggage all right (they usually do, I think), or that the shopping was good at least.
Portugal sounds like a pretty good place to visit, and I love the music (actually, I'm listening to Potuguese music even as I type)

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10 Jan 2008, 7:42 pm

WOW!

You're very lucky to experience such a beautiful
land like Portugal.

Enjoy your stay and I hope your luggage is found or you buy some new luggage.

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11 Jan 2008, 12:25 am

Portugal looks awesome! Enjoy your holiday, and take care!

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11 Jan 2008, 4:46 am

Portugal is beautiful and everyone is so friendly!

They still haven't found my luggage but I get 50 Euros for the first 2 days, then I keep receipts for anything I buy after that, and they will refund my money when I get back to Australia.

A good excuse for shopping! The clothes here are much, much nicer than in Australia.

The weather is very mild - 14 degrees celcius during the day.

I am so happy spending time with my friend.

Thankyou everyone for your kind words.

Helen

P.S. I'll post more photos later.

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11 Jan 2008, 8:40 am

yay!

is the Portuguese spoken there any different than what is spoken in Brazil? like Spanish in Spain is kinda different compared to spanish in south/central america.

have always kinda wondered.

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11 Jan 2008, 9:00 am

Wikipedia says it's akin to the variations with British and US English.

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11 Jan 2008, 10:49 am

They still haven't located my suitcase so I had to buy some underwear today. The situation was getting desperate. :lol: Actually I should have bought socks - will have to do that tomorrow. It's cold and my socks are very smelly now!

Here are a couple of photos from today. Absolutely beautiful!

Regards
Helen

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12 Jan 2008, 4:50 am

The airline has found my luggage and they will deliver it on Monday - yay!

Helen

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12 Jan 2008, 5:55 am

Sounds good.

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12 Jan 2008, 6:25 am

Smelena wrote:

They still haven't located my suitcase so I had to buy some underwear today. The situation was getting desperate. :lol:

Actually I should have bought socks - will have to do that tomorrow. It's cold and my socks are very smelly now!

That's a good tonguetwister - Smelena's socks are smelly now.

Enjoy the rest of your trip as well

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