Connie, you speak portuguese and has a portuguese last name? Are you a luso-american or a luso-canadian? And yes, if you pull the portuguese card, let us say, you will be pretty much more conspicous, if you know what i mean.

And yes, all people being meaured by the same yardstick is wrong, but then again, every people on Earth suffers that, for good or ill.

But i have to say, american tourists are mostly to blame for their bad reputation abroad. I mean, what can one say and think of people that when they travel abroa,d the first think they do is to look for the first local MacDonalds?

And yes, not all americans are like that, the same way not all arabs are religious fanatic nutjobs, if you know what i mean.

Janasi, you say there's pals from other european countries that will hang out with you in here? That's cool. I say, hanging out with people from other countries is ace and a great way to have fun and learn stuff. By the way, i think you wil love the local beer, as portugal as some of the top best beer, and wines, in the world. Sadly, they are just not too well known, but we are working on it, we are working on it!

Oh, and by the way, there's tonnes of hot looking portuguese women. Portugal is one of the most mixed people in the world, and i'm talking of the locals, not even mentioning the emigrants from Africa, India, Brasil and Eastern Europe (Ukrania, Russia, Romenia, Moldavia and Bulgaria). So, yeah, in the girl department, you will have a eyefull of them.