Tagged as: portugese.

Let me just preface this by saying first of all, a lot of people in Portugal speak English. And a lot of them are offended if you speak Spanish because they don’t want people who are obviously American to assume that they are Spanish. Second, this is a picture of Belem.  Logan, Simply, Meg and I get on a Metro heading to Belem. This is what happens:  Me, to random woman on the train: “Belem?” Portugese woman: “I don’t speak English.” Oh… okay…. Thought that was just a name of a place?  Train announcer: “próxima parada, belem.” Belem pronounced BLUH. All of us in unison: OH!  Moral of this story, I don’t speak Portugese. 

Let me just preface this by saying first of all, a lot of people in Portugal speak English. And a lot of them are offended if you speak Spanish because they don’t want people who are obviously American to assume that they are Spanish. Second, this is a picture of Belem. 

Logan, Simply, Meg and I get on a Metro heading to Belem. This is what happens: 

Me, to random woman on the train: “Belem?” 
Portugese woman: “I don’t speak English.”

Oh… okay…. Thought that was just a name of a place? 

Train announcer: “próxima parada, belem.” Belem pronounced BLUH. 
All of us in unison: OH! 

Moral of this story, I don’t speak Portugese. 

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