Being used to France, (where nothing useful seems to be open on Sunday) it was a nice surprise to find a quaint supermecardos localis (I didn't remember the name of the shop) open and well stocked. [Google maps say that it is at 29 Avenu da Liberdade - and finding it I felt the liberty! ] I wanted rolled-oats, (to make porridge for tomorrows breakfast) and items to make sandwiches for lunch. Everything was where an international visitor would expect except that the oats, (Aveia) were only in the organic section, (you know that area where all the boxes are predominantly white or green and twice the price.) The bag marked "Flocos de Aveia" were the most reasonable price that I could imagine, so I took two bags. I wanted to tell the woman at the checkout how grateful I was that she was working on a Sunday, but my language skills don't go that far. I limited myself to a very English " 'brigad' " swallowing the start of the word, (as the locals do) and swallowing the end of the word, (to hide my ignorance between obrigada and obrigado
I saw that the large, and functional Lidl food warehouse was open, and though it always have a soul-less feel to it, I went in and found some excellent yoghurt.
I had set out for Intermarché, (<37.152643, -7.876952> on Google Maps) but had forgotten where it was. I was approaching São Brás de Alportel from the direction of Vilarinhos along the "new road", the N270. I knew that Intermarché was near one of the roundabouts, but I had forgotten that there are actually four of them. The one you want has one of those lovely old well contraptions on the middle of the roundabout, (I suspect that it was moved there as a decoration, but it looks so authentic to my eyes that I can almost see the ghost of the donkey walking round and round, powering the simple-but-effective rusty pump machinery.)
I saw that the large, and functional Lidl food warehouse was open, and though it always have a soul-less feel to it, I went in and found some excellent yoghurt.
I had set out for Intermarché, (<37.152643, -7.876952> on Google Maps) but had forgotten where it was. I was approaching São Brás de Alportel from the direction of Vilarinhos along the "new road", the N270. I knew that Intermarché was near one of the roundabouts, but I had forgotten that there are actually four of them. The one you want has one of those lovely old well contraptions on the middle of the roundabout, (I suspect that it was moved there as a decoration, but it looks so authentic to my eyes that I can almost see the ghost of the donkey walking round and round, powering the simple-but-effective rusty pump machinery.)
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