Date:         Mon, 4 Jul 2016 12:14:22 -0700
Reply-To:     David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Overheated in Portugal
Comments: To: Mark Drillock <modrillock@gmail.com>
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Glad you are enjoying your trip, Mark.

I spent some time in Brazil a few years back.  Before I went, folks told me
that Portuguese was just Spanish spoken badly, and Spanish was Portuguese
spoken badly.  I couldn't understand anything, but then inflection, speech
mannerisms, accent make a great deal of difference.  The fact that no one
could understand me didn't surprise me at all, since most Spanish speakers
can't understand my mangled Tex-Mex either.

I had a colleague from Argentina back in Texas.  He had lived for a time in
Pennsylvania.  He said that he used to live in Argentina, and everyone
spoke Spanish.  Then he moved to Pennsylvania, and everyone spoke English.
Then he moved to Texas, and no one spoke either language.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Mark Drillock <modrillock@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not the van, just us. Over 100F last couple days inland. Summer is here for
> sure. We are on the much cooler and beautiful western coastline now with
> lots of campgrounds. Things are cheaper here compared to everywhere else in
> Europe so far. I thought that the language would be to be close enough to
> Spanish that I could understand it but not really. The hot nights were a
> bit of a sudden shock. Sure glad we managed to install the 3 window canvas
> from BusDepot back in Pisa Italy. It fit fine and took  about 5 hours start
> to finish. It has been a lifesaver for sure. Looks good too. Thanks Ron.
>
> Mark
>