I seem to have spent a goodly portion on my week here getting lost, and
I am so agitated I’m about to lapse into
a Tommy Bolt temper tantrum. But
then I quickly think of a conversation
I had at an oceanside bar the night
before with a native of this sun-soaked
land of only 10 million people.
“We are a very relaxed country,” he
explained after listening to me de-
scribe how my navigational challenges
were stirring my ire. “So, it helps if you
are relaxed, too.”
I chuckled when I reconsidered
those words, because my new-found
friend was right. Portugal is most defi-
nitely a place about relaxing, and the
best way to fully appreciate and enjoy
it is to relax, too. So, I took a deep
breath, stopped a pedestrian to ask for
directions and then found my way to
my destination in fairly short order.
