hi! Wishing you all the best in Portugal. About speaking Spanish, it’s not exactly about the rivalry between the 2 countries, so much so that Spanish people are welcomed in Portugal and many times we call them our brothers. It’s more about the Portuguese perception that foreigners who choose to speak Spanish do it because they believe it’s the same thing, not recognising that Portugal/Portuguese is not Spain/Spanish – it stirs the pride a lot. So if you need to speak in Spanish, you should ask first if it is ok to use it explaining that you don’t know Portuguese, this way people will understand that you know that the 2 languages are different, and they will be more forgiving. 
The 3 main expressions that will make almost any Portuguese friendly – "always" start a conversation with "BOM DIA or BOA TARDE or BOA NOITE". 
"DESCULPE" – the Portuguese say "sorry" a lot, even as an equivalent of "please" when asking for something. 
"OBRIGADO/A".
I would think that the info you see when you swipe the public transport card it’s the remaining credit that you have in the card, but I could be wrong.
In Lisbon you probably came across the local festivities that will go on until next week, that is why you saw the streets packed with so many people.

Those numbers are the credit you have left don't worry

Hello from the UK 🇬🇧!

A culpa não é dos americanos a culpa é do estado português que congelou as rendas no século passado e os senhorios não tinham dinheiro para renovar as casas, e quando os inquilinos não pagam a renda, os senhorios não conseguem expulsar os inquilinos, por isso existe muitos edifícios vazios ou em ruínas

The house prices are high because they are renovating, and the people wanted living in that buildings and payeing the same if they livided in the old buildings

What a beautiful couple! I’m glad to see you all are loving life in Portugal. Love your content and I’m looking forward to the day I can move abroad.

The $18 and $17 on the card sounds like it was showing you how much you have left on the card

I caught that portuguese “sh” slip through at 17:53 i see you👍🏽 i just watched your interview w Adalia and it touched me in alot of ways.

I’ve been learning portuguese for some years now. Some tips i would say:

1) pay special attention to the conjugation: Infinitivo Pessoal / Personal infinitive
That tense doesn’t exist in most languages & causes confusion to most.

2) Pay especially careful attention to the various sounds the “S” can take (dependin on the letters before & after it.) Words ending or starting with S can have 4 different pronunciations based on surrounding words.

3) Vowels: are either more “open” (aberto) or “closed” (fechado), sometimes their “muted” (mudo). Dont look at the vowel letters like their spanish. The portuguese “open A” (‘a’ aberto) does sound similar to the spanish A. But the ‘closed A’ ( ‘A’ fechado) actually sounds like the english E. Its almost a midpoint between the English E & the Spanish A. Look up the rules for the vowel pronunciations, and tackle them just one at a time if u need to.
Good rule of thumb: you can pretty safely consider all the Spanish viwels to be “Open” sounds. The vowels sounds u need to pay more attention to our the “Fechados/Closed” and that muted E which is the culprit behind the “compression of words” in European Ptg.

4) Distinguish the differences between brazilian & european portuguese. Because the grammar is different (mainly the “gerund” / Gerúndio conjugation). And the pronunciation is vastly different. The brazilian portuguese is actually easier for spanish speakers to understand and wrap their head around. The European version tends to “Compact” or condense their words. Its important to know the differences cuz even brazilians have trouble comprehending the european version because its so different. You dont want to see mixed gramatic material and not know which one’s right or wrong. Most likely one is brazilian grammar/vocab and the other is european.

5) Look up “O método das 28 palavras”. It’s what’s taught to toddlers in portuguese schools.

Boa Sorte com tudo! I’m Puerto Rican from USA been workin on my portuguese for over 10 yrs now. Hope this helps.

wonderful live! Thanks for sharing! The metro card balance … it happens. I’ll check you up on Instagram and share some info from my trip in April. Keep up the good work. Liked & subscribed!

Love your information, transparency and energy!!!

@Arnell Watson love the phrase "affordable streets"!!😃

Hello!! Want to visit Portugal Soon!! I speak very litle spanish that will not stop me! Im in Pa and need a change to how it use to be- small market places safety Kindness etc etc!! I see you know what I mean. Hope to meet you-let me know how. So happy for you both. Blessings!

"…gentrification… it's just 6k Americans that are residents right now… in Portugal…" Forget about Americans, and let's look at some really peculiar numbers. In each of the last two years (2020/21) around 200,000 people "became" Portuguese. Of those 200k, 80k were births and 120k were foreigners who acquired Portuguese nationality! Brutal isn't it? Now the cherry on the cake, of those 80k births I'd say at least 13% were from mothers who were themselves not born in Portugal. Americans are a drop in the ocean in this demographics upheaval of biblical proportions.

I love your t shirt too. This is a great way for us to decide whether or not put this area on our list. Sounds amazing!

Edinburgh (Capital) or Glasgow (largest city).

Dahlia from Miami

I'm happy for you!

I missed the live but I watched the replay this morning. Great video. I loved hearing your perspective on Portugal thus far. I’m interested to see how to navigate the residency process especially given recent issues with the golden visa. Hopefully the issues don’t extend to D7.

What a great live!

love it!! Thank you.

So happy you are enjoying Portugal.
Im really crossing my fingers for you.
Im hopping to see you guys in Porto one of theese days.
If you ever need a pro bono accountant here in Portugal, you can count with me. 😊

Happy to hear that you arrived safely; as well to see your excitement and hear of your discoveries. Please know and remember that Portugal is a ‘little big’ country. Each region has its own customs; wine; food; saints, and holidays etc. There are others as well, but 2 big holiday festivals this month (that might affect you) is St. Antonio (Hugh in Lisbon area) and São João in Porto and Braga. Regarding your viewer suggesting to go to Algarve. Though beautiful; it would be very expensive and hurried if you stay less than ‘at least’ a week. Remember to pace yourself. Best wishes and happy travels.