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Question about salon services: has anyone found a good colorist/hair extension salon in Porto or Lisbon?
Obrigada Ladies, lovely to see all of you, I’m glad you included Izzy. My daughter is twice her age, so I personally don’t have any schooling needs, but it was great to hear her experiences and the other bits from her perspective as a native and with a non-native parent.
As a Canadian who has spent the past 5 years spending 6 months in the US (my daughter just moved to LA from NJ) and I’ve been to several US states… my perspective and experiences are different from the 3 ‘Americans’ in this group. I find the international foods in the US are just not as good as they are in Canada… specifically, Ottawa, Montreal & Toronto. So, again… this is about perspective.
I will say, I did find some typical Portuguese food bland… I love Indian, Vietnamese, & Thai food so hoping to find these… and love Mexican but Canadian & NJ Mexican is very different from LA Mexican! Canadian Chinese food is so much better than what I’ve had in LA or NJ, although I had very good Chinese in NYC China Town but I was with a Chinese friend (from Canada) who knew where to go to get the more authentic food. I’ve yet to find a great Indian restaurant in NJ/NY and forget Thai… it’s terrible even though there are a few Thai restaurants scattered around. This being said, you cannot beat a NJ Pizza! I crave them!
Also, a reminder to anyone going to a new culture or country… or even moving States (as my daughter has done) it takes time to find doctors and manicurists and get used to how other service-based businesses operate. In Canada, you go to a Registered Massage Therapist (who has extensive/intensive 3 years of schooling and has a lot of medical knowledge… especially if you have coverage through work that covers the extra cost. I have been to nail salons in both NJ, NYC & Ottawa and each experience has been a bit different (although sanitation is highest in Canada compared to the US. Our banking system in Canada is far superior to that in the US as well.
If you can, visit your home country once a year or two… enjoy what you’ve missed and pick up those herbs & spices (or in my case hot chocolate mix, LOL) and stock up. As visitors to bring you some Old El Paso Taco mixes. My rule is if you are visiting, you have to bring along x, y or z… like the Thai Yellow curry sauce from Trader Joe’s. We don’t have Trader Joe in Canada… so I have to stock up when I visit my U.S. family.
I much prefer boutique shopping to mall shopping. And I never buy online… just not my thing. My daughter on the other hand shops online all the time. When I visited Portugal my carryon broke and I went to a half dozen malls looking for a backpack carryon… couldn’t find one anywhere… so I ordered one from the Rick Steeves website in the US. Paid more in VAT than I did for the bag and it took forever to get it. It was my first time in Europe and it was in 2016… I know SO much more now than I did then.
I think we all have to focus on the MANY positives about life in Portugal. It’s well worthwhile if you embrace the adventure and the journey!
👆 – ВЕSТ ADULТ DAТING SIТE 💦😜i💦