"J.K Rowling woz ere"
It seems that everywhere is or has a little treasure if you search well enough. Sometimes I research up on what to go and see on what particular part of the world is known for but who knew (well I didn't) that in little old Porto the story of Harry Potter was born. The book store is now so well known that there's actually an entry free which conveniently goes towards any purchase you make in the store. In every corner there was someone taking a picture of something and rightfully so, there was always someone whose photo you seemed to be in.
"Still devastated by her mother’s death, J.K. Rowling moved to Portugal in 1991, to work as an English teacher at a language institute. In her own words, this period was the start of a dark time in her life.
“Nine months after my mother’s death, desperate to get away for a while, I left for Portugal. I took with me the still-growing manuscript of Harry Potter, hopeful that my new working hours (I taught in the afternoon and evening) would lend themselves to pressing on with my novel. In those first weeks in Portugal I wrote what has become my favourite chapter in the Sorcerer's Stone, "The Mirror of Erised" – and had hoped that, when I returned from Portugal I would have a finished book under my arm.
“Nine months after my mother’s death, desperate to get away for a while, I left for Portugal. I took with me the still-growing manuscript of Harry Potter, hopeful that my new working hours (I taught in the afternoon and evening) would lend themselves to pressing on with my novel. In those first weeks in Portugal I wrote what has become my favourite chapter in the Sorcerer's Stone, "The Mirror of Erised" – and had hoped that, when I returned from Portugal I would have a finished book under my arm.
http://www.jkrowling.com/en_US
I of course had to make a purchase but specifically wanted to search for a book in Spanish, you know I'm really trying to learn the language and was told this was a good way to go about it. Plus as cheesy as it was I just wanted something viable from the store.
Something else I we were advised to try was some good traditional Portuguese food. So I went for Francesinha "(meaning Little Frenchie or simply Frenchie in Portuguese) is a Portuguese sandwich originally from Porto, made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roast meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce served with french fries." It was a lot! But not as spicy as I had hoped or anticipated. Sidenote: They really don't eat spicy food here or even in Madrid I don't know what perception I had but it definitely wasn't that.After letting the food settle and taking some last photos for the night, a little walk around town and it was time to say bye to Oporto.
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