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Porto Food Market
This is my second post on Portugal, the first one was The Atlantic Coast. The food in Portugal was delicious. It is not just food, it's a whole dining experience. Food tastes better outside but the weather in Ireland doesn't always grant us this privilege. Tomatoes grown in Portugal are gigantic, sweet and juicy. For the first time, classifying them as fruit made perfect sense.
The oranges in Portugal tasted so much sweeter and juicier. An added bonus was actually seeing them grow on trees. Real trees, not the miniature versions you'd find in your local supermarket.
This pumpkin was definitely the biggest one I've ever seen and it was cut in half. You can see it's placed next to a hefty looking bag of onions.
It was my first time eating fresh figs and they are so delicious. I'd love to try and grow a fig tree in a greenhouse, someday when we build it.
During my stay in Portugal we canoed on The Tâmega river. I got to pick fresh grapes hanging from the vines that lined the river banks. They tasted completely different to the ones available in Ireland.
I still have many more photos from Portugal that I will be posting over the coming months. I will spread them out over a couple different posts. Before that, you will have to endure a new puppy post and my monthly garden and landscape photos from May.
Happy June Bank Holiday!
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