Things Ive seen so far in Portugal...

I simply walked down the street and saw roosters and chickens running all over the place
I saw a urinal standing alone in the middle of a small park at the intersection of 3 busy streets
Shade is a premium when its about 100 degrees outside and I saw two old guys fighting (literally) for a spot on a bench in the shade
Ive been to a grocery store where I saw, and bought, a 2 liter bottel of water for 23 cents. Just to put this in perspective... it would cost at least 1.50 euro in Barcelona and probably 4-5 euro in Paris
Ive met and talked already to people from my hostel from Canada, Australia, Italy, Portugal, Algeria, and the US
For whatever reason, there are soldiers EVERYWHERE walking around on the streets. I guess theyre there if theres a revolution or something - beats me. Theyre all very friendly though.
Im about to meet my friends I met yesterday in about half an hour and were gonna go to the beach.
So, in other words, Portugal is pretty cool. I would liken it to a Poor Mans Spain which works for me.
Tomorrow morning Im heading back to Santiago, though, where Ill spend the afternoon and evening alone, but then Greg is supposed to arrive the next day. My friend is going back to Germany tomorro morning, so it all works out well. Things are definitely on the up and up