The excellence of

Portuguese products (finally recognized by portuguese people!).

I find my two main countries (Portugal and Egypt) tremendously similar in many aspects. Astrologers say both countries were born under the sign of Piscis and that already says a lot. There are more troubling similarities, though...

Both Portugal and Egypt tend to value foreign products to their own.

Hope the Revolution in Egypt will help change this mentality.

Egyptians have all the reasons to appreciate their own History, products, culture, music and dance, literature, etc and yet they tend to forget about it, leaving it to the tourists. Such a shame...

I don´t mean you should reject foreign treasures - each country has special, unique, wonderful things of their own - but forgetting about your own country´s richness is plain stupid.

Portugal has been charged for the same mistake.

So there I was, yesterday night, in the heart of Lisbon (the city where I was born), preparing myself to watch the classical ballet "Romeu and Juliet" (by our own National Portuguese Ballet Company) when I was faced with the most surprising shop.

In this shop you could find all kinds of products which were created by PORTUGUESE. Obvisouly oriented for tourism, the prices were high but the quality and the pride of presenting our own "stuff" with dignity left me breathless and happy.

If you, at any times, pass through Lisbon, don´t miss it:

http://loja.avidaportuguesa.com/pt/gca/a-vida-portuguesa/contactos