What would you like to know about... Portugal?

@Pfuzylogic The main crops grown in Portugal are cereals (wheat, barley, corn and rice), potatoes, grapes (for wine), olives and tomatoes.

@mariazinha
Do they have trees.
I remember Spain not having many!

@Pfuzylogic yes! many trees. Forestry is an important business.

@mariazinha
Do they have anything like bullfights for entertainment?

@Pfuzylogic there are some places that bullfighting is still going on but as a general rule is frown upon. Even in towns where there is still bullfighting, it is forbidden to kill the bull.

@mariazinha
I never knew that.
Do you celebrate the Catholic festivals like Spain?

@Pfuzylogic yes we do. We have a bunch of religious holidays:

New Year’s Day (Ano Novo)
Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa)
Easter Sunday
25 April: Freedom Day
1 May: Labour Day
10 June: Portugal National Day
Corpus Christi - june
15 August: Assumption of Mary
5 October: Republic Day
1 November: All Saints’ Day
1 December: Restoration of Independence Day
8 December: Immaculate Conception
25 December: Christmas Day

@mariazinha
I was stationed at Rota Spain in 1983.
I attended a festival that had a beauty pageant in the summer I believe.
The town center was packed!

@Pfuzylogic Summer is a big event in portugal and spain..we are called sister countries for a reason :p

@mariazinha
I think it was for the Virgin Mary but it has been so long ago.
They also had siestas in the middle of the day and stayed up until 2 AM!

@Pfuzylogic that is a spanish thing..we eat and sleep at proper hours. :)

@mariazinha
is it easy for you to visit Spain?

@Pfuzylogic Yes..as easy as you could visit your neighbor state.

@mariazinha Is language a big barrier?

@Pfuzylogic not really..there's always a way around it..you can try to speak with the few words you know but almost everyone speaks english.

@Pfuzylogic no. It has been a republic since 1910.