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Dancin’ in the street, oh oh… Noite Branca Braga 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I headed north from Lisbon to see what life was like in a smaller town. \u00a0And it was nice. \u00a0Braga is the fourth largest in Portugal, about a quarter of the population of Lisbon.\u00a0 When I visited, they were having an arts festival called \u201cNoite Branca\u201d, or white night.\u00a0 Three nights of music and art, beer and food, and one major problem.\u00a0 Everyone was wearing white, and it was after Labor Day.\u00a0 OMG!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern Portugal is less populated and less popular with expats.  All because it is a few degrees colder than it is on a southern beach.  I\u2019ll take that.  And it\u2019s cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do you expect to find in front of the church?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I treated myself to a nice dinner and some wine.  I asked the waiter to bring me a glass of a nice Portuguese red wine.  He did.  I asked what the wine was, and he said, \u201cred.\u201d  He was very confused.  Turns out, many restaurants and bars have a limited selection of wine by the glass.  As in one red, one white, and one green.  And yes, green wine is a real thing.  Vinho Verde, or green wine, is not green.  It is a fresh and light white wine unique to a region in the north of the country known for its lush green foliage.  And it is delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, pro tip:  just ask for red, white (or green) when ordering by the glass.  They probably only have one type of each available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another pro tip is that everything starts later than you think.  The crowds really didn\u2019t show up for the festival until I was already in bed.  Should have taken a nap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just another street…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I headed north from Lisbon to see what life was like in a smaller town. \u00a0And it was nice. \u00a0Braga is the fourth largest in Portugal, about a quarter of the population of Lisbon.\u00a0 When I visited, they were having an arts festival called \u201cNoite Branca\u201d, or white night.\u00a0 Three nights of music and art, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1958,"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions\/1958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}