Poltugal FM - Christmas Time!

Christmas in Poland always with this soundtrack:

Sławek Uniatowski - "Do domu czas na świeta"

Anna Maria Jopek - "Snieg"

Trójkowy Karp 2014 czyli "Duża Ryba"

Czerwone Gitary - "Dzień jeden w roku"

Ania Szarmach - "Rodosc dzielenia (Coca - Cola)"

Majka Jeżowska - "Kochany Panie Mikolaju"

Arka Noego - "Świeć, gwiazdeczko, świeć"

De Su - "Kto wie"

Christmas in Portugal always with this soundtrack:
David Fonseca - "All I Want for Christmas is you"
Boss AC - "Carta ao Pai Natal"
Luísa Sobral - "Natal Mais uma Vez"
Tiago Guillul - "Canção de Natal"
Azeitonas - "Queixa Ao Pai Natal"
Gomo - "Santa's Depression"
Coro de Santo Amaro de Oeiras - "A todos um bom Natal"
 

Poltugal FM - 2005

Polish Playlist:
Strachy na lachy - "Dzień dobry kocham cię"
Kombajn Do Zbierania Kur Po Wioskach - "Waniliowe Niebo"

Lech Janerka - "Rower"
Swietliki -"Filandia"

Hurt - "Załoga G"
HEY — "Mimo wszystko"
happysad - "To miejsce na mapie"

2005 in Poland: 

The Right Party Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc ( Law and Justice) dominated the Polish public scene. The party won the parliamentary elections and Lech Kaczynski won the presidential elections.

The year 2005 was also a farewell to Pope Pole - John Paul II. John Paul II died on 2nd of April at 21h37 after 27 years of pontificate. 

Portuguese Playlist:

Blasted Mechanism - "Blasted Empire"
Boite Zuleika - "Cão Muito Mau"
Os Pontos Negros - "Ovelha Perdida"
Primitive Reason - "El Caballero de la Triste Figura"
Toranja - "Laços"

2005 in Portugal: 

The PS party won the elections for the government with José Sócrates being nominated Prime-Minister for the first time. 

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Poltugal FM - 2004

2004 in Poland:
Is primarily the end of the long process of European integration. On 1st of May Poland along with nine other countries entered officially the European Union.

Polish playlist:
happysad - "Zanim Pojde"
Dzem - "Do Kolyski"
Pidzama Porno - „Nikt tak pięknie nie mówił, że się boi miłości”
Coma - "Spadam"
Sidney Polak - "Chomiczowka"
Sistars- "Sutra"

2004 in Portugal:
2004 was the year of football in Portugal with the realization of Euro 2004. Portugal had the best oportunity ever to win an international football competition but, in the final, lost against Greece.
 
Portuguese playlist:
The Gift - "Driving you slow"
A Naifa - "Queixas de um utente"
Pluto - "Entre Nós"
Humanos - "Maria Albertina"
Wraygunn - "Keep On Praying"
Da Weasel - "Casa"

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Poltugal FM - 2003

2003 in Poland:
In the two-day referendum Poland decides to join the European Union.
In 2003 also started the Iraq invasion. Polish army, as one of the first joined the Multinational Division, whose task is to stabilize the situation in the country.

Polish playlist:
Pudelsi - "Wolnosc slowa"
Sweet Noise & Edyta Gorniak — "Nie było"
Anita Lipnicka & John Porter — "Bones of Love"
Strachy na lachy - "Raissa"
Renata Pprzemyk & Kasia Nosowska - "Kochana"
Reni Jusis - "Kiedys Cie znajde"
BLUE CAFÉ — "Do Nieba"

Portuguese playlist:

David Fonseca - "The 80's"
Blasted Mechanism - "Are you ready"
Toranja - "Carta"
Balla - "Quero ser o teu Volkswagen"
Mesa - "Luz Vaga"
Legendary Tiger Man — "Fuck Christmas, I got the blues"

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Poltugal FM - 2002

2002 in Poland: 

Ski jumper Adam Malysz wins first in 30 years for Polish bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, after he won also the silver medal.

Polish Playlist:

Republika - "Śmierc na 5"
Wilki - "Baska"

Lao Che - "Klucznik"

Ira - "Mocny"

Myslovitz - "Chciałbym umrzeć z miłości"
Big Cyc- "Rudy sie zeni"

2002 in Portugal:
Euro starts being the official currency in Portugal.

Portuguese playlist: 
Adiafa - "As meninas da Ribeira do Sado"

Tara Perdia - "Nasci Hoje"

The Legendary Tiger Man - "Naked Blues"

Yellow W Van - "O que eu penso é o que eu falo"

EZ Special - "Daisy"
Cabeças no Ar- "A Seita"

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A Venda. Faro.

 Imagine a trip back in time to the years of your grandparents, that is what A Venda suggests you. A Venda is more than a shop, and is more than a restaurant. You don't feel like you entered either one or another. If you are portuguese you'll recognize on the shelves objects and brands that you used to see in your grandmother's kitchen. The food, at least the one that we tried, it is not something that your grandmother would cook, but for sure she is the inspiration for it. The traditional recipes are reinvented with a new ingredient, a new flavour, a new presentation. The taste, that one, is amazing. 

After some months wanting to do it, we finally went to a Venda today, few days before Martyna had a lunch there with her friend. The food served was: toasted garlic bread with tomato and artichoke and zucchini soup for starter and fresh pasta with mushrooms, dried tomatoes and feta cheese as delicious main dish. Today octopus was the main dish, and prepared more or less the same way - lagareiro style - seitan was the second option. The starter of the day was garlic toast with portuguese goat cheese and spicy jam on top. We ordered both main dishes and we shared. We couldn't decide which one was better. For dessert: sweet potato cheesecake with chocolate - delicious. See the pictures, and feel invited.

Poltugal FM - 2001

Polish Playlist: 

Kazik & Yugoton - "Malcziki"

Hey - "Cisza ja i czas"

Liroy - "Hello (czy Ty czujesz to?)"

Farben Lehre - "Matura"

O.N.A. - "Niekochana"

T.Love - "Nie, nie, nie"

Michał Żebrowski i Anna Maria Jopek - "Upojenie"

2001 in Poland:
On 1st of May was held first in Poland Equality Parade.

Portuguese playlist: 
Da Weasel - "Tás na Boa"

Coldfinger  - "Beauty of You"
Sam the Kid - "Não percebes"
Cebola Mol - "Joly"

Wrayguun - "Lonely"
Jorge Palma - "Dormia tão sossegada"

2001 in Portugal:
On 4 of March the Hintze Ribeiro bridge falls down. A bus falls down with it as well some cars crossing it. 59 people died.

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Rota do petisco - Alvor.

On our last post we told you how big fans of Rota do Petisco we are , so we had to come back. This time we went to a seaside town that we also didn't visit last year - Alvor. We started with something that we are also fans - Octopus, this time prepared in a kind of stew with chickpeas. Then, in Taberna do Ze Morgadinho, we tried the typical - and salty - biqueirao algarvian style, served with olive oil and garlic. A must try. It was a matchday, so we had to pass by somewhere to keep up with Benfica result. Not a better place than A Bola, eating fried cuttlefish, and drinking a cold beer. Then time for dessert. Petit Gateux with frozen yogurt and almonds. Only one disapoitment, Nuno wanted to try chicken livers, but the place was closed. Next year we won't miss it!

Rota do Petisco.

One of the most interesting ideas to know the cuisine of Algarve is happening till 12 of October in five towns in this region – Portimão, Silves, Alvor, Mexilhoeira Grande and Ferragudo. It's called “Rota do Petisco” and it consists of a tour by restaurants to try a “tapa” with a drink, for only 2,5 euros or 2 euros if it is a dessert.

“Rota do Petisco” is happening for the 4th time and since last year has us as big fans. In the first we tried fifteen places with fifteen different dishes and on the second edition only in one evening we already got six stamps in our passports that guide us through this gastronomic journey.

Last saturday we started in Ferragudo, one of the nicest fishermen towns in Algarve. In a place like this the food that comes from the sea has to be in the menu. We started our trip this year with a tasty fish soup in Sueste restaurant. A nice way to start the evening.

Looking at the suggestions of the passport, we decided to go to a place called Q Café, that we already knew from last year. This time the suggestion was a mini-liver francesinha, called Francesquinha. Martyna had a non-meat version with salmon and fresh cheese. At this point we were joined by Nuno's sister and brother-in-law, that were our journey partners for that evening.

We were in the mood to try new things and a shrimp burger in a place called Café Duplex seemed a good challenge. It was. Even though it was small, the shrimp burger, served with mini-toast and ruccula was really tasty and made us wonder why is that not more common to find in restaurants.

Then we decided to cross the river to go to Portimão to continue our “Rota”. We went to the “heart” of this event, in Portimão downtown, where the restaurants are really close to each other, so it's usual to see big groups walking around trying to get stamps to their passports.

We wanted to go back to one of our favourite places from last year, where we tried “bucha de bacalhau”, a kind of a cod sandwich with onion, but many other “roteiristas” had the same idea, so we would have to wait to get our stamp and our meal. And we admit – we were still hungry..

Thinking more with our bellies than with our brains we decided to go to a place that would fill up our stomach a bit more, so bean stew with conch – Feijoada de búzios – in Meco restaurant, seemed to be the best option. And it was, because it was tasty and we had a place to seat. Looking again to our guide/passport, we found another meal that we couldn't miss. Taberna Cool 33 had an octopus toast, that made us walk for 10 minutes to get there. It was worth it, and the place, that we knew from last year made it taste even better.

We couldn't finish the evening without a dessert, and we were decided to eat it, because it wasn't easy to find an available place. After two unsuccesful stops, we decided to check if one of the places where we ate a figg and almonds ice cream last year was in this year Rota. It was, and the ice cream with carob and figg was a great way to finish the night.

If you are near Algarve we recommend at least one evening spent on Rota do Petisco, because for sure we will come back before it ends again!