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Sure, everyone says Portugal is absolutely sublime...
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And you hear that the Portuguese people have a lot of pride in their country.
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But in reality, Portugal has absolutely no charm.
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Who would want to relax on such polluted beaches?
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Hmm... the color of that water is awfully suspicious.
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Take the city of Porto, for example...
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Like, what's this big ugly thing running right through the middle of it?
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...with absolutely nothing to look at.
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The capital, Lisbon, is just as bad.
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Lisbon is a city stuck in the past.
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Even the public transportation is antiquated!
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Oh, OK, cool, Lisbon. So you think you're San Francisco now?
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Let's not even get started on the countryside. There's absolutely nothing poetic about the Portuguese countryside.
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And Portugal has no history, everybody knows that.
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So the monuments are particularly unattractive.
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And it's not like there are any famous landmarks to visit.
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...no interesting architecture...
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...and there's no history.
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Spain is just a boring old pile of rocks.
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And the quality of the food isn't much better.
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Who even drinks port these days? That's an old person drink.
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Nobody remarkable ever came from Portugal.
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Like, who's ever heard of Luís Figo?
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That's because the Portuguese are very strict people. Very serious.
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Nope. No matter how you look at it, Portugal's just not a very beautiful country.
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Absolutely no reason to go there.
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