Acts of Kindness

One of the things that we've found here is how helpful and kind some of the Portugese are.

There was the checkout girl in the supermarket who took us across Coja on foot, to show us where to buy sim cards.

Then, when we were out geocaching at the prehistoric burial mound, a gentleman slewed to a halt in his car, and though he couldn't speak a word of English, and we didn't have a clue what he was trying to tell us at first, he persisted and wrote down three other places he thought we might enjoy visiting in the local area.

In Lidl in Tabua, we bought some supplies and at the checkout the girl tried to explain to us in Portugese and sign language something about the carrots we had bought. Eventually, we understood that she was saying that we should swap the bag of carrots we had for the ones that were on offer for a bigger bag, at the same price.

These are a few examples of the kindness that we have experienced and it would be far easier for these people just not to bother. It's not that these people are not busy, because the shops both had customers waiting, and they were completely chilled.

Don't you think it's a sad indictment that these acts of kindness stood out to us, as being unusual?

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