Survival Guide SC09_v.1.0.1

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Summer Course

Almada 2009

SURVIVAL GUIDEV1.0.1.


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Portuguese Republic

Flag Coat of arms

Anthem: A Portuguesa

CapitalLisbon (Lisboa)

3842N 911

W

Largest city Lisbon

Official language(s) Portuguese1

GovernmentParliamentarydemocracy

FormationIndependenceRecognized

868June 24, 1128October 5, 1143

Area Total

Water (%)

92,391 km

0.5%

Population 2005 est. Density

10,566,212114/km

GDP (PPP) Total Per capita

2004$194,439,000,000$18,503

HDI (2003) 0.904 high

Currency Euro () (EUR)

Time zone Summer (DST)

WET3

(UTC)EST (UTC+1)

Internet TLD .pt

Calling code +351

1Mirandese Language is officially recognised,although it does not have an official languagestatus nor co-official3Azores: UTC-1; UTC in summer

Portugal, officially the PortugueseRepublic (in Portuguese, Repblica

Portuguesa; pron. IPA ['publik

putu'gez]), is located in the west andsouthwest parts of the Iberian

Peninsula in southwestern Europe, andis the westernmost country incontinental Europe. Portugal isbordered by Spain to the north andeast and by the Atlantic Ocean to thewest and south. In addition, Portugalincludes two archipelagos in theAtlantic, Azores (Aores) and MadeiraIslands.

Portugal has witnessed a constantflow of different civilizations during the

past 3100 years. Iberian, Tartessian,Celtic, Phoenician and Carthaginian,Greek, Roman, Germanic (Suevi andVisigoth) and Moorish cultures have allmade an imprint on the country. Thenaming of Portugal itself reveals mostof the country's early history,stemming from the Roman namePortus Cale, a possibly mixed Greekand Latin name meaning "BeautifulPort", or even mixed Celtic and Latin ormixed Phoenician and Latin. During the

15th and 16th centuries, Portugal wasa major economic, political, andcultural power, its empire stretchingfrom Brazil to the Indies.

Monument to the Discoveries Age andPortuguese Navigators in Lisbon,

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CuisinePortuguese cuisine is particularly

diverse; various recipes of rice,potatoes, bread, meat, sea-food,and fish are the staple foods in thecountry. The Portuguese have a

reputation for loving cod dishes(bacalhau in Portuguese), for whichit is said that there are 365 ways ofcooking it: Pastis de Bacalhau,Bacalhau Brs and Bacalhau

Gomes de S are some of the most popular ones. The art of pastry, havingits origins in old and rich conventual pastry recipes, is very popular acrossthe entire country. Desserts and cakes, such as Lisbon's Pastis de Nata(best eaten with a strong coffee), Aveiro's Ovos-Moles, and many other, arevery appreciated. Portugal has its own adaptation of fast-food; one of themost popular is Porto's Francesinha. Other recipes include the Feijoada,made with pieces of meat, sausages and beans served with white and dryrice and the Cozido Portuguesa, made with various kinds of meat, rice,potatoes and other vegetables, all boiled.

Portuguese wines have been exported since Roman times. The Romansassociated Portugal with Bacchus, their god of Winery and Feast. Today thecountry is known by wine lovers, and its wines had won severalinternational prizes. Many famous Portuguese wines are known as some ofthe world's best: Vinho Verde, Vinho Alvarinho, Vinho do Douro, Vinho doAlentejo, Vinho do Do, Vinho da Bairrada and the sweet: Port Wine,Madeira wine and the Moscatels of Setbal and Favaios (Douro). Porto Wineis widely exported, followed by Vinho Verde. Exports of Vinho Verde areincreasing rapidly, in response to the growing international demand.

ClimatePortugal is one of the warmest European

countries. In mainland Portugal, yearlytemperature averages are about 15C (55F) inthe north and 18C (64F) in the south. Springand summer months are usually sunny and thetemperature is very high during July and August,rounding between 35C and 40C (86F - 95F)in the interior of the country, 30C and 35C inthe north, and occasionally reaching 45C(113F) in the south. Autumn and Winter aretypically rainy and windy, yet sunny days are not

rare either. Temperatures rarely fall below 5C(41F) nearer to the sea, averaging 10C (50F),but can reach several degrees below 0C (32F)further inland. Snow is common in the

mountainous areas of the north, especially in Serra da Estrela. Portugal'sclimate can be classified as Mediterranean (particularly the Algarve andAlentejo, though technically on Atlantic shore).


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Almada

Almada is located on the south bank of the Tejo river right across thecapital city of Lisbon. Almadas populationis up to 160 000 inhabitants, with a bigpercentage of young population. The labour

sector is distributed between industries,services and small and mediumenterprises. The city is known by itsdifferent cultures living all together. Fromthis fusion, a form of urban culture wasborn.

The first known human presence in thearea remounts to the Neolithic period. Itsprivileged location, near the river and sea,brought different cultures in quest of tradecommerce, among them, the Phoenicians,

Greeks, Romans and Arabs, this mixture ofcultures influenced the whole region. Thesettlement enlargement came on the time ofthe Arabic conquer of the Iberian Peninsula, has a defence point to the riverentrance and also to the Lisbon settlement. At this time the city got theArabic nameAl-Madan which means the mine due to proximity of a goldriver mine that existed there back in those days.

One of Almadas ex-libris is the Cristo-Rei monument, with 109 metrestall is located in the Tejo riverbank facing the city of Lisbon quite near the

25th of April Bridge. It wasbuilt has a pay to a promise

made by the PortugueseCatholic Church in 1940, thatbegged God to keep Portugalout of the second world war. Itwas inaugurated on the 17thMay of 1956.

Hungry?The close location to the ocean provides the restaurants with fresh fish

and seafood making these their specialities, but you can also findrestaurants with other variety of menus. In Cacilhas and Costa da Caparicayou can find some of the best ones with good food and cheap prices.

CultureThere are several cinemas, theatres and

music halls to support cultural events like theInternational Theatre Festival, the InternationalTunas Festival or the Almada Fashion Week. InJuly you can attend the city patron festivitiesand experience typical food, drink and music.


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Costa da Caparica and beachesCosta da Caparica is west of Almada and is delimited by the Tejo River

and the Atlantic Ocean. In the 60s, this was a quiet fishing village,nowadays it grew due to the proximity of the capital and became a summertourist destination.

It integrates the Arriba Fssil ProtectedLandscape, a fauna and flora natural parkwith 25km of clear sandy beaches. Here youcan practice some beach sports like beachvolleyball and football. The ocean and theclose river estuary provide good qualityconditions for some water sports like surf,kitesurf and windsurf. If you want to trysome of them, there are surf schools where you can attend day classes.

Getting to FCT-UNL our Faculty

There are several ways of getting here. Please let us know when and howyou will be arriving so well be able to pick you up. Anyway below youll findhow to get to our Faculty, just in case


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Are you flying here? (Lisbon Airport)

You will probably fly your way to Portugal, so after arriving at LisbonAirport, youll need to get yourself across the river to the south side whereour faculty is. You can do this by two different ways, the wet way, or thedry way. In both cases go outside the Airport and look for the Carris busterminal and take one that goes to Cais do Sodr, they are:

- n 91 Shuttle Bus (direction Cais do Sodr)- n 44 (direction Cais do Sodr)- n 45 (direction Cais do Sodr)- the bus ticket is 1,30, you can buy it from the driver.

The wet way this means youll cross the river by boat, go toCais do Sodr and take a boat to Cacilhas:

Cais do Sodr (Map 1) is a station in Lisbon that combines severaltransport depots like Bus, Train, Metro and Boat Ferries.

Once you are at Cais do Sodr, look for the Transtejo boats terminaland take one boat that goes to Cacilhas.- the boat ticket is 0,75, you can buy it at the machines.

Once you are at Cacilhas (Map 2), youll need to look for the TST busterminal and take one of the following:

- n 124 (direction Costa da Caparica)- n 126 (direction Marisol)- n 127 (direction Fonte da Telha)- the bus ticket is 1,80, you can buy it from the driver.- ask the bus driver or someone, to tell you when to get out at the

university.

The dry way this means youll cross the river by train, go toEntrecampos and take a train to the south bank:

Coming on the bus from the Airport, get out at Entrecampos stop.

Once you are at Entrecampos train station, youll need to look forthe Fertagus train that goes direction Setbal or Coina (usually line n4).After you cross the river, get out on the first station, Pragal.

- the train fare is 1,65, you can buy it at the machines..Once you are at Pragal, look for the Metro (MTS) and take it direction

Universidade.- the metro fare is 0,85.

Are you coming by train? (Lisbon Train station Santa Apolnia)

The long-distance trains stop at Santa Apolnia Train Station. Fromhere youll need to get yourself across the river to the south side.

- look for theMetro and take it direction Baixa-Chiado.


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- once you get to Baixa-Chiado, switch to the green line and headtowards Cais do Sodr, follow the directions above for the wet way.- the Metro fare is 0,65 (you only need one ticket to take all the lines).

Are you coming by bus? (Lisbon Bus station Oriente)

The long-distance buses stop at Oriente (Map 3), this is a big station

that combines several transport depots like Bus, Train and Metro. Now youllneed to get yourself across the river to the south side.

- go to the Metro and take it direction Alameda.- once you get to Alamedayou have to switch to the green line, nowfor the wet way head towards Cais do Sodr, from there follow thedirections above; if you want to go the dry way go to Campo Grande(direction Telheiras), once you get there, switch to the yellow line andgo to Entrecampos (direction Rato), from there follow the directionsabove.- the Metro fare is 0,65 (you only need one ticket to take all the lines).

Are you coming by bus? (Lisbon Bus station Sete Rios)

The long-distance buses usually arrive (or at least stop) at the OrienteBus Station. If you can get out here, just look on the way described rightabove.

Some buses only stop in Sete Rios (Map 4) bus station. If you get outhere, go to the train station and look for the Fertagus train that goesdirection Setbal or Coina (usually line n4). Now follow the rest of thedry way to our Faculty.

Are you driving here?

If you come from the North, go to Lisbon and follow the signs thatindicate Almada or Eixo N-S. Cross the river by the bridge 25 de Abril andthen exit where the signs says Costa da Caparica.

Then go straight ahead until you see signs saying Universidade takethat exit and you will reach a roundabout. You just made it to the FCT orUniversidade (by IC20).

If you are coming from the South, take the A2, and exit after the mall(Almada Forum) at the exit that says Costa da Caparica (entering IC20).Then exit where it says Universidade.

The best way not to get lost is to use http://www.viamichelin.com/

Here are the transport companies weblinks:

Carris - http://www.carris.pt/Transtejo - http://www.transtejo.pt/Lisbon Metro - http://www.metrolisboa.pt/Fertagus - http://www.fertagus.pt/Metro Transportes Sul http://www.mts.pt/TST - http://www.tsuldotejo.pt/


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Here are some images that might help you:

Map 1 Cais do Sodr

Map 2 Cacilhas


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Map 3 Oriente

Map 4 - Sete Rios


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Map 4 - Diagram of the Lisbon Subway (Metropolitan)

Accommodation and Food

The participants will be staying in the students dorm near the University(and about 10 minutes by bus from the beach ). There will be a strollingweekend, for which a sleeping is necessary.

Breakfast will be served by the organizers at the University, lunch anddinner will either be at the Universitys canteen or prepared by us. We willhave the lectures at the university.


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Getting around in our Faculty Campus

Main Gate


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What to bring with you

-Passport (ID card is enough if you're EU citizen)

-International Student Identity Card (if you have one)

-Pocket money (euros), besides any money card

-Towel, toothbrush and condoms

-Medical and/or travel insurance

-Bathing suit, beach towel, hat and sun lotion (hey, we're near the beach...)

-Any kind of instrument that you can play and carry

-Traditional music from your country

-Drinks and traditional recipes from your country for the International Party

-Comfortable clothes and shoes

-Sleeping Bag

-This Survival Guide-And most of all, lots of BEST Spirit!!!

Money

GeneralMoney, Money, Money, must be funny, in the rich mens uhm ups,

sorry, I see youre still there

The official currency in Portugal is the Euro (). In any bank, major railstations, airports and in currency exchange stores you can exchange yourmoney for Euros.

In many places you can use your credit card, American Express, Visa,Diners Club and Eurocard/MasterCar. With Maestro, EC, Cirrus, Eufiserv,Banco, Visa Electron (and many others) you can withdraw cash from theATMs (there are really a lot here, so dont worry). Postal cheques/giropayment cards can be cashed at post offices. Cash is always OK of course.

Banks and exchange offices are open from 9:00 until 15:00. Shops openat 9h and close at around 19h. On weekends the banks are closed but theshops usually open Saturday morning.

Pubs usually are open until 2h (some of them until 4h). Clubs and discos

are open until 5h or even until 14h.

Tips are included in prices of taxis, restaurants and hotels. All theseproducts and services include VAT of 21%.


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A few prices in Portugal

Water ( 0.5 litter ) 0,75Beer 1 -1,5 in bars

0,40 - 0,80 in markets

Wine ( a bottle ) 4 16 in marketsMcDonalds BigMac Menu 4,90Bus Ticket 1Postcard 0,50 1Coca-Cola ( a can ) 1 in markets

1,50 in coffeesLunch at university for students 2Meal in a Restaurant 5 10Sandwich 1,5T-Shirt 5 15A coffee with milk 0,5 in the university

1,5 on a normal coffee place

A coffee (espresso) 0,40 - 1,5Newspapers 0,60 - 2Cigarettes ( smoking kills ) 4 5Chocolate ( a bar ) 0,75 23 Condoms 2

A few vocabulary tips

1. Your minimal dictionary

Hello

Good Morning

Good Evening

Good Night

Good Bye

How are you?

My name is

Thank you

Yes / No / Perhaps

Sorry

Ol / Oi

Bom dia

Boa noite

Dorme bem

Adeus

Como estas? / Tudo bem?

Chamo-me

Obrigado

Sim / No / Talvez

Desculpa / Lamento


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Please

What's the time?

I don't speak Portuguese

Street

Avenue

I don't understand

Where is / are....

Where's the toilet?

Cheers

Train / Bus / Taxi

Por favor / Se faz favor

Que horas so?

No falo Portugus

Rua

Avenida

No entendo / No percebo

Onde ? / Onde fica?

Onde a Casa de Banho?

Bota abaixo

Comboio / Autocarro / Txi

How much is it?

What time is it?

What is this?

Bank

Wine / Beer / Water

Coffee / Milk /Tea

Sugar / Salt / Pepper

May I have the bill, please?

A beer please.

If you can drink Aguardente deMedronho, you can drinkanything!

Quanto ?

Que horas so?

O que ?

Banco

Vinho / Cerveja / gua

Caf / Leite / Ch

Aucar / Sal / Pimenta

A conta se faz favor.

Uma cerveja se faz favor.

Se tu consegues beberaguardente de medronho,consegues beber qualquercoisa.


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Numbers

1 Um 20 Vinte 11 Onze2 Dois 30 Trinta 35 Trinta e Cinco3 Tres 40 Quarenta 78 Setenta e Oito4 Quatro 50 Cinquenta 246 Duzentos e Quarenta e Seis

5 Cinco 60 Sessenta 5984 Cinco Mil Novecentos eOitenta e Quatro

6 Seis 70 Setenta 256389Duzentos e Cinquenta e Seis

Mil Trezentos e Oitenta eNove

7 Sete 80 Oitenta 1000000 Um Milho8 Oito 90 Noventa 20000000 Vinte Milhes9 Nove 100 Cem 10^9 Um Bilio10 Dez 1000 Mil 10^12 Um Trilio

Your Advanced Dictionary

I like you

I love you

Kiss

Lips

You have so beautiful eyes

Youre handsome

Youre beautiful

Do you want to dance with me?

I can give you a lift if you want

Do you like me?

I know what you want!

Kiss me

Im a strawberry, eat me!

May I show you my butterflycollection?

I want to make love with you

Gosto de ti

Amo-te

Beijo

Lbios

Tens uns olhos to lindos

s um borracho (if hes a boy)

s linda / lindo (if hes a boy)

Queres danar?

Queres boleia?

Gostas de mim?

O que tu queres sei eu pah!

Beija-me

Sou um morango, come-me!

Posso-te mostrar a minhacoleco de borboletas?

Quero fazer amor contigo


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Contacts

In case you have any more questions concerning the event, you can alwayscontact us:

Main organizer:

Cristina Gaspar +351 96 324 79 79 [email protected]

BEST Almada +351 21 294 78 01 [email protected]

Faculdade de Cincias e TecnologiaUniversidade Nova de LisboaMonte da Caparica 2829-516 Caparica Portugal

http://best.fct.unl.pt/en/bsc09/

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