Sometimes it takes a stranger or a neighbor to praise your country to
make you feel just a little bit proud of it. This is a video of a Spanish television hour-long overview of
Portugal. Some pretty stunning images.

Of course it could have been done by any Portuguese TV channel, but it
would have raised eyebrows in Portugal. We’re not usually known for
our “pride” or for showing off (except for football I guess). To my
Portuguese friends: Imagine this would have been made by TVI or SIC or
RTP, I can already imagine people calling it tasteless, nationalist,
criticizing it because it missed this or that region/city/area…
maybe I’m wrong, but that’s how I see things.

This is a very Portuguese “thing”… we like to criticize our country
to the point we’re sometimes unable to see all the good stuff in it. For my Estonian friends, imagine how it would be, to have YLE make an
hour long documentary about Estonia, where it’s not just about the
cheap alcohol…

To everyone else who hasn’t been to Portugal, has an hour to kill, and
understand Spanish, enjoy it!

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