Supermarket Surprise!

Yesterday I decided to stop by the supermarket for the first time and I learned that you can buy drinks and stuff for very cheap in Portugal!  We thought that the restaurant prices here were very reasonable with most pop/water being only 1 Euro,  lunch specials for 5 Euros, and dinner entrees for around 8 Euros, but after going to the supermarket here I’ve learned that the cost of food is generally quite low in Portugal. 

Today we went back to get more drinks and discovered you can buy a 5 litre jug of water for 0.39 Euro! Yesterday I was picking up smaller bottles of water for 0.30 Euro and thought that was a good deal, but for 9 cents more you can get 5 litres instead of 500 ml??? And it’s better for the environment since it doesn’t appear recycling is practiced here.

So far we’ve bought cans of pop for 0.49 Euro each, a pack of Salami for 1.99 Euros, and 3 bananas for 0.71 Euro.  We will continue to eat out as neither of us really enjoys cooking, but considering the value at the market, it’s no wonder so many people cook here at the hostel!  In Portugal you can really get by with about 20 Euro per person per day and eat OK!