Depends on what you like to do. Sao Miguel and Faial are more city like - at least Ponta Del Gada (SM) and Horta (F) have that feel. I really liked Horta/Faial for the relaxed atmosphere (both my wife’s and my grandparents were from Faial) … there’s a lot to do on Sao Miguel - surfing, canyoneering, whale watching, paddle boarding around Sete Cidades, some pretty decent hiking.
We also went to Pico which is a bit more rustic … wine is fantastic on Pico … all locally grown (their vineyards are a Unesco world heritage site), then you have Mt Pico to hike (volcano) which sucks ass (loose gravel).
Coincidentally, we’re talking about going to the Algarve in the near future (within the next 5 years) - and possibly swinging through southern Spain (been to Madrid and Barcelona).
It is not as hard as people make it out to be, but how many people actually eat healthy? The majority of people eat low quality foods because its easier to find and store. I’ve traveled to Europe and Asian and the food there is so much better than here. And I’ve never heard anyone actually compliment American food while abroad.
I order my meats online from farmers, it taste great! But no tourist is doing that. When I walk through Manhattan on the way to my favorite places to eat, I see all the tourist going to the major chain restaurants. They definitely don’t have the best tasting or quality foods. I think its mostly the locals who really ever get to eat from the best places.
Not many, but given the EU also has crazy obesity problems, neither do they.
What is American food? If you mean McDonald’s and Chipotle, I agree. If you mean barbeque (of which the rest of the world is a laughable joke), you’d be dead wrong.
I work for a global company and our president is a French national. She’s made a number of jokes about how she wishes Europe took barbequing seriously.
I would agree. I explicitly said this above as well.
If foreigners did basic research when visiting America they wouldn’t struggle to beat McDonald’s. They clearly don’t.
Also, not saying EU food isn’t better on the whole. I just refute the concept that America doesn’t have good food. Reality begs to differ
You walk into the grocery store you see something that says “organic healthy” bleh bleh title, you buy it. You look at the back, you look at the contents, and it’s terribly bad for you.
This is my point. The American food industry does what it can to fuck you.
I’ve walked into groceries stores in Europe/South America and they didn’t have a chip isle, or a soda isle, or even a bread isle (most breads were fresh baked).
You can get on your high horse and say “well you people are stupid you should look at what you’re buying” and of course you’ll try in lump me in there. But most people don’t have fucking time, you obviously do, and care about stuff like diet and working out, as I do, but still… point is, it’s a fucked up system and a lot of people fall into the trap.
We’ll of course get some spiel about capitalism and this and that but healthcare, the health of a population should not be involved in the capitalist system. That’s my opinion.
Going in to buy a protein spread… 12 dollars??? Why? well, because it’s yet again another market. Anything healthy is what? 5x more expensive than shit food? WHY must that be this way?
Are you implying it takes longer to enter the grocery store to purchase lets say, some rice, potatoes, meats, eggs, and veggies than to enter the grocery store and purchase the more unhealthy options?
I started responding to all the retarded shit he posted in that thread, then thought better of it. I’m using that extra time to look at what I’m buying…
I do this exercise quite frequently. My lunches tend to cost no more than $1.50 - and that’s when I splurge and use A1 sauce.
My point was that it’s not that hard to see past and work around it. Stupid people just do stupid things.
Why would I lump in a guy who says he understand bad food is pushed? Do you both know it’s bad AND fall for it? That’d be something.
Of course they have the time. That’s just silly. How much time do you really think it takes to grocery shop for non obesity vs buying whatever you want? I don’t spend 3 hours looking at labels in Costco.
They don’t have the motivation.
Agreed. But that’s the joys of capitalism and consumerism. Stupid people pay a stupid tax.
Do you know how protein powder is made? And why the industry is FILLED with shitty products that the consumer can’t tell apart from?
Yes, I can see why you’d wonder at my intelligence. You write so clearly! I must have had some sort of seizure while reading, it couldn’t have been you, that’s for sure!
Yeah, it’s pretty complicated and I consider myself quite an outlier for being able to toss a little bit of olive oil and salt on some asparagus while my man trots out to the grill with the steaks, which sit on the rack first on one side, then on the other. We’re godlike!
See this is where that dual income thing we’ve all been raving about comes into play. I eat whatever I want because I’m part of a two-earner family.
Some places are cheaper in general, e.g. much of Latin America, where it seems your heart is. I also wonder why you stay in the States when you like so little about it.
It’s a GRILL and one flip. Who cooks steak inside unless there’s a blizzard and it’s the only thing you can drum up?
We toy with the idea of raising our own, but haven’t had the energy to actually figure it out and pull the trigger.
I’d consider it if I had the land. I might do chickens, eventually. My mom has like 15ish hens and 2 roosters. The eggs are also much better than store bought.
I’d rather get into hunting before raising a cow, though.
I’ve noticed something similar in the gym, and I told my wife about it. I’ve been to my gym after work, in the evening, and very early in the morning, before work. I estimate that most of the attending members are in the late 20s or younger or 50-something and older. I am turning 40 next month. I don’t see many in their 30s and 40s, and I go to an awesome gym! I suspect it’s from being too busy. I myself have been consistent as of late, but prior to this season, I admit my training was lame and scattered for about a year and a half, mostly because I had a baby and looked at 75 homes before buying one!
