The Meddest?

[askra]

Nope.

Sardinia is probabili the ''most med region'' in Europe.

In Sardinia there is a famous adage which says "the Mediterranean is the place from where all misfortunes and the robbers come", after all we are the population in the mediterranean sea, together to the Corsicans (the real Corsicans), that have had the least relations with the sea, having lived far from the coasts for thousands years.

[dralos]

albania is very med especially in south much more than northitaly,croatia,bosnia and montenegro

[Leon_C]

U med bro?

[dralos]

U med bro?

who me?

[Leon_C]

This is medness!

This is spartaaa!

[Ouistreham]

Portugal is far away from the Mediterranean Sea, its coast is fully Atlantic and most Portuguese people haven't ever seen or bathed in such sea and some regions of countries with coastal areas bathed by the Mediterranean are promoted here by travel agencies as exotic places, like the Caribbean of Europe, due to its turquoise waters and considerable higher water temperatures (while in most Portuguese beaches - except in the Algarve - we get 17ºC/18ºC at best in the summer season, in the Mediterranean they are usually over 22ºC).

That makes a tremendous difference.

"L'Enfer, c'est les autres"
(JP Sartre)
La Méditerranée aussi.

[Toretto]

All Country on the mediterranean sea.

especially South Italy

[Rouxinol]

That makes a tremendous difference.

"L'Enfer, c'est les autres"
(JP Sartre)
La Méditerranée aussi.

Non, non, ce n'est pas vrai mon cher. It makes a tremendous difference indeed. The only regions of Portugal that are Mediterranean-like (despite not having any Mediterranean sea around) are the Algarve (above all) and, by extension, the Alentejo. The bulk of the country, center and north, are anything but Mediterranean. There are differences in social behavior, in cuisine (more hearty as more north one goes), in architecture. In terms of phenotypical distribution/scope it is basically the same country-wise, but that's not what this thread is all about.

As a matter of fact, a typical village from the Algarve is closer to Marseille (France) in appearance and mindset than to a northern Portuguese village, even though geographically southwards. Examples:

Typical central/northern Portuguese villages:

Ponte de Lima


Vila do Conde


Guimarães


Typical southern Portuguese villages:

Albufeira


Vilamoura


Mediterranean France cities:

Nice


Marseille

[Catrau]

That makes a tremendous difference.

"L'Enfer, c'est les autres"
(JP Sartre)
La Méditerranée aussi.

Now I'm pretty sure you're a Troll, the first frenchie troll I've seen around. Do you want a medal? It will be a cork one.


Take a map and look at it. If Portugal is hardcore med so the whole of France is.
We do have cultural influences from the roman occupation but we are a people of the Atlantic facade. Since ever and ever.

There is nothing wrong about being med, a culture that I admire and have dominated the world for millennia and also where lies some of the most important features of the modern world organization.

Open you eyes, this where the deepest Portuguese roots lie.

















Do you understand what I mean? Or do you want me to explain you slowly?

Are you going to discuss this time or just fart and run away to not smell your own "gas"?
Also, for the record, your passages in the forum can give to the more distracted the feeling that you are an educated person and that your scribbles have ground, this time across a quote from Sartre about the Med. Well, I've read a few textes Sartre too (don't like it), if he meant something with that phase, I have no idea. What I know is that he was a big fan of Saint Tropez.... maybe with that phrase he was referring to the french colony of Algeria.

[Ouistreham]

The only regions of Portugal that are Mediterranean-like (despite not having any Mediterranean sea around) are the Algarve (above all) and, by extension, the Alentejo. The bulk of the country, center and north, are anything but Mediterranean.

Don't be absurd. Southern France is predominantly under all sorts of Mediterranean influences, including Atlantic areas like Gascony or the Basque country (and I like it that way), but not Portugal? By some incredible luck you've been spared? left untouched by this disgrace?

Last time I checked Portugal is the only European country being entirely included in the Mediterranean Csa and Csb climate zones (other than Malta, San Marino, Monaco and other superpowers).