Hello from Portugal

[Belkis]

Just a quick introduction. I am 57 and since 7 years I live in Portugal. I am retired, but I still work on my small olive farm that includes also a vineyard. I haven't sailed since almost 30 years, because my wife already got seasick by watching a boat. I am single again and plan to start sailing again in a couple of years.

My mother tongue is West Flemish, a regional dialect of the Dutch language group, spoken by around one million people in the west of Belgium. Of course I speak Dutch too, and French, the language spoken in the south of Belgium. I also speak some German, Portuguese and Spanish, but not fluent. During my student years I learnt other languages, but I forgot almost everything about these (Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Russian, Hindi, Swahili and bahasa Indonesia)

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Belkis.

[boatman61]

Hi Belkis.. Welcome to CF..

[Steadman Uhlich]

Howdy and Welcome Aboard CF BELKIS!

While our native languages may differ, we all share a love sailing.

It sounds like you have a dream, and one many of us share. Learning from what you can read on this forum can help that dream become a reality.

Bon Voyage on the Forum and on the water too.