Good evening! It is now Thursday, January 23. I have been searching for dry vermouth. Everywhere has the dark red bottle and the light green one. Some places even have orange vermouth, but not the dark green bottle of dry vermouth. This evening, after a trip to Spain, I went into Tavira in search of a liquor store. The places we had been looking were grocery stores, which all sell liquor.

I finally found a liquor store just across the Roman Bridge. It's called the Roman Bridge because it was built by the Romans. They had the red bottle, the light green one, and the orange vermouth, but no dry vermouth. I asked the man who appeared to be in charge, and he said they had a Portuguese dry vermouth suitable for Martinis.

I bought one thinking it would be less expensive because it was Portuguese. I was wrong. I can finally have a Martini, but the bottle cost 41.30 Euros. My Martinis now taste mostly like gin, but they are still Martinis. The moral of the story is if you are coming to Portugal and wish to have a Martini, bring your own vermouth.