I don't know if anyone else here is in the Seattle area, but I have been studying privately with a woman from mainland Portugal (Algarve) for the past six months. She's a good teacher, a very nice person, and her fee is quite reasonable. If anyone is interested, please write to me off list and I'll be happy to pass her contact info along.
I know it is very hard to find learning resources that are not geared towards Brazilian Portuguese. I did quite a search for a good dictionary and finally settled on the Collins concise, which is mostly Brazilian but does include alternate words for European Portuguese. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.

