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In Portugal, there are lots of quaint towns where family traditions remain strong.

Bread has been made the same way in this Portuguese family bakery for centuries.

I'm in the middle of baking bread with Donya Manuela.

Wait until you meet her.

Come on in.

Donya Manuela really lives to bake.

Her spirit is truly infectious and I soon couldn't help but join in.

I love the smell of yeast.

The combination of ingredients and dedication has made her a local legend.

The ingredients of this very special loaf of bread are very simple.

It's water, flour, salt and yeast.

But the secret is the water from the local mountains.

The water is filtered by the stone and helps my bread taste to like no one else's.

I could have worked for a large bakery, but I love it here because every loaf can be baked just right.

This old fashioned way of baking bread is very manual, quite organic, and also very sustainable.

Donya Manuela's husband goes out into the forest, clears it of much of the brush, and all of this gets used in the bread oven.

So this is what fuels the bread baking.

And the government is very supportive of this because brush clearing helps prevent forest fires.

This is the real Portugal where you can still find great joy in the simple act of sharing.

My record.

Now you can bake with Donya Manuela too, as part of a Viking World experience.

I'll bring out the others.

I hope that all the guests of Viking, will visit to my bakery, and I very much look forward to seeing you soon.