Praio de Alvor

On the Art of Debate and Compromise

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April 14th 2022
“Mama, can I have a salted cod fritter with oozy cheese for breakfast?” Instinctually I grimaced, with a reflexive, “no”. Then I remembered that while on vacation, one should be more lenient. And so 5 Euro later, Asha was munching her way through a crispy, very pungent pastel de bacalhau. She smiled. And so it begins… It has been over three years since our last inte ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more