8:00pm- The woman with the fur coat is also harbouring a cold (surmised based on her constant throat clearing, not the fact that she’s wearing a fur coat), and chatting incessantly in Portugese to someone on the phone, which she…
Amarante: A Sleepy Portugese Village with a Love of Noise
After the unexpectedly boisterous streets of Lisbon during Ramadan, I was looking forward to a couple of quiet nights in Amarante, a “sleepy village” according to Lonely Planet, about an hour east of Porto. It’s also known as the village…
Biennial Besties
First off, a grammar lesson. Bi-annual, like semi-annual, means twice a year. Biennial means every two years. Don’t worry, I had to look it up. With that in mind, here we go. I first met Mahssa at a Couchsurfing meeting…