WRITTEN ON Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, politics, portugal
When I turned 18, my country gave me the right to do a bunch of stuff, including drinking, driving, travelling without needing my parents authorisation, etc. Oh, that’s right, and voting. They basically assumed that, from that day on, I was mature enough to help decide what was best for the country. For years (I [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, May 4th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, portugal
the 25th of april is not just any date. for me, and for all portuguese people, it has never been. it is, perhaps, the most important day in the year for us, a day to celebrate freedom and democracy and celebrate the carnation revolution that set the country free from (too) many years of dictatorship.
the [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, March 5th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN bucklame, kiwiland, life, portugal
is the title of a book by the great bill bryson. but that’s not what this post is about. and now that we’ve established what this post is not about, lets talk about what it is about. as usual, me.
i really can’t complain about my adaptation to kiwiland. as tough as it might have been [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, January 29th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, portugal
sometimes, it takes leaving your country so that you can truly appreciate its value. in my case, i had to leave lisbon to realise how madly in love i am with that city (well, with portugal in general). i really can’t stand people that say stuff like “only in portugal…” (or “only in new zealand…” [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, January 12th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN food, portugal
over two weeks in portugal and the balance of pastéis de belém eaten was around about… zero. i know, i’m so lame!
on the other hand, i did it heaps of mum’s pataniscas!
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, January 8th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, life, portugal, travelling
you know you really enjoy being somewhere when you leave and still feel like you had the most amazing time ever despite the fact that it was cold as hell (what a stoopid expression “cold as hell”, but anyway…), you get the flu, it rains pretty much all the time, you spend most of the [...]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, January 2nd, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN life, portugal
cascais, 2008.
lets capture miliseconds and pretend they last for centuries?
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, December 25th, 2008 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN life, portugal
being home is awesome. even if home is on the other side of the world, two days (and lots of adventures away), having your family around you is the best feeling one can ever experience. and oh boy, you can say whatever you want but nothing beats the xmas treats in portugal!
merry xmas ya all!
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN portugal
a man that i had to interview today had just come back from a holiday in portugal. unlike 99.9% of all english people i know that have been to portugal on holidays, this man didn’t choose the algarve - he went on a road trip from porto to lisbon, stopping in a load of places [...]
