A Caldeira in its Natural Environment
Join me on my 4 month journey in my ancestral homeland
The title of this final post detailing my experience in Portugal is fitting. Acabado means finished in Portuguese. But, am I finished with Portugal? Most definitely not. Although I cannot determine my own future, my goals for it have changed. I’d like to think that maybe the other proper term for this post should be começado,…
It is now less than 10 days until I set foot on American soil again. I have spent the last 98 days based in Portugal. It has been an eventful 98 days of adventure, of meeting new people, of trying new foods, of exploring new places. I wouldn’t give back a single moment of it.…
I cannot believe it! It has now been 7-and-a-half weeks since I made Lisbon my temporary home. Those weeks have been filled with too many new adventures to remember (see my upcoming blog post for a list of my favorites). Making the trek to an entirely different side of the world has been more than…
18 days ago I stepped off of my flight, ready to be overwhelmed. New people, new smells, new sounds, etc. Everything would be new. I got through customs, and stepped outside into my new life for the next 4 months. I had tunnel vision almost immediately. Hundreds of people waited around the exit, hoping to…
1 day. In 1 day a lot can happen. I hope nothing much happens in the next day, because that would just be a nuisance. My flight to Lisbon (via Dublin) leaves in 1 day. (FINALLY!) 18 hours. That’s how long I will be traveling before I get to Lisbon. 12 hours of flying. 6…