Things I’m Going to miss in Portugal

As my 3 month Odyssey in Portugal has come to a close, and I’m sitting in the airport with my flight delayed, I can’t help but to reflect on all of the things I’m going to miss about this wonderful place. The cried the entire way in the taxi from

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Feeling like a sardine in a can

Doing my laundry again, so I’m utilizing the time by posting another blog post. One of the touristy things people tell you to do is to take the 28 tram around Lisbon. I was in Lisbon a few months before I got around to it. Every local that I talked

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Learning a Language with Verbling

While I am on my Public Service Announcements kick in the blog and I’m sitting in the laudrymat in Lisbon waiting for my clothes, I might as well take advantage of this time. I’d like to give a shout out to a smartphone app and website known as Verbling. Suppose

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I learned I can tackle one of my biggest fears!

The Rato metro station near my Lisbon home has these crazy steep stairs with escalators on each side. One going up and one going down. There always seems to be at least 1 escalator that is out of order when I’m traveling on the metro. I always think man I

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LFTR – I learned I can tackle one of my biggest fears!

The Rato metro station near my Lisbon home has these crazy steep stairs with escalators on each side. One going up and one going down. There always seems to be at least 1 escalator that is out of order when I’m traveling on the metro. I always think man I

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Azores – I learned how to beat jet lag!

LFTR – Portugal – Terciera Island Azores When traveling across the pond (as travel snobs refer to the Atlantic Ocean) I always get terrible jet lag. Talking with people about jet lag is akin to home remedies for the hang over. My father swore that coming home and making fried

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Get Focused Episode 80

Episode 80: Meet Margaret Webster, author of “Lessons from the Road: USA”
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