Padrao dos Descobrimentos – View from the Top

Here’s a video I found on You Tube showing the view from the top of the Discoveries Monument.

NY Times Features Portuguese Director Pedro Costa

Whilst being slated at Cannes Film Festival last year, Costa’s film ‘Colossal Youth’ is gathering praise. An exploration of the man and his movies.

Read the full article – Source The New York Times 

The Discoveries Monument – Padrao dos Descobrimentos

The Discoveries Monument was built as a celebration of Portuguese sea-faring history. The names of great explorers still reverberate around Portugal and their courage to brave uncharted waters and sail to unknown destinations are an inspiration. It was these who took Portugal from being a small country to one that discovered and colonised many lands. [...]

A Little Change to the News

Just a quick post to let you know I have decided to change the weekly news roundup category to ‘Interesting Articles Found on the Web’. This is a more accurate representation of items I have found which I think you might be interested in and also gives me the freedom to cross categorise which I [...]

Portugal in the News – Week Ending 28th July ’07

Portugal to claim a place in the top five best educational systems in the EU

Read Full Article – Source Multilingual.com

A Babel for East Timor as language shifts to Portuguese Read Full Article – Source International Herald Tribune