Olá all. Some people have expressed an interest in the music that is the backing track for my Colours in Portuguese video which I posted a while back. This is a little song that just popped into my mind as…
5th February – It’s Carnival Time
This Tuesday (5th February) as we Brits tuck into our pancakes, across the water Portugal will be celebrating the last day of Mardi Gras Carnival. In Britain we eat pancakes because shrove Tuesday marks the end of shrovetide and the…
Love in Lisbon
I just had to post a link to this wonderful picture I came across at Flickr last week. The sculpture is by Robert Indiana who is famous for creating pop art which often features short words or numbers. I hadn’t…
Lily Makes Portuguese Apple Tart
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to invite some friends over for dinner. I tend to find cooking for people quite stressful – not because I don’t like cooking but because I’m never quite sure if what I’m going…
The History of the Portuguese Language
There’s a excellent post over on World’s Observatory blog on the History of the Portuguese Language. It makes fascinating reading for those of us learning Portuguese. The History of the Portuguese Language
Portugal Invents Cork Stamp
I just found this fascinating little post about cork stamps. Portugal is well known for it’s mass cork production but cork trees are branching out (excuse the rather obvious pun!) into a whole new adventure. Cork Stamp Debuts in Portugal…