Since I am not a sportinguista, I really don´t like to make this suggestion, but facts are facts, and maybe Portugal should always play in Alvalade stadium. I love and respect that Portugal will play everywhere, and of course the Luz is the bestest biggest stadium in the country (or elsewhere), but geesh Alvalade is the place Portugal drags its ( Read more... )

Just hoping to make somebody´s day a bit better, the cutest thing ever, see if you can resist smiling at that. Baby polar bear in Berlin, cuter than puppies ( hard to admit), cuter than pandas ( easily), cuter even than my particular weakness which is baby giraffes ( Read more... )

I just want to know one thing, why is it that when in european games, foreign teams with portuguese players came play against Benfica, why do their portuguese always have great games against Benfica?!?! why ? Pauleta is having a totally crappy season, but managed to give me a bad scare for one hour. ( and Cristiano Ronaldo is not forgotten either ( Read more... )

No news around here, except some ( possible) gloating about this winter thing starting to lose its grip. More daylight is very good indeed, though the idea of bikini shopping sometime in the future is scary - I am currently addicted to muffins, completely unrelated ( of course) . I need some extra energy there - btw I haven´t been reading anything ( Read more... )

Ok, since all discussion I have seen around for the last 30 minutes in the internet was just us Lisbon local and about the earthquake, one site is finally listing it ( as usual local geophysical sites go out-of-service with demand), and it was biggish ( Read more... )

I got to post about books, but typically me , I sort of forgot already what I was exactly reading last week or before. Somehow books are like food, I remember the most memorable, but I can´t keep staight what was my lunch every day of last week. ( which is why I put book lists on excel).

I just finished another Vivian Vande Velde book Heir ( Read more... )

oof, am back home, to the land of damp and slightly chilly houses and of happy sinus. Winter makes me go all dreamy about central heating and going around your own home without needing a sweater or a robe, except when I am actually in such a place and it seems like my breathing is not quite as satisfying as it should be. Barcelona was lovely if ( Read more... )

I am feeling like I am late with everything lately, including posting something here, but keeping track as well of friends´ LJs or blogs. These winter colds seem to always strike when the days are shorter, and then leave me with low energy and running late on everything. And in a couple cases, I need to get to it and catch up, while letting go of ( Read more... )

This global warming thing is getting ridiculous. 365 days or perhaps 364 days to the day after the first snow in Lisbon in 50+ years, it snows again in Lisbon. Reportedly, I was exploring a drafty freezing decaying huge glorious old ruin of a monument, but they showed footage so I believe it. In the XX century it snowed twice in Lisbon, can we ( Read more... )

Ah, new week, and it´s starting with self pity though I am having some tea (chocolate and rhubarb, I did not like it at first, but have a whole package and I am starting to appreciate it) and the very last piece of the fabulous yogurt cake I made on the weekend, so the world is looking a lot nicer.

On books read I finally finished The Magus a ( Read more... )