“ELLEN!” Hugo sounds like there really is something, “ELLEN! THERE’S A FIRE!” Ah! So I heard it right, there is something. Certainly something! Fire! What??! Where?! Why?? Within seconds, Hugo is at the end of the garden hose, trying to get as far as he can with a pretty wimpy trickle, and I’m running back […]
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Hip Hip Hooray! Long will I live! I’ve rarely celebrated my birthday – but now I’m turning 61 and I was born in ’61. Nice … For the occasion, I’m doing what you often see happening to people of a certain age: I’m going to ask for money for a good cause. I have chosen
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<< In barely a year, Portugal has more than quintupled its natural gas imports from Russia. Statistics from the Directorate General of Energy and Geology (DGEG) show that Russian gas only entered the package of gas purchases from abroad in November 2019.A still low value (2%) compared to imports from Nigeria, the US, Qatar, Algeria
I had just hung up the announcement, and was having lunch downstairs, when a van stopped, drove on … stopped … backwards … no, further … or just have a look … backwards … People had already spontaneously stopped by to ask if the caravan was for sale Then it just arrived. It was not
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It all went a little differently than planned. You think you’ve worked it all out so nicely, the airline throws a spanner in the works. Last minute message: “Hello dear customer, we are going a day earlier, or a few days later. You may choose.” Oh, well, thank you very much. And then the car
Car rental companies can be a P in the A Read More »
It’s a mild Portuguese winter; it has been raining for a week. You know it too well probably: gray skies, hanging low over the fields, and you can’t walk anywhere without your glasses turning into frosted glass. It reminds me of the first portuguese winter when we just moved It started beautifully in September. We
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You have to admit, it’s a nice number. I don’t know if I’m the only one who is (always) pleasantly surprised when I look at the clock and it’s 11:11, if the Bitcoin is at 9,999.99, or if I have to pay 33.33 in the supermarket? Surprised by numbers. I don’t think I’m the only
Expectations for 2020, with special offer Read More »
Traffic is traffic you’d say Yes, true, but it is just a little bit different everywhere. And because you (probably) don’t drive your own car, you naturally drive a little more carefully. Hopefully this helps to make you feel confident behind the wheel. Point One: the roads are not too good Certainly in the direction
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“Forensic” is a bit of a mysterious word for me. It is probably because it’s full of forensic teams as soon as a crime has to be solved … in the thrillers that I like to read from time to time. Forensic studies is a broad concept. Luckily. The mystery doesn’t reveal itself quickly. Why
Forensic students in the house! Read More »
The engineer beckons us to come in. That’s not too bad, it goes smoother than we thought. “We” in this case is my neighbour Josué and I. (Josué is not really my neighbour, but the farmer who works the adjacent fields. When they’re done working, they often stop by for a cold beer, because working
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