The petition was offered to the minister last Thursday. Let’s hope it has an effect, because the effort has been great. Three-hun-dred-fif-ty-ki-lo-me-ters of running. I’m very impressed. I’m already bent over panting, when I’ve to run three hundred and fifty meters. Olá, nurse Duarte Barbosa, your room is ready, just lie down! Have a drink? […]
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– They even wake up laughing, I think, as I sweep up the leaves of the nespereira, and I hear the laughter from behind the hotel rooms. How special is that! Yesterday afternoon Wil, the teacher of the painting course, came into the kitchen with: “Now we all get the giggles” – which I thought
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Yeah, well, I can’t help it that my voice sounds quite sarcastic … “Eh … don’t mention it, senhor!” He came driving up, and could turn right right before me. He doesn’t have to stop and I just have to refrain a bit. With a little attention, it all goes by itself. Officially I’m on
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Question of a child in 2054: “Mommy, what is this white stuff?” “That’s called paper. Don’t touch it! It’s very rare.” “Where does paper come from?” Portuguese paper. We have that here. Plenty. But then in a raw form Ever realized? All paper come from these beings. These beauties only supply fibers for paper. .
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Last week I wrote about my little tour to the supermarket, caused by my hunger for something special. It resulted in a delicious meal, which our guests also enjoyed very much. I had made a spinach quiche for the real vegetarians amongst them, and of course some side dishes. It was fine, really good, they
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985: The Portuguese start to get coffee from Ethiopia 986: The widow senhora Amorim da Silva sells her first cup in her coffee shop 1971: Gordon, Jerry and Zev start a coffee shop in Seattle 1985: Howard Schultz (CEO) travels to Italy and looks at the art of making coffee 1999: The heirs of the
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They walk a little behind me in the big room. Two friends during the holidays. Amazing how fast it goes with children. They see each other, like each other and, hello, friends for life. So easy to become friends during the holidays Now Melody is a very open girl. I noticed that during the mosaic
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A nice place to stay, some distraction, some sun, good food, a swimming pool is not so bad (for the children), nice company …. eh, maybe it’s a bit more than I thought. I’m a holiday specialist, but not an experience expert I rarely go on holiday myself. Sometimes a week on family visit in
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