All those who dislike cheese (think I’m in the tiniest minority) will be glad to hear that claiming to be lactose intolerant will save you from explaining why you dislike cheese, especially when in Brazil where everything pretty much comes with cheese :) Had a Beriuche (sandwich) at the weekend and naturally in Brazil it has cheese as the main element, and naturally I requested it without - very happy to have just steak and salad in my Beriuche. However, the re...

Went to the Portuguese Museum of Language yesterday, which was fascinating. The visual and auditory displays are very well designed that I didn’t need to fully understand the language in order to understand the language’s origins and the effects on the language. The museum really highlighted much of the culture, especially carnival and samba  I got a few photo’s which I’ve added to the Luz folder, but as the museum is very dark inside there isn’t mu...