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2017 Plans

2017 Plans

Happy New Year everybody! Hope you had a really fun New Year’s Eve and that the new year is starting off well 🙂 Feliz Ano Novo a todos! Espero que tenham passado bem o ano e que 2017 esteja a começar bem 🙂 Today I thought I’d share with you a bit of what I want to do in 2017. Not exactly resolutions because those I tend to do in September, still going by school years rather than actual calendar ones. But sort of a wish list for the year ahead. Hoje pensei partilhar convosco um bocadinho do que quero…

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Best of 2016

Best of 2016

Good morning guys and happy last day of 2016! Today I want to share with you the highlights of the year. Overall the year has been pretty rubbish, but I was lucky to have some very memorable moments and thought it would be a good idea to end the year on a grateful note. Bom dia a todos e bom último dia de 2016! Hoje quero partilhar convosco os melhores momentos do ano. No geral o ano foi uma porcaria, mas tive sorte de viver alguns momentos memoráveis e achei que seria boa ideia acabar o ano a relembrá-los com…

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Christmas wrapping

Christmas wrapping

Good morning guys, and Happy Christmas Eve!  Bom dia a todos e boa Véspera de Natal! I’ll be spending today shopping for food, enjoying the sunshine and seaside air, making all kinds of Christmas treats and enjoying Christmas Eve dinner, a highlight of the holidays in Portugal. Hoje vou passar o dia a comprar comida, a aproveitar o sol e o ar do mar, a fazer doces de Natal e a gozar o bacalhau da Véspera de Natal. Throughout this week, I spent some time decorating the house with my parents and wrapping presents for the whole family.  Ao longo…

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Something different

Something different

Today’s post is a little different. I’ve been struggling with how to approach the subject, and thinking if I should even do it. But it is Christmas, and taking a quote from Home Alone, this is “the season of perpetual hope”. O post de hoje é ligeiramente diferente do habitual. Tenho estado a pensar sobre como abordar o tema, e/ou se o devia abordar de todo. Mas é Natal e, usando uma frase do Sozinho em Casa, esta é “a época da esperança perpétua”. 2016 has been a crappy year. Very crappy. Like, when you thought it couldn’t get worse,…

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Bottomless brunching

Bottomless brunching

Last Saturday I headed to Forge & Co in Shoreditch (where I had my birthday dinner with my cousin M) for a Bottomless Brunch in celebration of my friend A’s birthday. No sábado passado fui ao restaurante Forge & Co em Shoreditch (onde tive o meu jantar de anos com a minha prima M) para um Bottomless Brunch a celebrar os anos da minha amiga A. If you’re new to the idea, a bottomless brunch includes brunch food and continued top ups of the chosen drink (in this case, Prosecco) during the time of your reservation (usually 2 hours, I…

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