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My Christmas Munchies Wunschliste

The dark and damp days of November? I say: bring ’em on! – they make my Germanic heart beat faster with anticipation of Christmas market season. This year I will be back in the old country when the yuletide festivities begin, and my mouth is already watering as I dream of the lecker food and drink […]

Olhão’s Metaphysical Graffiti

The end of dictatorship in Portugal in the 1970s, and the ushering in of new found freedoms and economic opportunities, brought with it a sad legacy: a serious drug addiction problem that coincided with an emerging AIDS epidemic. The combination devastated families across Portugal’s social classes. The Algarve, synonymous today with Portugal’s prime beach destination, […]