It's interesting how much can change, or stay the same, over the span of twenty years. The last time I had been to Lisbon was nearly twenty years ago, when I studied abroad there. Back then, I was younger, not married, and had not a care in the world. I was immersed in my heritage, … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #5 (Portugal: Lisbon and Sintra)
Portuguese American
Iberian Adventures #4 (The Azores Islands: Terceira)
Hello! If you've been following my blog, thank you for returning. If you are just now discovering it, welcome. We're halfway through a series of posts showcasing a trip I took to Europe earlier this summer with my family. I apologize for the delay between each post; school has started back up again which means … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #4 (The Azores Islands: Terceira)
Iberian Adventures #3 (The Azores Islands: Pico)
Hello, readers! For today's blog post, which is part of a series, we'll be exploring the Azorean island of Pico. This is the "youngest" of the islands, having been created only about 300,000 years ago. As you (hopefully) read about last time, my family and I were on the small island of Faial. We had … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #3 (The Azores Islands: Pico)
Iberian Adventures #2 (The Azores Islands: Faial)
Hello and welcome back! We're continuing our short series on some recent travels my family and I took to the Azores islands and the Iberian Peninsula . The next Azores island we visited on our vacation last month was Faial. Compared to São Miguel (the island which I wrote about last time), the island of … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #2 (The Azores Islands: Faial)
Iberian Adventures #1 (The Azores Islands: São Miguel)
How is it that this place feels so familiar? That question was one of the first things that popped into my head when our plane landed on São Miguel, one of the nine islands of the Azores. I had never been to the Azores before, and so it was unexplainable how at-home I felt right … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #1 (The Azores Islands: São Miguel)
Saudade
“The Portuguese call it saudade: a longing for something so indefinite as to be indefinable. Love affairs, miseries of life, the way things were, people already dead, those who left and the ocean that tossed them on the shores of a different land — all things born of the soul that can only be felt.” … Continue reading Saudade
My Cultural Identity
Happy New Year! The year ahead always feels like it's filled with so much promise and mystery and adventure! Don't you agree? Well, January is already halfway over, and so it's time to get this new year of my blog (my 6th year of blogging!) started! In case you missed it in one of my … Continue reading My Cultural Identity
Moxie and Mishaps 