Guide to the sights related to Vasco da Gama, Prince Henry the Navigator, Columbus, Magellan and other explorers of the Age of Discovery in Lisbon, Portugal… Read More
The Lisbon of the Age of Discovery – 20 Attractions from the Time of the Explorers – Read More »
Each jar and packet in the kitchen is part of a wider story, involving geography, culture and politics. Read More
The politics of the spice rack: cayenne pepper – Read More »
Last month marked 93 years since Pan American World Airways was first founded.The airline would go on…… Read More
The Rise & Fall Of Pan Am and the First Portuguese Route – Read More »
For skeptics, no amount of crab legs and speared shark are enough to upend the caveman stereotype. Read More
Holed Up in a Portuguese Cave, Neanderthals Supped on Seafood – Gastro Obscura – Read More »
During this extremely rare epoch of non-travel, it’s worth looking back at Magellan and the Age of Discovery. Exploration and freedom of movement have always come with a price…. Read
Barbadian rum’s origins lie not with the English colonists who claimed the island under their crown, but instead with a mass migration of Jewish refugees. Read More
How Jewish Immigrants Spurred the Barbadian Rum Trade – Read More »
Machado de Assis Real, developed by a Brazilian university and an ad agency, shows the 19th-century writer in color, challenging some long-held ideas about him in the process. Read More
In Brazil, a New Rendering of a Literary Giant Makes Waves – The New York Times – Read More »
the surrounding rocks, valley and mountains served as an inspiration for the project, creating a play on place, light and shadow. Read More
phyd arquitectura connects stone ruins to create contemporary house in portugal Read More »
