The navigation system is scolding me with its female voice in Portuguese, I missed yet another turn as I cruise passed yet another apple orchard. It's the end of September and I'm in what feels like the middle of nowhere Portugal, late for my appointment to visit the Frubaça...
One key point that I didn't manage to get into for the piece I wrote about Portugal on the Guardian -Comment is Free- a few weeks ago: Corporate Mayhem in Portugal Although Portugal has never really seen an economic boom on the same scale of many of its European neighbors like...
Part of coming to Portugal and visiting my grandparents means taking them to a supermarket. With my help they can pick up all the supplies they need to last them a month or more, that way they don't have to ask help from friends or neighbors. Living in a tiny...
Capitalism, at least the version that is commonly practiced in this era that we currently live in, has a long list of terrible drawbacks. The one I was thinking most about this evening, as I cruised the canals of Amsterdam, is the marriage of business and media. Let us...
