Posts Tagged ‘ lisbon ’

ctrp394 Education, Portugal, and the World

ctrp394 Education, Portugal, and the World

October 10, 2011

John Howard Wolf doesn't know how to fix the global economy, but he can teach us a thing or two about education. Its been his business and passion for most of his adult life.  Having immigrated from the US to Portugal in the late 1970's, even back then he...

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ctrp346 Audio Notes from Portugal

ctrp346 Audio Notes from Portugal

August 12, 2010

Podcast recorded on my last day in Lisbon, thinking out loud about the issues related to housing and squatting in Portugal as well as the Netherlands.  Also further laying out plans for what to look into and who or what to be consulted in the quest to find answers...

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Lisbon over 40C

Lisbon over 40C

July 26, 2010

The thermometer of the attic apartment reads 40.3C. The act of reading the temperature of the tiny digital display no doubt causes more drops of sweat to roll down my forehead. Its almost August in Lisbon and with temperatures like this when no one dares to move too quickly...

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Protest or Film?

July 27, 2009

Only a few more days of my Portugal-Family vacation remain. Today I'm quickly checking in with a video I captured in the Bica, downtown Lisbon, over the weekend. What initially looked like a demonstration coming way, very quickly turns out to be a scene from a film being shot...

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Portugal Summer Note

Portugal Summer Note

July 17, 2009

Getting adjusted and taking care of a long list of errands for my 2 weeks in Portugal that have just begun.  Will return to posting AND podcasting, this weekend. Here's a photo from today.

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