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Before I took you through the story of how bica came to Lisboa, I’d just finished a little snack of pasteis de nata accompanied by that most Portuguese beverage. As I was noshing, I began searching my pockets for my …

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Fascinating Rhythm. Those of you who have followed my travels through these posts have probably observed that I try to deal with the potential for jet lag by pushing hard through the first day and trying not to sleep until …

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Usually, when I return home from a trip, I take a few weeks to decompress, let my body adjust to the time, and synthesize my thoughts about the trip just ended to establish the overall theme of these posts. In …