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Joanna Hecker·
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City Inside Out

Lisbon can seem like a city turned inside-out. Esplanadas and kiosks and gardens teem with neighbors who swing by briefly...
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Joanna Hecker·
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Why Learn Portuguese?

Dear fellow immigrants, expats, itinerant entrepreneurs, global nomads of all kinds. Over the holidays I attended a dinner party, and...
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Joanna Hecker·
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Praça das Flores

Ask for directions to Jardim Fialho de Almeida, and even the most die-hard Lisboeta won’t know what to tell you....
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Tony Menezes·
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It was meant to be

At seventy-something years of age, retired and settled in Oeiras for the last twenty years, I have had the gift...
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Tom Dobbels·
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There Are No Coincidences

Sometimes in life you just know when a chapter ends. After working from home for nearly a year in panicky...
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Joana Hartmann·
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My Lisbon Pearls

Maybe because I have been immersed in this city for so long – practically my entire life – I realize...
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Giuseppe Graziano·
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The Typewriter, Fado Vadio and a Cardboard Horse: My Initiation to Lisbon

The first time I arrived in Lisbon, in May 2011, I booked a small pension on Rua do Salitre. The...
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Joanna Hecker·
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Lisbon: Where do we begin?

As is the case with many cities, there are many Lisbons, and the Lisbon you get depends upon who you...
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Anel Imanbay·
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Life, Love, Lisbon!

My journey with Lisbon began long before I visited this beautiful city. While studying in university, I remember reading a...
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Daniele dell'Erba·
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From chance to destiny: How I fell in love at first sight with Lisbon

In the spring of 2001 I had to pick a European country – any country – where to spend the...
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