Word goes that Portugal is likely to soon join the category of developing countries (as you might have heard). However, before you start sobbing, consider this: not all is doom.
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Ah não ser eu toda a gente e toda a parte!
I’ve watched it most recently via this smart* video rental & online streaming service called Netflix : a true gem of a movie, albeit one of the most underrated cinematographic creations of the past decades (does not have a RottenTomatoes critics’ rating!
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I believe it is the first time since I know it– though it might well be first time ever–that Wine Spectator’s top 10 is dominated by New World wines. The winner is Saxum, James Berry Vineyard Paso Robles 2007, “[a]n amazing wine, dense, rich and layered, offering a mix of power and finesse, with concentrated dark berry fruit, mineral, sage, herb and cedar notes that are pure, intense, focused and persistent.
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After a few days of touring Transylvania—inter alia, fighting bears & beers in the Carpathians-Bucegi mountains—, followed by a most interesting microeconometrics workshop in Copenhagen (blended with excellent July jazz evenings), I’ve been enjoying the latest week in wonderful Braga, Portugal.
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The song for today is by my favourite Portuguese band, Madredeus (wikipedia entry)- and I’d like to think I got a bit of “feeling” for Portuguese music (and for many other things related to Portugal) from my very good friends Miguel and Carla.
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