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Belonging, During a Pandemic and Beyond
I am what many would call a ‘halfie’, meaning that my mother is from one ethnicity and my father from another. In the past, when people asked me about my nationality, I never liked saying that I was half Armenian and half Russian because it seemed strange that you could be half an ethnicity, when…
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Magic.
Today I finished reading a book that left me speechless and in complete stillness after I had read the last page and closed it. It’s one of those books that has left a little imprint in my being. That for me is the remarkable power of words, my god. Every once in a while a…
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What Learning Portuguese has Taught me About Life and People
The day has arrived, it’s July 12th of 2019, i’m 23 years old, all my belongings have been crammed into one big suitcase and I head off for the most terrifying and wonderful adventure of my life to date – Moving from Australia to Portugal. Prior to this, I’d been to Portugal only once for…
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Bacalhau: The Cornerstone of Portuguese Cuisine
The translation of Bacalhau [which to me in English sounds like ba-ca-laweh) is Cod. But I’ll be referring to it as bacalhau because I love the sound of the word, which has the Portuguese nasally ‘hau’ sound, and because ‘cod’ sounds too simple to do the food justice. Here in Portugal, bacalhau is commonly associated…
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Why Had I Never Tried Portuguese Food Before?
I’ve been living in Portugal for coming close to 2 years now, and what still baffles me is how I spent 22 years of my life without ever tasting any of this crazy good food. I grew up in Australia, which I consider a very multicultural country. I mean, according to the Australian Human Rights…
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