Sometimes a curiosity extracts me from comfort zone, propels me out of the cozy village in central Portugal where I live, and stirs conversations with people I’ve never met. Strangers become familiar, and sometimes they stay as friends. What could be better than that?
Well…when I come back to my comfort, take the A6-sized notepad with notes, and listen to the recorded conversations, and…write (which, again, can be uncomfrotable).
Below a few deeper articles, a 5 minutes (or less) reads that can stretch your wordview.
In central Portugal, an art community makes this village alive.
I went to one of the charming villages of central Portugal to talk about community, art, and turism.
In Coimbra, the food scene reflects the city’s diversity
Have you ever wonder what good food is at its core? I’m not a food critic, but I’m a curious person, and lucky to have a friend that explained it to me.
From a small german colony in southern Brazil, he came to Coimbra and created film festival
When one is determined to make a new life in a new country, nothing is inpossible, but it can be tough. He moved to another continent, another country, and now what…? He had a grand idea, but no money to make it happen.
How to contact me ?
If you’re brave to send an email to a stranger, you can do it here : sayhi at piowrites.com (if you’re a robot then don’t bother, though, trust me, I can sense robot from a mile…)