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    20 Reliable Language Phrases: Don’t Leave Home Without ‘Em!

    We share our list of twenty essential phrases we make sure to have under our belt before we go anywhere that speaks another language!

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  • Tall Tales

    Beware the Ides of March: Some Semi-Classical Reflections on Time

    Time is on our side, finally! Reflections on what we thought we'd be doing in Rome (lruins) and what we are actually doing (eating).

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  • Food

    Improvisational Cooking, Or: Pasta all’Abnorma

    We keep on keepin' on, developing our improvisational cooking skills yet further as we move away from vegetables we know.

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  • On the road

    We Live Here Now: Rome, Italy!

    Welcome to Rome, our new home! We feel pretty great about our new digs, ideally located for - wait for it - Roamin' around the city.

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  • Food

    In Pursuit of the Percebes of Portugal

    We try to track down percebes (goose barnacles), the fancy crustacean we've heard so much about, on a short stay in Lisbon. Read on to find out how it went!

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  • On the road

    Seven Things We Love About Mindelo

    We're on our way elsewhere soon: here's our top seven of Mindelo list, things we'll miss in our next destination.

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  • On the road

    Six Best Things to Do in Mindelo, Cabo Verde

    We share our six favourite sights of Mindelo, with a little for everyone: museums, beaches, nature, music, and food!

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  • Practical

    Chucking It 801: Speaking the Language When You Don’t

    Our advice for monoglots on speaking the language when you don't speak the language: just get out there and do it!

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  • Culture

    Thirteen Things You Didn’t Know About Cabo Verde

    The lowdown on the history of Cabo Verde, a fascinating island nation off the west coast of Senegal to put on your must-visit list!

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  • Culture

    The Morna of Mindelo: Hauntingly Sweet Music of Nostalgia

    A brief introduction to morna, the Cabo Verdean music about love and loss, and its most famous singer, Cesária Évora.

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