Attività di Dominique
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Brigadeiro - simple to make with just 3 ingredients!
In Lisbon there is a street urban market with diverse art, food, fashion shops. Its name is LX Factory and here I tried for the first time the Brazilian dessert, brigadeiro. Brigadeiros can be rolled into small balls and covered with chocolate sprinkles (the classic...
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The city, together with Porto, older than Rome, Paris or London!
Hey, guys! The star today is Lisbon! São Jorge Castle (Castelo de São Jorge) This important fortress in Lisbon wins my applauses for the Dark Chamber (‘Câmara Escura’ in Portuguese) and the amazing view over Lisbon, especially the 25 de Abril Bridge, considered...
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Douro Valley - a UNESCO World Heritage. No wonders why!
The place where the Port wine was invented is a UNESCO World Heritage. No wonders why! In the picture below you can see the point where Douro and Tedo rivers meet. Almost all the wine made on both sides of Douro River is sent to Vila Nova de Gaia, about which I talked...
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Watch out, sensory overload!
Mercat de la Boqueria - The paradise of fruits This place has such a lively atmosphere, lots of colours and scents! This happens from Monday to Saturday. This is what the market looks like on a Sunday. Here I tried for the first time sweet tamarind. Its flavour is...
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Two proud Romanian girls (sometimes Portuguese) in Barcelona
I have to admit that I was nervous posing for this picture, since I had to turn my back to the Arc de Triomf. Danger lurks around every corner! This is why Don’t be an absent-minded tourist! We saw a Chinese guy, almost killed by a bus, because he was taking photos...
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Rabadanas - the sweet Portuguese toast
If you need an idea for breakfast or dessert and you love cinnamon, here it is one! Ingredients A loaf of stale bread (around 8 slices); Milk, red wine or both to dip the bread in; ~4 eggs; Sugar and cinnamon for coating; Oil for frying. The process Cut...
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Montjuic
Hello, guys! This article is about some sport and culture. Of course, I’ll add some food recommendations in case you get hangry (hungry plus angry). Climb with Adela and I on the Montjuic Hill! Look what we’ll find! The Catalonia National Art Museum...
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For the second time in Aveiro
Walking along the river to the salt mines enjoying the Portuguese humor The moliceiros (the boat behind us) usually have paintings depicting funny scenes. For translation, have a Portuguese speaker with you, if you consider you need it. On our way to the big piles of...
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Little Venice of Portugal
Aveiro is a student city one hour far by train from Porto. This might be one of the reasons why I visited it twice. Let’s see… What’s that, right?! It took only a couple of minutes of walking towards the city center from the railway station to see something...
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Destination: Sexta 13 in Montalegre
Celebrating bad luck Invited by our landlady, Adela and I ran to the railway station after the last class on Friday to get to this little remote town, Montalegre. This is situated in the north part of Portugal, very close to the Spanish border, so we took the train...
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In the middle of Atlantic Ocean
One island. Two hundred euros. Three nationalities. Four seasons. Five adventurous people. I had barely known something about The Azores before reading the ESN Magazine full of interesting destinations in Portugal. I found out that this group of nine volcanic islands...
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To visit as many beautiful places in Portugal as I can?! Challenge accepted!
Hello, everyone! I will talk about one of my favourite places in my … favourite country! Algarve - A surprisingly beautiful region that reminded me of Greece Getting to one of the warmest region of Portugal by bus, from Porto, was not a really bad idea, since we...
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Playing the role of a proud Portuguese girl
Porto - my first irretrievable love What I knew about Porto when I applied for the Erasmus scholarship: - it is the second largest city in Portugal; - it lies along the coastline of Atlantic Ocean and there is a river somewhere; - it is a popular, kind of cheap...