After surving the bus trip from Sevilla to Lisboa I stumbled my way through the beautiful city of Lisbon to arrive at what I thought would be a normal run of the mill hostel I booked, but when I arrived at the Oasis Backpackers Mansion I realized this was anything but normal.  This has been by far...

The nice thing about music is that sometimes it can bring up memories you didn't even know you had. Things you'd either long ago forgotten or just haven't had time in your busy life to think about can suddenly spring into your head, fresh as day, the second you turn on your iPod. Maybe those...

 “Lisboa tem cheiro de flores e de mar”
sang Amalia Rodrigues in an unusually upbeat Fado lament entitled “Cheira bem,
cheira a Lisboa!”  In her strong,
almost wailing, nasal pitch she waxed lyrical about the rich smells of Lisbon
and anyone who has had the pleasure of getting lost in the...