Bon Dia – Good Morning Bona Tarda – Good Afternoon Bona Nit – Goodnight Sisplau/Si Us Plau – Please Moltes Gracies – Thank You Perdoni – Excuse Me Adeu – Goodbye Lavabo – Bathroom El compte, si us plau – The check, please
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Say What (Darija Arabic)?
Say What (Portugal Portuguese)?
Bom Dia – Good Morning Boa Tarde – Good Afternoon Boa Noite – Goodnight Por Favor – Please Sim – Yes Não – No Obrigado (Male) – Thank You Obrigada (Female) – Thank You Adeus – Goodbye Fala inglês? – Do you speak English? Desculpe – I’m sorry Casa de banho – Bathroom A Conta,…
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Discovering the discoverers…
Many who have visited are familiar with the “melting pot” that is Hawaii–a base of Native Hawaiians, a sprinkle of Japanese, a dash of Chinese, a pinch of Filipinos. But little is known about the field laborers that came from the Madeira Islands and the Azores off the coast of northwest Africa, the Portuguese. Even…
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F Your Diet (Basque Region Spain)!
While known as Tapas in the rest of Spain, in the Basque Region they are known as Pintxos (“pinchos”); small bites of food to accompany drinks. San Sebastian is famous for what are called Txikiteos (“chikiteos”) or pinxto food crawls, going from one bar to another. A little nibble and drink here; a little nibble…
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Say What (Basque)?
Say What (Breton)?
F Your Diet (Brittany France)!
What’s in a (place) name…
The outline of our next trip to Europe in 2017 was originally based on a selfish fantasy. I know very little about my mother’s side of the family. I can only hazard that this obscurity is intentional; maybe some memories are too painful to recall. What little I have gleaned over the years I have…
