But before choosing one of these destinations, ask yourself: what do you actually want? If the answer includes financial breathing room, safety, space, fresh air and a slower daily rhythm,

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If you’ve spent some time in Portugal, you’ve probably heard the older folk, especially the ladies, complaining about the “correntes de ar”, those pesky air draughts that love to “apanhar

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It was a clever formulation. He did not promise happiness but merely gave us permission to find it. Which makes me wonder how one could chase something so ephemeral because

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Some places you find on purpose, prompted perhaps by a travel guide or proud Portuguese advisor. Others find you. Curia, halfway between Coimbra and Aveiro, just off the IC2, found

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After decades of aspiration, is women’s increasing presence in influential roles seen by some men not as historical progress, but as threat? And is misogyny among boys and young men

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Thousands of years ago, people were living where you live, walking where you walk; talking, singing, and laughing like you. They were your greatest grandparents, yes, your ancient ancestors. Though

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