Aqui Não Se Fala Português

2011-04-20T21:57:00.001+01:00

Feeding ducks in Darmstadt

2011-01-29T18:12:00.002Z

Finalmente! :)

2011-01-23T09:51:00.005Z

Bem, depois da procura, e confesso, já alguma ansiedade em encontrar pouso, finalmente encontrei o meu espaço, e consegui deixar o meu coordenador/patrão em paz. :)

O quarto que arranjei foi de certa forma inesperado, pois tinha-o vindo ver na Quarta feira dia 12, e a julgar pelo rapaz que me mostrou a casa (meu actual colega de casa) não pensei que me ia voltar a responder. Foi por isso uma surpresa uma semana depois quando recebo um mail dele a indicar que poderia mudar-me se ainda estivesse interessado. E é claro que estava. ehehe
Para eventuais perguntas, vivo com um Alemão de 27 anos que tem como hobbie tocar guitarra, mas até agora ainda não o ouvi tocar na "xixa".

Foi-me proposto comprar a mobília do quarto, que aceitei. Esta mobília inclui um sofá/cama um armário e um porta CDs de madeira. Ah e o candeeiro. A rapariga que aqui vivia, queria também vender-me os estores, ao qeu eu disse que não precisava. Vim depois a ver, que fiquei com ele de borla. Se fosse agora não tinha aceite comprar a mobília, e talvez tivesse "ganho" uma mobilia à borla. eheheh Mas menos mau, queria era ter casa e já tenho. Já estou mais calmo. :)
Pronto, deixo-me de textos que ninguém quer ler, e vou colocar umas fotos, tanto do interior, como da vista que não é a melhor, mas é melhor que a vista que se tem debaixo da ponte! :P

Beijos e abraços! ;)

Darmstadt na nova era da minha vida.

2011-01-15T18:55:00.008Z

Olá a todos!
Decido escrever em Português, primeiro porque isto é realmente para os amigos que estão em Portugal e claro, para a minha namorada que já sabe português. Se não sabe, pergunta. ehehe Katrina it's easy ;)

Ora bem, está é o primeiro post deste ano e também desde que me encontro na Alemanha, mais concretamente em Darmstadt. A título de introdução da cidade, é uma cidade que num país com 80 milhões de pessoas é relativamente pequena, com cerca de 140 mil pessoas (em Portugal é já relativamente grande :P). Em suma eu considero que esta cidade está para a Alemanha como Aveiro está para Portugal.

Amanhã, Domingo, faz uma semana que aqui cheguei, e digamos que estou mais ou menos ambientado, para isso contou a ajuda do meu chefe na empresa. Ele tem-me ajudado com as primeiras coisas, e estou também a viver com ele até encontrar casa, o que é um grande bico de obra.
As primeiras coisas a tratar foram o registo na cidade, onde ele me levou para aqui estar legal, e a abertura de uma conta bancária, que atribui algumas vantagens em vários serviços, entre os quais, o pagamento do ginásio, que quero ver se começo a fazer. Vamos ver. eheh

O assunto da casa tem sido o pior. É super complicado aqui encontrar um sítio onde ficar, ainda para mais não sabendo se fico mais de 6 meses. Aqui existe muita procura de casa, pois a cidade é bastante requisitada por dois motivos principais, a existência de bastante industria, onde se destaca a ESA (Estação Espacial Europeia, a NASA da europa) e depois existe uma universidade também. Por incrível que pareça esta é a "melhor" altura do ano, onde não há tantos estudantes à procura de guarida. Ainda assim uma das casas que fui visitar, às 19:30 era já o 12º desse dia lá. Portanto podem ver que é realmente complicado. Poderia pedir ajuda a uma agência, mas aí ter-lhes-ia de pagar 2.37x o valor da renda mensal por esse serviço... preferia ir dormir debaixo da ponte. :P Podia ainda pensar numa casa mesmo, mas para além de ser mais cara, a grande maioria das oportunidades são completamente sem recheio, ou seja seria um investimento arriscado não sabendo se por aqui fico mais de 6 meses. Assim encontro-me na situação de passar o tempo livre à procura de sítio.

Quanto à experiência que tenho tido com a cidade, esta é bastante agradável para viver. Tem uma rede de transportes muito boa, com pouco tempo de espera nas várias estações. Tem uma vasta rede de autocarros e eléctrico que permite não demorar muito de onde quer que se esteja até ao centro da cidade. É uma cidade plana, o que facilita a possibilidade de uso de bicicleta como meio de transporte, coisa em que pensarei assim que arranjar pouso.
Em termos de qualidade de vida, penso que dá para fazer a um nível superior do de Portugal. Não posso falar com toda a certeza mas no geral os preços são muito semelhantes ao nosso país, pelo menos até agora não me choquei com nada. Por isso digo que será um excelente sítio onde ficar. Se gostar de aqui estar 6 meses, tentarei certamente por aqui ficar. :)

Em relação a sightseeing a cidade não é de encher o olho. Mas ficam umas fotografias para terem uma pequena ideia. :)

como podem ver numa das fotos, estão muitas bicicletas paradas na praça central. Aqui toda a gente anda de bicicleta, mesmo as pessoas mais velhas. É muito bom de ver.

Hoje andei um pouco mais à descoberta mas não muito, fui ver esta casa que aparece no google assim que se procura pelo nome da cidade, e estive num parque a ver pessoas a jogar xadrez no chão com peças gigantes. Engraçado.

Vou tentando manter as notícias aqui.
Mas se não vir grande feedback também não valerá muito a pena né? ehehe

Abraços e beijinhos a todos. Um beijinho especial para a Katrina e para a minha família. Beijos

Campus Inov em fotos tiradas pelo fotografo oficial

2010-12-20T19:20:00.009Z

So it seems the blog is back!!! Next stop is.......

2010-12-19T21:55:00.003Z

For those who don't understand:

Couchsurfing - Grande Reportagem

2009-08-02T23:41:00.004+01:00

Este ano marcou-me... e uma das coisas que mais me marcou foi ter começado a minha aventura couchsurfing. Aqui fica a reportagem para ficarem a saber mais. :)

Zoo

2009-07-19T16:00:00.008+01:00

We went to the zoo yesterday. Here are some pictures of some animals we found there.

A bonus! I asure you it's worth it!!! eheheh At least to see me cursing! aahah

Góra Rudzka - Łódź from the mountain

2009-07-14T23:25:00.006+01:00

Today me and Katrina went to this place called Góra Rudzka. From there you can see the whole city cuz it is a mountain next to the city. And We had some fun :D

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Just some pictures for you to see the city from up there. :)

Papa. Dobra noc!

Gdañsk, Sopot, Gdynia, Trójmiasto!

2009-07-09T11:42:00.004+01:00

Dzien Dobry!
It's always great and one makes spontaneous decisions. That's what happened last weekend.

I was taking Katrina to her bus to her way home. She missed the bus and of course we came back home. Waiting for that bus an idea crossed Katrina's head... "Why don't we go to Gdañsk?" I said... "Why not! Let's go!" At this time it was 11:30am. Se we arrived home and started to prepare everything. Train timetables, and hostels.
Hostels were full, so we tried Couchsurfing! Guess what? In less then 5 minutes he had managed to find a place! We called the host, and even having already 8 guests sleeping on the floor he accepted us! WEEEEEEEE Let's go!
Just to share some more Polish Culture with you, You can't go to Gdañsk without going to Gdynia and Sopot, that's why they are called the tróimiasto (truimiasto in Portuguese/english which stands for Threecities).
At 3am he left in one of the longest and boring trips of my life! Even first class train cars were fully croweded! But... next day at 11 (2 hours later then expected) we arrived to Gdañsk.
This is were we were gonna stay... the biggest appartment building in Europe! About 860m, and about 1900 appartments! More people then in my hometown, Figueiró dos Vinhos! :D

The great view from the 10th floor!

Since we were couchsurfing, I couldn't let my CS t-shirt at home. :D

Again the bike trip! :D But acording to myself I should be headed to other way! :D eeheh

Our trip started with Gdynia and again with croweded trains.

This is the reason why so many people were there... some sort of sailing contest.

People enjoying Baltic Sea.

Of course I couldn't miss it! :)

But F****CK! It was freezing!!!!

Later on, lunch time. And for the first time since I'm in Poland I tried Bacalhau/Codfish/dorsh! :). It doesn't look like it, but it is indeed Bacalhau.

Sopot. The main attraction of this little village is this crooked house, made in tribut to a Swedish artist, Per Dahlberg, who lives now there in Sopot. The house is very famous and actually beautiful.

Crooked house, and crooked people! :D

Molo, which according to Sandor means dick in finish! :D

More full croweded trains, and next day we are in Gdañsk.

I always like pictures from "up there".

Funny one! Buying icecream one zloty fell on the floor! Right underneath me was this sweage grid. What's the chance of this to happen? :O

Ice cream...

This is the reason why the trains were full all the time! Open'er Festival! A music festival very famous in Poland. So everybody headed here. Some made about 15 hours by train to arrive!!! Well, we did about 8 and it was not to it!

After this only a few more hours back home. From 6:53pm till 1:30am.

It was really great.
Thank you Katrina. :)
Now we're just waiting for Barcelona, Lisboa, Porto, Figueira da Foz, Aveiro, and finally the 1st Ribeira de S. Pedro International Dinner!! :D Stay toon for news! :D eheheh

Kisses from Stop.

This blog is still alive!

2009-07-08T09:57:00.004+01:00

Just to remind you that I'm still alive and so does the blog... The other day somebody asked me how many pictures of me "riding a bike" I had... well, I decided to answer with a picture. :)

Still I have to thank Hugo Kariokinha Lima (three links :D) for the idea! And Hugo... You won. I couldn't do it in five countries. :) The best I could, 2 countries riding the white thing, and 2 just the idea! eheh

Soon, the report of "Trójmiasto" (three cities).

Bye bye, kisses to cousin.

IFE Sweet party!

2009-06-06T15:32:00.010+01:00

This was a party organized by IFE to Erasmus and future students in there. This was kind of a "show your culture" for us Erasmus. Therefore were supposed to cook, and show some portuguese traditions. So we made a video about Portugal, we cooked, and we put Quim Barreiros on! It was great! Take a look at the pictures:

See you in the next post. :)

Todos os caminhhos vão dar a Roma - All paths lead to Rome! - Città più bella

2009-05-25T12:57:00.031+01:00

Finally we went to Rome! It was waiting for us! And how amazing it was! Check the pictures and some comments about the whereabouts. :)

We departured from Katowice airport, where we spent a night waiting for the plane. We couldn't sleep so we went to a place where we could see planes. :)

Our plane was schedule to fly at 6:05am. At 6:20am we were inside the plane, only then ready to departure. But there was fog so we had to wait about half an hour. When finally we were ok to go, the captain found some "minor" problem and we had to go back. "we'll try to figure it out as soon as possible, and we'll be in our way in about 30 minutes" he said. 30 minutes......
After sooooo boring times, the plane departed 3 hours (!!!) later! "OMG WE MISSED 3 HOURS OF ROME!!!"

Finally 3 hours delayed we were there!
Weather in Katowice - foggy and a bit cold....
Weather in Rome - Clear sky and about 30º. :D

Our best friend in Rome.

Now that we are in Rome we have to go to the hostel. (We didn't make couchsurfing cuz we are so ugly people and nobody accepted us :( ). And we take the road walking.

Piazza della Republica and Fountain of the Naiads

First view of Colosseum

Just next to it is the Triumphal Arch or "Arco di Constantino".

Just about half a km distance is the Victor Emmanuelle Monument. Amazing,giant and imponent. You can see it from all over the city. In at it's base it has 2 fountains...

One of the things you'll see a lot in Rome.... Vespas!!! If you don't be carefull you'll end up ran over by one while in rome. :D

Another great monument... the Pantheon (they were here in Angels and Deamons book/movie)!

Piazza Navona (The were also here in the book/movie)

More Vespas... scooters... whatever...

And our favourite place in Rome... I introduce you to Fontana di Trevi!

Really beautiful. You can stare at it for hours!

Well, just a romantic picture... :P

Piazza di Spagna another very famous spot in Rome.

And our first italian meal in Italy... Carbonara... Well, I can say that I prefer my mother's! :D But it was good!

If you wann have fun go to a Tram Party!

2009-05-15T12:20:00.011+01:00

Finally the party I was waiting for! Everybody tells that Tram Parties are great so I was really looking for this. And may I say! It was the best party for me here in Lodz for sure! I know nobody likes text text text specially when it's "only" a party so I leave you with the pictures. :) Hope you like them as much as I enjoyed the night! :D

Sorry I can't put here the best videos cuz they can it would require viewer's discretion! And nobody has that!!! :P

A small interruption to say that I was "naked" for a reason. I'm not gonna tell you why. Maybe if the people who are the reason why I did this want to share that information you'll know. But for now, you'll only know that it was for a goooood reason!!!! :P

By the way, this was also Leo's last day in Poland before flying to Mexico! After the party we went to take him to the bus stop. Leo, as I told you already, Poland will miss you! See you! Best of luck!

Kasia's quest!

2009-05-10T01:41:00.003+01:00

This is gonna be a small post. But a very very funny one! So before pasting here the picture I must tell you the story.

A few months ago, my dear Kasia went to Spain to study, and I was very sad with that cuz I like her this muuuuuch. :D
So some time later I proposed her a quest. To make a special picture for me. Something to do with me or my name or whatever. . .
I was far from expecting what she would do.... and below you can see the result! :D ahahahah

Picture taken in Porto's city center!
My dear Kasia... you are crazy! :D

Big Kiss!!!!!

My 24th happy happy birthday!

2009-04-26T19:36:00.011+01:00

April 25 was my 24th anniversary (god I'm getting old). This post makes the photo-report of what happened. It was a party hosted by 4 people, but a lot more helped with everything. These 4 guys are the hosts. Nuno (April 25), Vanesa (April 24), Alfredo (April 27) and Cristina (April 22). Saturday was a good day to make the party that lasted till morning for some :)

Everybody took meat and beers, and some brought gifts! :D

It's a party so I actually I'm not explaining everything, so just check the pictures. :)
I don't have a lot of pictures, so It's not gonna be big. But be sure it was great.

Preparation:
About 30 liters of sangria? I'm not sure but more than 20 I think.

Me + Katrina = :)
Me + Katrina + Raphael = :S
eheh

:)

Paula Paula... You're so crazy!

The sun glasses of the other one! They were ok! :D By the way, I felt good after this! Really great afternoon.

Already preparing for the night...

Somebody wants to hit somebody!

And very nice companies the whole night. :)

For the last picture, I'm just gonna put the best picture of the day, and one of the best pictures of my erasmus so far. It's a world! No, it's an Universe (joke not for all :P)

One more thing:
This was a birthday to never forget! When I say never is never! :) Some events will be in my memory forever!

ERASMUS!!!!!

Łódź is not so ugly after all

2009-04-21T17:29:00.004+01:00

I went to the park the other day, with a very good company... Actually it's a nice park. Very quite place, and with families wondering there, and sit by the small lake. Very good. Just a few pictures for you. :)

And for those who remember... the 8th dorm on the left.

Spring allows this. :)

Easter in Wrocław - Best City of Poland

2009-04-14T19:54:00.048+01:00

Last weekend thanks to Raphael, we went to Wroclaw (aparentely here some friends of mine from Aveiro were partyi.... hrum... studying all the time during last year). :D

Raphael sent a Couchsurf request and we were not accepted, we were INVITED to experience Polish Easter traditional time with a Polish Family. Immediatelly we got so excited and decided we would have to go.

Day 1

So we packed our stuff and Friday morning we were on the move. Here's the route, 234 kms to be made in about 4:15m. BORING!!!!

After about 5 hours here we are at our "home sweet home" for the next 4 days. :)

Meet Monika and Luiza - Both our hosts. :) in a very peaceful neighborhood...

not so peacefull after having Raphael around. xD

And we went to the city.

Some small flea market was there when we arrived...

And of course "this guy" can't miss anything... not in Poland he can't! xD

By the way we bought it. :)

The city center, Wroclaw Town Hall (Ratusz)

The whole CS team. :)

For next pictures and along the rest of the post, you'll be seeing some small statues, which are the Dwarfs. I'll try to explain more or less what they are, and how they started to appear around the city. There are about 70.

One such protest group, Pomarańczowa Alternatywa (the Orange Alternative), was founded in Wroclaw in the eighties by a man called Waldemar Fydrych. Initially, during the period of martial law (1981 to 1983), his protests took the form of graffiti depicting orange dwarfs, simple but by all accounts expressive drawings. As the decade went on, the organization grew, and protests were held in the form of happenings rooted in absurdity, word-play, nonsense and child-like behavior. The orange color and dwarf motifs continued to be important elements, and although these were not the only concepts the group used, they proved the most memorable.
The dwarf statues in Wroclaw commemorate the Orange Alternative as an important part of the fabric of the city’s history and culture.
Original text: Here.

They became so popular with the years, that all companies and stores, wanted their own dwarfs, so one can say that the dwarfs are aquiring a status more comercial, than the original ideals. Either way, dwarf hunting is always great. :D
For the record, we found 41... well, Raphael has a good eye for little men! :P
We dare you to do better!

In this picture there's a curiosity. Open it and try to find out what. I'll tell you what's "wrong" about it bellow.

So, either you found out or not, or didn't even care. So what's different in this block? If you haven't noticed, the top left corner window is painted. According to Luiza, this building was partially destroyed during the war. When it was being rebuild, somehow it was impossible to restore that window, so they decided to paint it. By the way, if you haven't find it, don't worry, Luiza told us that most of her surfers never saw it even after her telling them. :)

More little fellows

At some point we found this guy with the beard. He is a city embassador in Couchsurf . I'm not gonna explain what's an embassador, you find out. :P
In these pictures he and his friend were being interviewed by some random guy (A TVI lá do sítio diria eu) about ninjas... so we where told. This guy, Pirmo, was cause of a great meeting later this night... later in the post. :)

The little guys are everywhere as you can see. :)

And it's so easy to make clowny faces around them... they are just begging for that... and since we are young and stupid (ok, not our hosts, just me and Raph) we do so. :)

In this picture they put two dwarfs in the same street candle. I think it's the only case in the whole city.

The next one is the original dwarf statue, Papa Krasnal (Papa Dwarf).
I was just trying to look like the guy, and let's be honest, I'm not so different.

Some other ones, in different figures... at right hand side, one eating Pierogi.

Here is the University building. Right next to it, there's this statue... Monika told us, that it symbolizes what will happen to a student if he doesn't study, and instead he gambles and sleeps all day... he will end up naked. Monika, if I'm lieing it's on you!! :P
Just another note, the sword he's holding, has been stolen quite often. I guess the beer is a bit strong and they like to feel as the puss in boots.

Chocolate in portuguese and polish.

And I think this is my favourite dwarf... the pizza hut one... He's a lot like me after cleaning Luiza's dishes... eheheh

And some other bigger dwarfs... Monika, one is not suposed to see your body!! :P

This is the GOD of the city hall!!

It was getting dark, so we went to a pub to drink some beer... Luiza, hunny beer is kinda funny. You can see that from my face. eheh

After a few this is how we ended up.

Earlier I told you about Pirmo, the embassador. So, while going back home we met again by chance, and there was Nicholas (by the way, he studyed in Lodz a few years ago, so you might recognize him, and now he's working in Wroclaw, and became a city embassador like Pirmo, and Luiza) also. The guy on the right side on the first photo. They were with a big group of people, and we decided to join them in Nicholas' flat. There were, 1 Portuguese (who?), 2 french, 3 mexicans, 1 finish, 2 american, 4 polish, 2 turkish and 1 italian here in the living room. It was a pleasent night... I ended up singing "Oh Laurindinha" and that was the most unpleasent thing. xD I think I'm gonna learn some poetry to recite instead of singing portuguese songs. Christ. There's a video of that, but I'll save you the trouble to ear such thing. :P
By the way, Monika and Luiza couldn't be there because they went to paint eggs. In Poland , as Easter tradition, people paint the eggs Friday, to bring in a basket Saturday to church to get them blessed. Then in Sunday the same eggs are eaten by the whole family. I feel bad, because I didn't paint eggs (I was to occupied meeting new people) and I dind't cook them (I don't know what a RRRRELL whas I doing)... only ate them... well, as Luiza told me... I'm the best cleaner!

Going back home, we had time for a another little guy. :)

Back home ends the first day in Wroclaw. Amazing day. :)

Day 2

Saturday we went back to the city, just me and Raph... The girls went to the church to bless the eggs. Let me tell you... throughout all city people were carrying baskets with painted eggs. This is taken very siriously here in Poland. :)

Back to the city center.

Bazylika sw. Elzbiety a great view of the city.

A lot of people having sunbaths... So why not me. :)

Katedra-widok

And again the same thing... it's a pitty I was in Poland. :D This time counts but not as another country I know. :(

Katrina told me to go to Panorama Racławicka and we went... but unfortunatly it was closed. :(

And after that, finally a deserved lunch... I must tell you... if you ever go to this city, go to this Restaurant and ask the cheese soupe. Amazing. The name of the restaurant is Chatka, and the address is: Odrezanska street number 6.

And after that we were so full we had to take a rest. :D

This one is nice... This couple overheard us talking something about history, and asked us if we wanted to listen to some facts. "Well, we don't know polish, but let's take it." :D After 15 minutes saying yes, "AHHHHHH" and agreeing with them, we were told that we had a very nice polish (OMG!) and we got to know a new interesting fact. The city is crossed by a river, Odra. Ages ago, people made a foss to soround the city and protect it. This can be seen on a regular map of the city.

There was a fairy taking place in the city, so we decided to take a ride on the fairy's wheel. Nice ride. :) Nice views.

One more happy little guy.

Meanwhile, it was dark already, and we went back home... We helped "watching" cooking. :D
Raphael was a little amazed... :)
By the way, this is the day we threw food at each other... but no pictures or videos here will be made public. eheh

And the second day was over... Time to bed now. :)

Day 3

Sunday... Sunday was a great day... This was the day with all the family. Which, along with the great invitation text from Luiza, was what made us really go there. Parents, sisters, grandparents, cousins, friends, I don't know who else, and of course... the portuguese and french guys... Everybody tried to talk to us, tranlations were made by the girls when necessary of course. I wish I had a picture with the whole group. Whell, I guess next Easter we'll have to be there again to take that picture. :)

And after a while, a got surprised... If you're portuguese, you'll understande the next picture. :)

After lunch, and not cleaning the dishes, the girls took us to a great great great afternoon! Bike tour! OMG it was so fun!

CS bike team! :D

The new Technical University of Wroclaw. Nice building.

Hala Ludowa

The Japanese garden. Beautiful garden, specially to make to clown figures again. :D

Check the image on the left... think it's fake? :D

Out of the garden...

This church is interesting. Luiza just help me with the history so let's go again into more details. :) It seems I messed some things up... so I'm going to correct myself and give you some more details, now that Luiza helped me. :)
This church name is kościół Św. Jana Nepomucena (church of Saint Jan Napomucen) . It was not originally built here. It was made in Stare Koźle, southeast to Wroclaw. And it was brought to this place in 1913.
A few years ago, a few paintings were stolen from National Museum, and were hidden here for 2 ou 3 years. One of the robbers was cought and told where these paintings were. Some of the others robbers were only cought about 10 years later of the robbery! So I think now the story is a bit more correct. :) Thanks again Luiza.

These two buildings hide party party party.. Here is where all Erasmus from the University live. I heard all nights there have great parties... I mean... everybody studies a lot!

This building is where Luiza had first few years of lectures and labs. In her first year of university she was inside and the building suffered an explosion. The three top floors, burned out and all people were evacuated. It must have been scary. :) But the students were downstairs drinking beer and glad about not having classes... mean people!!! xD
By the way, the sculpture, represents the carbon athom.

I like this picture. Analyse the details... :D

33 bike kms later, we're back home, and ready to refill energies. :D

Starting to see the water balloons... :D Next day would be the fight day!

Some home made licor... very good... very tasty... very sweet.:)

And after this... bed time... third day over. :(

Day 4

Next day was all spent in the house. This was the day... "Wet Monday". Which means that everybody tries to wet everybody else. Somebody told me that they saw, people wainting for the tram to open the doors and throw water inside! EHEHE
And here was our fight. :D

The expert. :D

Everybody was completelly wet! Like the Monday!

After the fight, the deserved resting time. :) Sunbath... I'm darker already! :D

Comments? :D

The night came... and time spent talking to the family ended up in this...

I tried it... and it's OMG string!!! :D

And fourth day ended... :(

Day 5

The last day came. The goodbye day... or... the see you later day.

Lunch out with the girls...

And back again on the train station... See you later!!! :)
Krakow 23 and 24 of May! See you there!!!!

Because of all this, I'm able to say this was the best East ever for me! The best hospitality people, the funniest, the best cook, the best music lover, the best family! What to say? Can't Think you enough. :)
A few months ago, before my CS experience started, a friend of mine told me: "One of these days, you'll be found in a bathtub without kidnees and other organs." So let me tell him... if that would happen right now, it would worth it for all the CS experiences I've had. And let the next experiences come! CS forever! :D

PS: I'm not earning any money from CS. :D eheh

CS has one huge bad thing about it... We always have to say goodbye. But it has on even bigger good thing... We have always a reasong to come back!

I'll let you with the picture of the trip. :)

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2009-04-10T00:36:00.003+01:00

Just to celebrate so symbolic number of blog views... Thanks to you all, and to those who come just to see Waldo! :)

I wish you a nice easter!

2009-04-09T21:02:00.003+01:00

People... Just to send you the wishes of a very good easter with your family or friends. I'll leave you with a nice picture of a gathering here in IFE. ;)

There are two eggs made by me... take a guess, coment, and you are correct I'll pay You a Tyskie when You come to Lodz. :)

Big Kisses for Everyone.

Cool people met Lodz - Last Day (NIGHT!)

2009-04-02T19:43:00.003+01:00

Ok, this is the report of the last night of the cool people!

Warning:

This post contains shocking images of Nogueira... so if you're sensible don't look down! :D

Put down! Which is like who says "bota abaixo" eheh

Zé, what face is that? Were you enjoying? :D

Nogueira's Magic! Nogueira, Nogueira, Nogueira... You'll never be forgotten here in Poland! Please come back!!!!!!

José trying to have some attention as well... :D

Tuga guys... Cristo... let's not even talk about that. eheh

Inside of the bus!
I have a very nice video of this but some events prevent me from posting it!!! :( So here's a photo. Portuguese people singing "Rotunda! Rotunda! Rotunda!!" is priceless! :D

After arriving.. Again Nogueira... xD

More Nogueira

And Even more Nogueira! xD

More Nogueira...

Nogueira couldn't miss these pictures!

Ok, after the night... came the "kebab"...

No Nogueira! Sorry! Just me! xD

Brilliant night again.
And just to finishing my post....
ALL HAIL NOGUEIRA! XD

Blue Sky + Flowers + 15 degrees = ???? xD

2009-04-01T15:36:00.005+01:00

Blue Sky

Flowers

Shadow!

15º

That's right... Spring has arrived to Poland! xD Finally!

Cool people met Lodz! Second day!

2009-03-22T17:06:00.022Z

Second day of the cool people in Lodz, only DAY. Since it would be their last day, we went to see the best of the city, which is, the Piotrkowska street, and Manufaktura.

Piotrkowska Street

Manufaktura, according to Polish friends, this is the biggest mall in Europe.

As Vilaça stated in Facebook, and ok, I'll give him that, was somehow funny, but expected... oh, K is not from Kvetras, but........
n of Nn onounon of Nuno n of Nuno, n of Nunonunon of Nunon of K of Karlos, n of NunNuno R of Rita with a heart!Only Love! ;)

Who's the queen of the day? :D
I Wonder how many pictures this throne has? Everybody takes these pictures!

As we wanted to play some Bowling and we had to wait for one hour and a half, we decided, let's have a "gelaite".

Magda, first time bowling player. She made strikes!! :D

And, final results... my new record... not bad.

After having a nice day, we ended up shopping for the dinner, and night. Of course the most important thing was this 15 pack of 0.66l. :) For those who know Lodz, I took it from Manufaktura 'till 9th dorm! And keep in mind that the gate is closed, so I had to enter through Wóscznaska! :P But i got the 15 pack just for me!!! WEEEEEEE. Ok ok, not just for me... but some of it was just for me!! :D

Award! Beers of the world, and beer of Poland! 10 liter of TYSKIE!
Next post will be about the last night. Stay toon for more fun. :)

The cool people came to Lodz! In the first night magic was spread!

2009-03-21T18:56:00.022Z

The cool people came to Lodz! And what an amazing time it was! Magic... magic all over! :) Take a look at the pictures!

First let me introduce you the cool people. :)

oooo000000000ooooooJoão Nogueira,oooooooooooooooooooooooZé,ooooooooo000ooooooooooo00ooVetras!

The whole group!

They arrived hungry... but something was expecting them. :)

With full stomach they started to get curious.

And of course, night was waiting for us.

Not much is needed to say. Party time. Fun time! :)

Vetras: "That's how long it looks from the moon!"

Somebody was tired after so many things. :)

Soon i'll put the pictures of the second day. :)

Bye bye

After Warsaw, comes Krakow!

2009-03-13T13:04:00.019Z

Hi! As promissed! The Krakow report!

The following takes place between March 6 and March 9! Events occur in real time!

So, after that train from Warsaw, to Krakow, this is what happens next.
I'm not gonna get into much details about the things you've already seen in the first Krakow experience!
So, here we are again, in the main square wainting for our host!

Until she finally comes and takes us home! That day no more pictures. Next day, started with some to the "surfed couch" and view from the balcony.

Finally, the Auschwitz Concentration Camp! One should not go to Krakow without going there!

The most touching part... inside the gas chambers!

Birkenau

Imagina having 10 seconds to do your necessities!

And imagine sleeping here!

How many trains full of people just about to die came through this gate...

There they were chosen... either to live, or to... well you know.

Enough with those sad feelings, and with those pictures. Let's get back to the happy part again! :)

This is the best soup in Poland! Zurek! :) And yes, you eat the bread!

This looked and tasted a whole lot better than it looks in this picture! :P

Lizzard King! Amazing place!

Kasia and Ania!

Dagmar having a good time! :D Dreaming about something i guess. eheh

Elec (or Elek i don't know. Sorry Kasia!)

Wawel again!

The night came with a portuguese meal... well, not so traditional, but given the low gifted cooks, that's what we could do.
The cooks cook, and the dogs watch. :D

We had a small problem, and Raphael had to use spear socks... and what a beautiful effect they gave him! :D

The final result!

Just to end this post...
Erasmus is:

Quality of life!

PS: THANKS FOR EVERYTHING KASIA!!! ALL MOMENTS!

Warsaw @ First couchsurfing experience!

2009-03-11T00:20:00.033Z

Hey fellows! Thought the blog was dead? Well, not really! It's just i haven't had things to tell YOU! So this time, what am I gonna talk about? Well, about the trip to Varsaw with my greatest friend Dagmar, who payed me a visit here in Lodz, and my first Couchsurfing experience with him too! So let's start to explain what the hell is Couchsurfing.

"The CouchSurfing Project is a free, Internet-based, international hospitality service, and it is currently the largest hospitality exchange network. The project was commenced in 2003 and formally launched on Jan 1, 2004.(...)
Members use the website to coordinate contacts and home accommodation (or "surf" others' "couches") with other network members around the world. The website allows the creation of extensive profiles, and uses an optional credit card verification system, a personal vouching system, and personal references to increase security and trust between members. The site offers other features such as discussion groups, events and meetings, and live chat.

in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing

Oficial website is www.couchsurfing.com

Knowing this let's go to the trip.

So we arrived and we met your host, Diana. We had a nice lunch with her father and later on we went to this pub, (can't recall the name) and grabbed some beers and shots, while getting to know each other, and her friends.

The night ended at her "couch" with four of us playing "Never have I ever..." guess about what? AHAHAH

Next day started with Dagmar stuck to the stick! :D Well, shit happens.

And some visits around the city. In this second picture, there's Frédéric Chopin sculpture and around are some benchs where, during summer, people assist some concerts that take place in there.

Dagmar just wanted to break the ice! Literally! :D

And we went to this park, with many many peacocks, and some squirrels too.

The University's entrance

And some departments

A very nice car, if you ask me.if you ask ou ask me .

The Polish White houseHouse!The Polish White House!

The National Theater:

Old Town Palace:

Me and Dagmar being decapitated. :) I must say that even knowing that the guy woudn't cut my "gasganete" i was a bit afraid... well it's actually a fucking axe and you never know what's going on inside the guy's head!

Third day

Monument of Warsaw uprising 1944 and CourtHouse

Monument to the Fallen & Murdered. Unveiled on September 17, 1995 in occasion of the 56th anniversary of USSR's aggression against Poland.

Do you want some Dagmar? :D

Small Town and the symbol of Warsaw, the Mermaid with the shield.

Very nice library. Beautiful.

The most famous building in Warsaw and the tallest in Poland... The Palace of Culture and Science. More info here.
From the ground and from upthere! :)

The nice Zlote Teraszy Mall, with waves covering it. Very nice.

Last thing of the day was the visit to the Warsaw Uprising museum, which was quite impressive. I don't have many pictures, and given the poor light conditions, the ones I got are not the best either.

Real scale plane

One of the pictures which touched me the most was this one. Burning photos of mister Hitler.

And finally we ended up in a very nice club, called "Club 70's". Amazing place, and great music.

Last day

To finish, a small gift to Justyna just before leaving. :D Great portuguese guys. eheh

And finally, saying goodbye to our host! Thank you for everything! See you in Gdansk in June or July!!! :D

Krakow's report soon enough. :)
See ya there!

To those who think we don't work here!

2009-02-03T14:01:00.006Z

I'm just gonna show a small example to those of you who think we don't do anything around here, and the highest marks come from bringing wine from Portugal to Professors (well, some students do that :D).
So this is a small project we had to do, I'm not gonna give you much details, but the name of this one was, Skin detection... and with that name you can figure the rest out.

Can you do it? xD

PS: Ricardo/Ciclista/Snails guy did the code, I did the report. :D

So, don't think this is easy! ERASMUS LIFE IS HAAARD!

This one is to my mother/Este post é para a minha mãe!

2009-02-03T12:12:00.003Z

Hi Everyone!/Olá a todos!

Hi promissed my mother to do soup!/Prometi à minha mãe que fazia sopa!
And here's the evidence!/E aqui está a prova!!
Was it good?/Estava boa?
Well.... tasted burned but eatable... :D/Bem.... sabia um pouquinho a queimado mas comia-se... :D

And that's it... just two pictures to ilustrate.../Pronto, e é isto... duas fotozinhas para mostrar...

PS: For more details about the recipe... talk to me in msn :P
PS: Para mais informações àcerca da receita... falem comigo no msn :P

See you next time hopefully with some super complex portuguese meal! ehehe
Até à próxima, talvez com uma refeição portuguesa super difícil. ehehe

Yesterday's news! Tuga Power!

2009-01-27T16:12:00.009Z

Hi guys again, since this is a post about a Portuguese event, this must be in Portuguese... sorry fellows!

No Sábado passado conheci malta tuga da Universidade ali no Rezidencya, ou lá como se chama a discoteca. No Domingo vieram cá conhecer a nossa residência, e acabou por se marcar um jantar de despedida para ontem, já que hoje eles vão embora de vez para Portugal. Como não é um evento comum, e como pela primeira vez eramos mais portuguêses que Espanhóis, aqui ficam algumas fotos e vídeos.
PS: Normalmente o post scriptum é feito no final mas neste caso é especialmente dedicado à Isabel, e ao óptimo jantar que nos fez. Depois do salty rice, umas grandes Chicken's legs. ehehe :D

Ora como fomos nós os anfitriões de tamanho evento tivémos de ir às comprinhas. Como fui com uma mulher do Porto acabei por vir com o carro neste estado! eheh

A história deste carrinho vai mais longe quando ao chegarmos à residência com ele (aqui é um hábito), nos disseram que vinha a Polícia e íamos todos presos se não o devolvessemos. Claro que como bons samaritano que sou o devolvi (NOT!). Ao invés ficou para ali perdido para as couves. :)

E com o carro despejado e "arrumado" o armário e frigorífico ficaram
assim. Ok! Vocês vão agora perguntar onde raio anda o resto das cervejas, "Ou vais para um jantar de tugas sem ter umas garrafinhas aí?". Bem a resposta é simples... lá fora estavam -3ºC. Logo fora da janela é bem melhor que um frigoríco! :D Ao fim de meia hora estavam mais do que fresquinhas e prontinhas a mandar abaixo. eheh

Entretanto o jantar começa a ser feito e tem este aspecto:

Multiplicado por 4 e comandado por esta senhora:

E assim começou o jantar.

Pedro, Vera, e Rita

A dada altura a Isabel lembou-se de ir buscar o seu cavaquinho e iluminar as nossas almas com a melodia airosa! Isabel... já chega para os próximos 7 meses :P eheh

Antes de acabar o jantar houve tempo para uns verdadeiros brindes à lá Portuguesa! Quem não conhece a letra que fique calado. :D

E como sempre, alguém tem de tratar da sujidade... não é só comer ehehe

E depois de alguma preparação...

Lá saímos de casa. Depois de muita dúvida e de um Kalyska vazio (of course) lá acabámos nós na biblioteka.

O meu chapéu anda a fazer demasiado furor por estas bandas...

Just a word in english... how sad is that Sandor? :D

Ainda não vos tinha apresentado a Ana :)

Annnnnd that's about it! Uma palavra de obrigado para toda a gente, e os desejos de uma boa viagem para as meninas que vão hoje embora, aliás, acho que à hora da escrita deste post devem estar a bordo do senhor Ryan para Londres onde espero qeu tenham uma boa estadia. :)
E já agora, de volta a Portugal espalhem os nossos cumprimentos por quem por lá andar. heh

Abraço a todos

A tribute to my mentor

2009-01-19T11:48:00.005Z

As a tribute to my dear mentor Kasia, who's leaving to Madrid on Erasmus today... You were the best mentor i've ever had!! So far the only one too! eheh

Big big kiss and a tight hug like the one on the picture above, oh and thanks again to your father for this great gift! :D

Prague... The city of Mcdonalds and Porsches

2009-01-15T17:15:00.030Z

Hi Everybody! That's me again! :) This time to show you the report of the trip to Prague. eheh

So, in the begining of December we decided to go to Prague. Well, it would have to be in the begining of January because I would go with Franch guys and they would go away in the middle of this month, and i only came back from Portugal on the 7th. So we decidided:
- Ok, Nuno arrives on January 7, so let's go that day at night. Since the trip is about 14 hours, we go at night and arrive in the morning.
- Good, let's go.

After booking hostel, I found out that I only would arrive at Łódź only at 21:20, and the last train would be at 22:20! WOW! This would be quite funny because if the plane would arrived late I would not gonna be able to go.

So before going to Portugal I packed everything to prepare to my "arrival and departure in less than 10 minutes".

Now, I have to say good things about Franch guys. :D On the very last day they decided to go check the tickets and they found out that we would have bus trips cheaper and for almost half the time, AND the bus would depart later. So I had all the time to put my things together, but of course, even that way, I forgot some shirts, and for 4 days i took 7 Jeans! (ok, if this was a girl would be normal but....

Ok, enough of stories, let's start with the pictures. :D

Our hostel, Chilli Hostel

Some of the first sights:

Dancing building

Old town
Main square in Prague

Yves, what's that? It's the middle of the day!! Shame on you!!

As we were tired, pauses like these were common eheh

Great weather! :D

And some night pictures:

The Petrin Tower jufroswefrjekfhurefdslkfjlkjhuifheruifhehf

Saint Vitus Cathedral

The gard look a hell of a lot better than me! :D

Eye sights!

And now, up up up till the Petrin Tower. :)

And there we were.

It's a pitty, the foggy weather... other than that... amazing!

One more rest stop :D

One more day:

This reminds me Chriss F*cking Angel in that moment, walking on water! :D

Ok, this time I was walking alone and this was the only bicicle i found! What should i do? DAMN! This would have to count! 3 countries... 2 to go! (or at least i wish... :D)

As everybody knows, Czech Republic has the Presidency of the European Union. This signals that:

A boat ride (it's getting normal in these kind of trips):

My favourite picture of this trip:

Preparing to the night :)

Karlovy Lazne! If you ever go to Prague don't start hereas a night adventure. I was expecting so much more of this five floor night club... It's was just normal... and normal in Prague... sucks!

But we had great fun though! :D

The next day, and shame on me, i stayed all day in the hostel, because of the f*cking hangover! But, it's ok, i think i've seen the best of Prague. :D
Next stop? Who the hell knows!!! :D

See you guys!

Changes

2009-01-05T11:53:00.005Z

Hi everybody! Well, this is my first post of the year, and because of that I wish you all a great great year of 2009! Who cares about the chrisis we're gonna be through? Well, we should, but, IT'S ERASMUS so let's enjoy the rest of it!

What could i do better than show the changes that took place in my room? Well a lot probably but this will have to do!

So the first picture shows my room just before starting my Erasmus Adventure, and the second one is just after first three months, and after loosing some time in the wall!

See any diferences?

See ya next time! ;)

Dancing.....

2008-12-11T19:41:00.005Z

Ok, this video came to me today. Its content took place last Saturday, in a disco called CABARET, so far my favourite place around here. At begining i was reluctant about making this public, but... what the hell, everybody wants to have something to make fun of me so here it goes... Ah, but remember, i wasn't completelly normal... i had drank enough Vodka not to be well! xD But ok, this is just an excuse, cuz i always dance like this... crapy!!! :D

Definitely one doesn't speak Portuguese here!

2008-12-11T17:29:00.006Z

Hey guys!
This next videos are not about my experience, but i feel i should share them, becuse they have something to do with me. I would love to be like this guy here, traveling all around the world and to get to know all kinds of cultures and people. This year may be my starting point, who knows! Raise the hand those who don't like the ideia!

Meet "Where the Hell is Matt?"

If you got interested in get to know more about this initiative, you can see all his videos here.