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On tomorrow thinking, a famous Portuguese pastry and an infamous architect

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Jerine Nicole
Aug 02, 2022
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Olá from Lisbon, Portugal!

Two months ago, my partner and I decided to visit Europe for the 3rd time, but this time we'll be exploring some countries that I've been dreaming of for about two years now: Spain and Portugal.

So far, we've explored Barcelona and Porto, but I'll be sharing my thoughts on Spain.

Getting to Spain gave me a scary a feeling, because it was so important for me to like the country.

I was scared of getting disappointed when I arrived. 

I had a picture of what Spain needs to feel like: vibrant but calm, alive but relaxed.

And when we got to the city, my first impression was, “this city is dirty and I want to go back home”. The streets weren’t clean and there were a lot of homeless people in the streets.

But as we spent more days in the city, I've come to love its imperfections.

From where I'm from, Toronto, everything is so rigid and organized. The streets are blocks of squares and it's quite easy to navigate. It’s also mostly clean. Yes, that's good, but it can get borin…

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