SuperMário the Tuktuk Driver

10/02/2025

08/02/2025

Chiado Square, Lisboa.
Where else...?! 😊😊

07/02/2025

The reconstruction of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake was a milestone in urban planning. It introduced key principles of modern urban planning such as wide streets, geometrically planned districts, seismic-resistant buildings, and zoning regulations. These ideas reflected Enlightenment rationality and influenced later urban developments.

07/02/2025

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02/02/2025

The perfect T-shirt!! 😁😁

02/02/2025

Going back to the basics...

1. Never shake a hand while sitting.

2. Never talk bad about the food when you are the guest.

3. Don't eat the last piece of something you didn't buy.

4. Protect who is behind you and respect who is beside you.

5. Never make the first offer in a negotiation.

6. Don't take credit for the work you didn't do.

7. Dress well, no matter what the occasion.

8. Speak honestly: say what you think and mean what you say.

9. Ask more than you answer.

10. Leave the profane language for the less educated.

11. Avoid placing your phone on the table when eating with someone.

12. Listen, smile and most of all make eye contact.

13. If you're not invited, don't ask to go.

14. Never be ashamed of where you come from.

15. Don't beg for a relationship.

30/01/2025

Ever heard of Pena Palace, in Sintra? Well, it's the one in between the lightning's "legs"!! Amazing photo of tonight's thunderstorm. ☺️

29/01/2025

The world's fourth oldest war frigate is Portuguese, and is on display at Cacilhas, across the Tejo river, not far from the very famous Ponto Final restaurant. Well worth a visit! ❤️ 🇵🇹

29/01/2025

George Orwell once said: The most terrible loneliness is not the kind that comes from being alone, but the kind that comes from being misunderstood; the loneliness of standing in a crowded room, surrounded by people who do not see you, who do not hear you, who do not know the true essence of who you are. And in that loneliness, you feel as though you are fading, disappearing into the background, until you are nothing more than a ghost, a shadow of your former self...

29/01/2025

The unknown story of the Portuguese princess that became queen of England and gave the afternoon tea habit to the English. Also responsible for introducing oranges, marmelade, porcelain ("china"), cutlery and dining etiquette to the English court.
While Catherine’s political influence was limited, her cultural impact was enormous. She helped refine English courtly life, making tea drinking, oranges, porcelain, and proper dining etiquette fashionable among the nobility. Her legacy still lingers in British culture today!

The Freelance History Writer’s debut book, Charles II’s Portuguese Queen: The Legacy of Catherine of Braganza is now available for pre-order from the following book sellers: Order your …

28/01/2025

I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.
I could see that you were crying...you found it hard to sleep.
I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear.
"It's me, I haven't left you...I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."
I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea.
You were thinking of the many times, your hands reached down to me.
I was with you at the shops today, your arms were getting sore.
I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.
I was with you at my grave today, you tend it with such care.
I want to reassure you that I am not lying there.
I walked with you toward the house, as you fumbled for your key,
I gently put my paw on you. I smiled and said, "It's me."
You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know that I was standing there.
It's possible for me to be so near you every day.
To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."
You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew...
In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.
The day is over...I smile and watch you yawning
And say, "Goodnight, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."
And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I'll rush across to greet you and we will stand, side-by-side.
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.
Be patient, live your journey out...then come home to be with me.
-Author Unknown

25/01/2025

Sunset at Costa da Caparica beach, today. Less than 15 miles from Lisboa's center. Blessed to live in such a beautiful place! ❤️☺️

23/01/2025

THE GENE THAT ONLY THE PORTUGUESE HAVE. 🇵🇹

There are controversies and not all scholars agree. However, there is a group of scholars who claim that reading the DNA of the Portuguese shows that we have a unique gene from the ancient Lusitanians.

Many claim that there is no Portuguese gene. As I heard and read the two versions in which one contradicts the other, I believe it is the starting point for a healthy discussion.

The research that caused controversy in the academic world appeared in 1997. The gene in question would be present in Iberian populations. In addition to Portugal, it was verified in other countries such as Brazil and the USA, through immigration.

A25-BIS-DR2 is a gene that only exists in one people: the Lusitano. This conclusion was reached through the Study of HLA Histocompatibility Genes, which revealed that the descendants of the Lusitanians, the people who inhabited the north and center of Portugal since the Iron Age, have two unique genes: A25-BIS- DR2 and the A26-B38-DR13.

The second is humanity's oldest gene. The first is exclusively owned by the Lusitanos. Therefore, the genetic code of the Portuguese is different from that of other Mediterranean peoples and is the oldest on the face of the Earth.

After all, who are the Lusitanos?
The Lusitanian people, believed to have originated in Central Europe, inhabited a large part of current Portuguese territory and arrived in the Iberian Peninsula when Celtic immigration occurred in the first millennium BC.
These people went down in history for being those who managed to resist the onslaught of the Romans who wanted to conquer their territory for the longest time. The fighting began in 193 BC, but the Lusitanians only came under Roman administration many years later, in 29 BC.