All 4 of us work for in same building, in the same institute, for the same company. Go figure.
Hold on to your seat
It’s going to be a wild ride
As a side note, the police were doing bag checks. Bobble got a funny look and made the people being me laugh.
Lisbon in 1 day
Vera and ! managed to sneak a few hours of walking around Lisbon before the official start of websummit. 24,000 steps later, we were beat, but we managed to see the highlights (if only from outside).
We also stopped in this little hole-in-the-wall restaurant. Honestly, at first I thought the door was a window – it was that small. It was, however, full of locals and the food was superb. I had a tuna steak and steamed veg for 9.50 euro. Seriously. I also had a piece of torta de laranja that was pure evil goodness. Think of a cake made with 12 eggs and 500g of sugar. I’m looking for a recipe. The host kept taking the piss at us, but in a friendly way. “You’re on your holiday and you want to drink sparkling water? What’s wrong with you!” And then when we were leaving, we complimented the kitchen saying that the food had been excellent. His response? “We know”.
Love it.
R&B album cover? Or maybe grunge?
Katy sent me a picture of Bean’s new haircut (he doesn’t like it). Why could I imagine this being an album cover from the 90’s?
When in Portugal
Coffee, water and pasteis de nata. For 3.50 euro. I’m in heaven. This will be dangerous.
WebSummit, here I come
Finally made it to Lisbon. Flight delayed, thought my bag might have been lost (it wasn’t), it’s raining, but no worries. I’m in my hotel, I have Wi-Fi and I have plans to meet up with co-workers later tonight.
A holiday we can all get behind
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That cat
Pavel was highly stressed and needed comforting. As soon as I got on the sofa, he curled up on my leg. Although he’s usually very close by, as in he’ll snuggle in besides you, he’s not normally a lap cat.
Happy Halloween
Katy pretty much single-handedly organised the building’s annual Halloween evening. It was really cool – the neighbours all thanked to her for organising it, and some people brought wine to go along with the nibbles and drinks that she’d put out, with the pumpkins and candles and chimenea. It seems that people are always chuffed to have it happen and ask about it around the start of October.
Of course, Bean raked in an obscene amount of candy.
I didn’t believe shit like this happened outside of the movies
So, scene. I’m walking home when I stop at a very long traffic light. There’s a giant luxury car waiting at the light. Posh woman runs out from the driver’s side in her skirt and high heels and goes to the back of the car, presses a button and the boot door slowly lifts up. She madly rummages around, then presses the button to automagically shut the door. Except it doesn’t. She opens the side door to do some more quick rummaging, then runs back to the driver’s seat. Light changes, she bombs it up the hill, towards the highway on ramp. With her boot door still open. While shit tumbles out of her car on the road. She doesn’t stop. How the hell can you not notice something like this??? I honest-to-god stood there cringing.