When we were sitting at JFK before take-off to Lisbon, I was surprised to hear so many people speaking Russian. Must be a popular destination for them, I thought. And then when the pilot started speaking Russian before the English announcements, I thought he was being very considerate of a large tourist group. Somewhere overContinue reading “A few observations”
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Our first look at Lisbon
We are back in Europe at its western-most point, in Portugal. This is a lovely city with complex past of religions, rulers, and natural catastrophes.