Book Wars

As a college student in 2020, there are some hard truths you have to deal with. Everything is expensive (price), everything is cheap (quality), you may not gain any competitive edge over most peers, and ultimately, you (or often your future-self or parents) are seen as merely dollar signs by the institutions that be. Must […]

When BitCoin Goes Bust

*If you were thinking and breathing in 2017/18 you probably heard of BitCoin**. The illusive cryptocurrency is shrouded in mystery for any number of lay people, but with a whispering promise of a future paved in gold for anyone who invests. Not quite. BitCoin is at its core just another form of money. Let’s talk […]

The Abdication of Tradition

Being a very discombobulated man in Milwaukee, Christopher Sholes was strange. He often wore trousers inches too short for his legs. Working on and off in print journalism throughout his life, with some time away after accepting a position as Collector of the Port of Milwaukee to which he was appointed to by Abraham Lincoln, […]

Technology: and the fall of the gerontocracy

It’s easy to sit back in ones rocking chair, knitting needles in hand, with the radio blasting in the background while viciously condemning the technology of the new age. A familiar and vivid image for some, completely unfounded for others. For years the gerontocracy has been sounding the alarm of the effects new technology has […]

Un Chien Andalou

Recently I have been reading about “les années folles” also known as the Golden Years. It refers mostly to 1920’s France and the rise of the Modernism, Surrealism, and Cubism as well as an increase of nihilism and a general return to the principals of the enlightenment.  art movement and the avant-garde. The modernist movement never […]

Grand Hotel do Porto

Being one of the oldest cities in the country, over 2000 years old, Braga perfectly combines the traditional and the modern, providing a journey through the history and architecture of different times. In this city in the north of Portugal, the heart of the Minho region, it is possible to appreciate traces from the Roman era (when it was called Bracara Augusta, honoring Emperor Augustus). But also visit the first Cathedral in the country, built in the 12th century. 

Vila Galé Collection Braga

Being one of the oldest cities in the country, over 2000 years old, Braga perfectly combines the traditional and the modern, providing a journey through the history and architecture of different times. In this city in the north of Portugal, the heart of the Minho region, it is possible to appreciate traces from the Roman era (when it was called Bracara Augusta, honoring Emperor Augustus). But also visit the first Cathedral in the country, built in the 12th century. 

VILA GALÉ COLLECTION TOMAR

Set by the Nabão River and very close to the city centre, Vila Galé Collection Tomar is ideally located to explore the main sites such as the Tomar Castle or the Convent of Christ, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO since 1983. But also to explore the São Francisco Convent and the peculiar and unique Museum of Matches, the Sete Montes National Forest, and the Jewish heritage of the old Jewish quarter and synagogue.

Las Dos Manos

R. de São Pedro de Alcântara 59, 1200-459 Lisboa, Portugal

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My Story Hotel Ouro

My Story Hotel Ouro opened its doors to the public in February 2014 in an 18th century building, giving downtown Lisbon the concept of hospitality that this cosmopolitan and attractive European city needed. Here, you will find elegance, comfort, design and modernity distributed over five floors of charm and history in a privileged location: Aurea Street, better known as Ouro Street, one of the most historic and famous streets in Lisbon.