Comments on: Letter From Lisbon http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Peeved Michelle http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1334 Peeved Michelle Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:30:38 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1334 I just watched some show on the Food Network where some guy eats weird stuff all over the world. He ate barnacles in Spain for the first time. He described it as tasting like the best shrimp you have ever tasted but that the texture was more like some sort of medical-grade gelatin. He nearly gagged on it due to the texture - and this from the man who had earlier sucked the brains out of a suckling pig. I will be interested to read how it went for you. I just watched some show on the Food Network where some guy eats weird stuff all over the world. He ate barnacles in Spain for the first time. He described it as tasting like the best shrimp you have ever tasted but that the texture was more like some sort of medical-grade gelatin. He nearly gagged on it due to the texture - and this from the man who had earlier sucked the brains out of a suckling pig. I will be interested to read how it went for you.

]]> By: Shell http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1301 Shell Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:22:04 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1301 What a fantastic adventure! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. What a fantastic adventure! Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

]]> By: Katrina http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1263 Katrina Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:20:04 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1263 Oh, I dearly love to travel, so I'll make this comment short in hopes that my abject envy doesn't come seeping out from between my words. Have a wonderful time! Oh, I dearly love to travel, so I’ll make this comment short in hopes that my abject envy doesn’t come seeping out from between my words.

Have a wonderful time!

]]> By: Kelly http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1262 Kelly Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:44:41 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1262 after raising one of each, i've determined that preteen boys and girls are equally hormonal and unpredictable. The thing with boys is, they outgrow the hormone stage and have this special place for their mom - the girls always have a hormonal phase, once a month for eternity, and tend to have that my-mom-knows-nothing a lot longer. This too, shall pass, i'm saying. after raising one of each, i’ve determined that preteen boys and girls are equally hormonal and unpredictable. The thing with boys is, they outgrow the hormone stage and have this special place for their mom - the girls always have a hormonal phase, once a month for eternity, and tend to have that my-mom-knows-nothing a lot longer. This too, shall pass, i’m saying.

]]> By: los http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1260 los Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:48:01 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1260 Wow! Portugual. The closest I got this spring break was riding Small World at Disney! Have a blast Wow! Portugual. The closest I got this spring break was riding Small World at Disney! Have a blast

]]> By: joanne http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1258 joanne Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:10:25 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1258 I've had Beverly before. At Epcot (I know...) there is a Coke station where they have a wide variety of Cokes from around the world. It is kind of cool but Beverly is disgusting! I went to Japan when I was 12 which was awesome and cool, but I remember being weirded out by how the Japanese were about my then blonde hair. I had the same thing happen... pictures, random people touching it. As an introverted 12 year old it freaked me out. I’ve had Beverly before. At Epcot (I know…) there is a Coke station where they have a wide variety of Cokes from around the world. It is kind of cool but Beverly is disgusting!

I went to Japan when I was 12 which was awesome and cool, but I remember being weirded out by how the Japanese were about my then blonde hair. I had the same thing happen… pictures, random people touching it. As an introverted 12 year old it freaked me out.

]]> By: Karin B http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1257 Karin B Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:59:44 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1257 We had a Portuguese exchange student stay at our house a few years ago. He explained to us that their language is actually closer to French than Spanish. The other time I heard the language spoken was in the movie "Love, Actually".Toward the end of that movie Colin Firth's character proposes 'his girl' in Portuguese on Christmas Eve in a cute bistro...a great scene... Looking back, my older son was difficult at around 11-12 when we forced him to go with us to see art etc..in major cities. At the time we found creative ways to handle it, like compare a group painting to his soccer team...(long story)..As he was about 13, he found a competitive sport and poured all his moodiness in that. That meant that our vacations became his sport events, but that too passed. Only five years later he was gone to college. We had a Portuguese exchange student stay at our house a few years ago. He explained to us that their language is actually closer to French than Spanish. The other time I heard the language spoken was in the movie “Love, Actually”.Toward the end of that movie Colin Firth’s character proposes ‘his girl’ in Portuguese on Christmas Eve in a cute bistro…a great scene…
Looking back, my older son was difficult at around 11-12 when we forced him to go with us to see art etc..in major cities. At the time we found creative ways to handle it, like compare a group painting to his soccer team…(long story)..As he was about 13, he found a competitive sport and poured all his moodiness in that. That meant that our vacations became his sport events, but that too passed. Only five years later he was gone to college.

]]> By: momumo http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1249 momumo Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:52:42 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1249 Wll it's been years and no one else seemed to be warning you... (so I could be wrong) but the most friendly portuguese I ran across when I lived there were the gypsies who had pegged me as American and wanted my money. Portuguese is beautiful, and while it is very much it's own language, I too was able to muddle by with bits of other romance languages and charades until I learned it enough to get by. I had 6 brothers, and two sisters... that's nine - we girls were definitely more awful... I have one boy, 14, yes he has been moody on and off... but NEVER did he compare with either of his sisters for the mood from hell that has no apparent cause. Boys are moody, but it's boredom, or perceived torture, or unrealized expectations (I thought you said we were having pizza tonight) and it can change after some sleep or some junk food. Girls don't even like themselves sometimes and have no clue why they feel so bitchy or sad or miserable and nothing can improve it. Wll it’s been years and no one else seemed to be warning you… (so I could be wrong) but the most friendly portuguese I ran across when I lived there were the gypsies who had pegged me as American and wanted my money. Portuguese is beautiful, and while it is very much it’s own language, I too was able to muddle by with bits of other romance languages and charades until I learned it enough to get by.

I had 6 brothers, and two sisters… that’s nine - we girls were definitely more awful… I have one boy, 14, yes he has been moody on and off… but NEVER did he compare with either of his sisters for the mood from hell that has no apparent cause. Boys are moody, but it’s boredom, or perceived torture, or unrealized expectations (I thought you said we were having pizza tonight) and it can change after some sleep or some junk food. Girls don’t even like themselves sometimes and have no clue why they feel so bitchy or sad or miserable and nothing can improve it.

]]> By: lexi daly http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1223 lexi daly Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:49:59 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1223 wow, portugal--sounds wonderful! can't wait to hear about the barnacles??!! :) lexi wow, portugal–sounds wonderful! can’t wait to hear about the barnacles??!!

:) lexi

]]> By: talentedgirl http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1222 talentedgirl Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:55:07 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/03/20/letter-from-lisbon/#comment-1222 Go to Evora, there is a church made of bones. The boys will love it! Go to Evora, there is a church made of bones.
The boys will love it!

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