Pipe Organs and Portuguese Guitars

Music is my main hobby; I love to play instruments, find new music, and listen to live music. I knew I’d need to find as much music as possible during my time in Lisbon, Portugal. I expected fado music, essentially Portugal’s classical genre, which is often sung in dedicated bars or in the streets of…

Don’t take your coffee to go

Take it outside the shop and sit beneath an umbrella. Or if you’re only drinking espresso, stand at the counter and spend a few minutes sipping. Get a pastry, get a sandwich. Stare at the purple jacarandas across the street. If you zoom down the sidewalk with a paper cup in hand, guzzling a boiling…

Leaving for Lisbon

Hello from Maryland! My name is Al, and I’m an upcoming third-year physics student in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. I spent this past winter applying to a long list of physics internships, and I’m grateful that my wide search landed me in the Portugal Internship Program through the David C. Frederick Honors…