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…
Tag: Al Riska
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…
