Headed to California tomorrow
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How long ya gonna be stateside? I assume kiddos and what not are in the mix. It'll be nice to see some old memories and the inevitable changes will make you wistful.
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It's as crazy as ever. It's going to be supersonic speed to you compared to what your life is like in Portugal. I hope you enjoy the things you do miss...
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Totally here 100% for kiddos. Spending 4 weeks here. Only 1 in CA.
I am wistful just thinking of how California used to be. I think it's gonna hurt to see it now. My great grandparents moved to California from the East coast, so five generations of us in that state -- all gone now. Except my siblings are still there. But my kids don't live there anymore.
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Yup. The speed and the impatience will be total culture shock. Already experienced some of that in the airports.
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How's your Portuguese, I imagine you must pretty day to day chit chat and interaction fluent by now, and if there's any "jet lag" in speaking Merican again, now that you're here for a visit.
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LOL. I'm still having to stop myself from figuring out how I have to say everything when I start to talk here. I can just open my mouth and talk!
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Funny isn't it? Even though I speak Spanish fairly fluently, sometimes vocabulary words stump me.
Like "highlighter". I have to look up how to say that. They didn't exist when I was learning Spanish.
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Do your very best to have a great time.
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I'm still stumped by verb conjugations, and it's mainly due to my Spanish. I expect Portuguese to be pretty close, and often it just isn't at all. I still kind of speak Portanhol. Actually, Portanholish. And the Portuguese is really messing with my Spanish. When I went to Spain, I kept using Portuguese words.
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Everything is free, if you're brave enough.
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come visit me and momma in OHIO!!
I've never been to one so I was curious.
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Depends on how well off the people are.
I think most people serve a wine, maybe a sparkling one. Drinks can be very expensive for dozens if not hundreds of people.
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Depends on the family, Open bars aren't the norm but they happen, generally there's champagne for toasting the couple.
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OK. DM me your address. Ohio's on the way!
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It’s going to be like stepping foot on a foreign planet…
The people are sheit.. but the food is spectacular!!!
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Oh my God, but ain't that the truth!
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I do really, really miss the food!
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Good for you. It will be good and some bad. I’m going back again on the 12th. Best time of year in Ca.
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Her lung capacity had shrunk by 10% and she is covered in soot.
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I heard a rumor around town that she was at the rainbow room doing bumps off the bouncers knuckle waiting for a table in VIP
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It's been interesting. So much nostalgia, so nice to see family and friends, but total reinforcement of my love of Portugal.
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Yes. It was free. Wine and two fancy cocktails. The wedding was gorgeous and fun. Danced half the night. We were there for about six hours. Probably 80 or so people. Outside, on a cliff above the ocean. Just gorgeous. The food was fantastic. They must have spent a fortune. I think the bride's parents are quite well off.
Sounds like they are. A cliff over the ocean would be a beautiful sight to see indeed. Glad to hear that you had a good time.
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