Universal Language

Greetings from Lisboa.  That's Portuguese for Lisbon, and one of the few words that I know in the language.  It's too bad that the Americans and Brits aren't doing as great a job of cultural imperialism as we'd like to believe and we're bumping into plenty of people who don't speak English.  Like our nice cab driver today.

 

Moi: Did he say that the buses were there? 

 

Emily: I don't know, I didn't really catch what he said.

 

Moi: But you kept nodding and saying 'Yes'!

 

Emily: That´s just because he´s an adorable old man.

 

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One thing we do understand, however, is how to navigate the streets. 

 

Moi: Perhaps we should wait a couple of hours in country before we start jaywalking.

 

Emily: Good idea.

 

(watch incredibly slow car row by as people stand idly at the crosswalk)

 

Moi: On second thought, it´s been two minutes.  Let´s jaywalk.

 

Emily: Sounds about right.