👋Dear all,One a more personal note…I am not going to lie: it’s tough!No surprise when you have a 2,5 year old toddler and an almost 3 month old. You cease to exist, only exist to function and day dream both those short couple of hours at the end of...

👋Dear all,Today, there is an event starting called Aldeia (village) Djembe Camp. It’s an event dedicated to West African drumming and dancing and it takes place in Portugal, my Heimat. I have been part of the organising team since the very beginning...

👋Dear all,After 2 month of waiting we finally got our brand new car (and I got so distracted with it that I forgot to send out an email). We didn’t buy it, we didn’t lease it, we subscribed it! Just like Netflix: as much as you can stream for 8€ mon...

👋Dear all,Last weekend we went camping. The time usually spent writing these emails was allocated to getting everything ready. “Everything” turns into a whole different dimension if you add a toddler and a 6 week old baby to the equation.We had a va...

Bom dia everyone,Early birds love the summer so they decided to stay until the end of the month. That's right! Until the 31st of August you will be able to book:3 meals a day for 25€ 🥳Tent for 10€ a night per person 😎12 hours of dance for 100€ 🤩 A...

👋Dear all,My parents are in town, visiting and enjoying their grandchildren. They insist in paying for everything. Absolutely everything. Of course such visits always result in a lot of extra activities that you otherwise wouldn’t do, but, I have to...

👋Dear all,I have taught German as a foreign language for several years and one thing that I seriously advocate is having goals!In one of the very first classes I sat in (an A2.2 back in 2011) I asked one student why he was learning German. “I want t...

👋TL;DRVolatility teaches patienceGordon Gecko is realWith luck you might make money, with patience and diligence probably way more!You can forget all of that and keep it simple.Dear all,two years ago today I bought my first stock. It was a pure coin...