Well, I made it through my first couple of days. The weather here is very temperate and it's been relatively sunny (keeping my fingers crossed)--it's beautiful out today and Molly and I are going to walk to the town of Cascais from her apartment (in Estoril). Both are suburbs of central Lisbon and on the ocean. Estoril, it turns out, was a nest of American and British spies during World War II, how fitting! It's also where Casino Royale is based because it has the largest casino in Europe--Thanks goodness because my slot-machine arm is getting weak!
I've been spending my days at the archive Torre do Tombo and it's been very productive so far. Turns out my biggest problem is going to be TOO much information. I'm looking at the files of the Portuguese secret police (PIDE)--their version of the CIA. Pretty interesting stuff...but BOY did they collect a lot of paper!!!
OK, that's it for now. Still no word on the visa...that's a WHOLE other issue!
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