I'm getting ready to go to Lisbon in 4 days !!! I found an interesting website about Lisbon: http://www.thelisbonconnection.com/
that has a fun video link about a neighborhood there called Mouraria. This neighborhood is near Alfama and looks like one of the older parts of Lisbon that has a connection to Fado, a type of music and singing that is very famous. Here is a video in Portuguese about the neighborhood. I wish I could understand what everyone is saying !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAG5NRoVizA

Enjoy !!!

Here is a great link for learning about Portuguese writers and a cool sounding program for visiting writers:

http://disquietinternational.org/resources/literary-lisbon/

Good morning !

I found a link online that has some pictures of Lisbon with short descriptions. Here is the link: http://planetden.com/architecture/san-francisco-europe-lisbon 
I can't wait to see all these places ! I am especially interested in riding the #28 streetcar or tram. That is supposed to be really cool ! Hope you enjoy the photos !

My new blog

Hi everyone,

I am starting this blog so you can read about my life in Portugal. I will arrive there on July 13th and stay until early January 2015 ! I'm so excited. I've never been there before. Why am I going to Portugal ? Well, I am going there for my first ever sabbatical. A sabbatical is when a teacher gets time off to write, study, or travel. I love traveling so I decided to take a travel sabbatical. Teachers at CCSF are very lucky because we can apply for sabbaticals every seven years if we are working full-time. Thank you CCSF !!!

This blog is for my students. I will be studying the Portuguese language and will write about my experiences as a student learning a new language. It's going to be difficult and scary. I hope that reading my blog in English will be interesting for you and will help you improve your English.

I hope you will make some comments too and let me know what you think about what I write.

More later !