A terrible accident in Lisbon today with a tram derailment and 15 people killed, tourists and locals who both use the ‘funicular’ as it is called. I’ve had some concerned messages as I live here, but I’m in Porto, thanks for checking in - it’s a sad end to the summer. Out in the Porto streets rain was falling in uncertain wisps so I went back inside to get my umbrella, walking the street with it up, I noticed I was in the minority, it wasn’t exactly a storm. I reached the underground and when I got off at Casa da Musica, I was glad to be the one with the brolly as the ‘fairy rain’ had become needles. I got to the bank, it was packed, went for a coffee, dreamt of a world without admin.
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