Romps in Rome
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com Men looking for racy weekends rate Rome as the ripest destination for romantic romps. New research, commissioned by British Airways, shows that one in four
Pousadas – a distinctly Portuguese experience
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com “When a customer is not known by his/her name, but only by the room number, we will be far from the Pousadas’ personality,” (António Ferro
Spy camera
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com USHERS IN Malaysian cinemas are using night-vision goggles to spot people filming the movie with mobile phones and hand-held cameras. In the last two months, 17
Tidying tantrum
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A YOUNG girl in Germany was so upset that her mother had asked her to clean her room that she placed a sign in her bedroom
Metal head
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AFTER ENDURING 64 years of chronic headaches, a 77-year-old Chinese woman finally went to see a doctor, who x-rayed her and found a bullet lodged in
Measure for measure
By: Philip Bushill-Matthews MEP West Midlands Region Conservative Spokesman for Employment and Social Affairs brussels@portugalresident.com THE SO-CALLED “Metric Martyrs” are back in the news, following an announcement by the European
Gift-wrapped
A MEXICAN man was allegedly murdered by members of a drug cartel and his body was wrapped in Christmas gift paper. Police found the present in a wasteland area and,
Human train
RAIL PASSENGERS in India were asked to get behind a train and push after it broke down. It took more than half an hour to move the electric train 12
Scientists and storks
By MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com DRINKING COFFEE outside, enjoying an occasional burst of sunshine on a windy morning last week, there was quite a chill in the air, which reminded me
Stunning gardens without water – Part two
Stunning gardens without water – Part two: Radical lanscapes – the Agaves By: Stuart Merelie qm@portugalresident.com IF THERE is one plant which drastically shapes the landscape in the Algarve, Agave