This time in English (for the special offer of Miss. Fiona) This is simply where I'm gonna be... It was the very first time I made a search on google for some pictures of the(!) place where I'm supposed to spend two whole years of my life... It is sooo weird how familiar it looks.. Like any other cities I have been before... But it is also such weird that this is the time when I feel fear that much... I was not able to point Portugal on the map before Erasmus and I had very less information but fearless I was... once upon a time.....
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Thanx for humoring me ;) (which shows respect for the elderly, you were raised right!)
I never found a way of explaining how can one identify so much with a country that you never knew before. The way I feel about the scandanavian countries is something I'm not able to explain to myself, except for sociological similitude reasons (or so they say, i'm no expert). The thing is: just like us, they spend their time looking over the sea, contemplating (Denmark's mermaid is just an iconic example of it); just like us, they have this unexplainable sadness that comes across in their culture (bergman; stig dagerman; pia tafdrup); the obsession with order and commitment (which we don't have, but it is my obsession to live in a country THAT WORKS!); the borderline relationship with partying and losing control...
So, for me, in a vicarious experience kind of way, you chose the closest set of countries to be near PT ;)
And you'll grow immensly in this other experience!
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