When You Live In Coimbra
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Anne Marie Wells If you Coimbrans want to keep up with what’s keeping me busy in the States (besides the ever-impending doom of a fascist dictator takeover) then you can follow me on my Writer Page on Facebook. Tenho saudades de Coimbra :-(
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When you left Coimbra four years ago and then your country’s leadership went to shit, and you feel held hostage by an anti-Semitic, racist, xenophobic, islamaphobic, homophobic, transphobic, climate-change-denying, white supremecist who calls himself “president” and you’re broke af, you’ve done exactly nothing with your degree, and have little to no hope of fulfilling your dream of earning a phd fellowship, having an anchor baby, and escaping this clusterfuck of an administration by living happily ever after in Portugal.
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True Story
[I went to the pharmacy to get allergy medicine for a mild allergic reaction.]
Pharmacist: Do you know what is causing your throat to swell?
Me: I did an experiment, it’s the water from the sink.
Pharmacist: You should drink beer instead.
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Not sure if estudantes wearing the capa e batina without a colete… or helders.
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When you’re drunk and you think it’s a good idea to ride the lion.
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The fact that the Portuguese can understand Spanish but the Spanish can’t understand Portuguese.
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How are you going to celebrate Coimbra’s birthday today?
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Anytime I get a text from Yorn.
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When everyone is speaking in Portuguese and all the Erasmus students are just like…
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“Why do you live in Coimbra if all you do is complain about it?”