If you're spending even just one night in Munich (Germany), head to the Hofbräuhaus München tavern in the evening. There you can enjoy classic German sausages or even a whole pork knuckle, a salty pretzel, and of course sip Bavarian beer from 1-litre steins carried 8–10 at a time by nimble bar staff. The massive wooden tables are struck with a loud thud after every toasted pint, calling for a refill. At any time of year, on any ordinary weeknight, you can experience the spirit of Oktoberfest.
This certifies that you have visited Cabo da Roca, in the district of Sintra, Portugal, the westernmost point of the European continent, the very edge of the world, "where the land ends and the sea begins," where the spirit of faith, love and adventure urged the Portuguese caravels to set sail in search of the New World.
In Nazaré we also noticed the arena and ticket booths for bullfights. In Portugal the corrida is not as bloody as in Spain, because the bull is not killed but stunned with colourful spears thrust into its neck, and the matador brings it to its knees. Bulls are specially bred for the fights to reach 300 kg. The original corrida can only be seen in Spain's Andalusia region. There the bull is exhausted and killed by thrusting in a sword. The crowd shouts - Veronica! - demanding the animal's death.
So looking at it impersonally, without empathy, and guided purely by numbers, the question arises - where is the return on the investment portfolio (the child)?
It turns out port wine was invented only 300 years ago, when an English merchant transporting red wine from Portugal to England had the idea of adding spirits to it. The English took so keenly to port wine that Porto became the main port city from which the produced wine was transported to Great Britain.
What Paulo Coelho writes makes you step outside, if only for a moment, the daily rush, routine and enforced pragmatism of real life. It encourages you to look at values that lie beyond career, material well-being and social recognition. That is valuable - so you don't lose the ability to find joy each day in the work you do, the duties you must fulfil, the people you meet, the difficulties you overcome.
An angel is a friend, a husband, a wife, a colleague, a teacher (not just as a profession), any person with whom one resonates, between whom and you there is no indifference.
I discovered it quite recently, though in Russia and specifically in Vladivostok it has been known and in listener charts since 2006. The performers and authors are three young people - Миша, Люся, Тонек.
In translation from Catalan, Montserrat means the jagged, serrated mountain. The view is truly magnificent. The mountain peaks look as if polished by water and smoothed by the winds. The monastery, located approximately 50 km from Catalonia's capital Barcelona, is indeed embraced by jagged mountains.
Already in the 19th century, plants containing essential oils began to be cultivated for industrial purposes. France became one of the leading perfume producers. In the 20th century aromatic substances began to be used in medicine, which meant that the properties of aromatic substances and their specific effect on the human psyche and body were rationally studied.
