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O meu primeiro inverno no Porto

Ninguém me avisou que o frio aqui entra pelos ossos. As casas não têm aquecimento e eu ando de casaco dentro de casa. Mas ao domingo há francesinha, e isso resolve quase tudo.

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My first winter in Porto

Nobody warned me that the cold here gets right into your bones. The houses have no heating, and I walk around indoors in my coat. But on Sundays there’s francesinha, and that fixes almost everything.

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