Fernando In Lisbon
@coachfernando.bsky.social
• let me show you Lisbon 🇵🇹
• music geek 👨🎤
• former radio DJ 📻
• music geek 👨🎤
• former radio DJ 📻
I love going to supermarkets, malls and other familiar places when I travel just see what they're like. You can learn a little about the people or culture of a city by the products they stock in a store. For instance, the refrigerator shelf space for yogurt in Lisbon is fetish level.
Americans Travel the World Only to Wind Up in Costco
Fans skip the Louvre and other tourist attractions to buy bulk souvenirs and find out if the hot dog is different.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I love going to supermarkets, malls and other familiar places when I travel just see what they're like. You can learn a little about the people or culture of a city by the products they stock in a store. For instance, the refrigerator shelf space for yogurt in Lisbon is fetish level.
Me with a cold in the US: casually buys NyQuil at 2am
Me with a cold in Portugal: engages in long-form consultation about cough suppressants, congestion relief, fever reducers and heartburn meds with a professional.
Treating the common cold, Portuguese style! 🇵🇹
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Me with a cold in Portugal: engages in long-form consultation about cough suppressants, congestion relief, fever reducers and heartburn meds with a professional.
Treating the common cold, Portuguese style! 🇵🇹
open.substack.com/pub/carmenfe...
Cold Medicine Culture Shock
Why Portuguese Pharmacies Won't Let You Self-Medicate
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December 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Me with a cold in the US: casually buys NyQuil at 2am
Me with a cold in Portugal: engages in long-form consultation about cough suppressants, congestion relief, fever reducers and heartburn meds with a professional.
Treating the common cold, Portuguese style! 🇵🇹
open.substack.com/pub/carmenfe...
Me with a cold in Portugal: engages in long-form consultation about cough suppressants, congestion relief, fever reducers and heartburn meds with a professional.
Treating the common cold, Portuguese style! 🇵🇹
open.substack.com/pub/carmenfe...
Dealing with Portuguese bureaucracy is not for someone who depends on stability and consistency. But if you can stand a little chaos and uncertainty, then come on down!
Read my latest is the continuing saga of visa renewal.
Read my latest is the continuing saga of visa renewal.
Portuguese NISS Number Denied: Our Visa Extension "drama-cracy"
Drama-cracy [Drah-mah-crah-see] a situation or series of events having emotional, conflicting or striking results related to government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Dealing with Portuguese bureaucracy is not for someone who depends on stability and consistency. But if you can stand a little chaos and uncertainty, then come on down!
Read my latest is the continuing saga of visa renewal.
Read my latest is the continuing saga of visa renewal.
I’ve been working in a gay bar for much of August. What is the most popular drink? What surprise did I find in the toilets? And why am I bleeding? Find out in my latest Substack.
When Nothing Turns Into Something
Lessons learned working in a gay bar and the importance of spaces designated for people like us.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’ve been working in a gay bar for much of August. What is the most popular drink? What surprise did I find in the toilets? And why am I bleeding? Find out in my latest Substack.
Citizenship rules are changing…but not just yet. Check out my new Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/carmenfe...
July 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Citizenship rules are changing…but not just yet. Check out my new Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/carmenfe...
My legs are still sore but my memories are fresh! Recently finished a segment of the Camino de Santiago from Portugal into Spain. Take the journey with me here open.substack.com/pub/carmenfe...
May 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My legs are still sore but my memories are fresh! Recently finished a segment of the Camino de Santiago from Portugal into Spain. Take the journey with me here open.substack.com/pub/carmenfe...
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What a different world we could have.
March 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What a different world we could have.
This is the kind of Portuguese history I want to read more of...feminist pioneer, rule breaker Maria Teresa Horta. Along with her collaborators, jailed for a book about being a woman in a male dominated society under a dictatorship.
Maria Teresa Horta, Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87
Maria Teresa Horta, Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87
Maria Teresa Horta, the Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87
The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their country’s dictatorship.
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February 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is the kind of Portuguese history I want to read more of...feminist pioneer, rule breaker Maria Teresa Horta. Along with her collaborators, jailed for a book about being a woman in a male dominated society under a dictatorship.
Maria Teresa Horta, Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87
Maria Teresa Horta, Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87
Just because a post is done doesn't mean it is finished. Made a couple of minor edits to my latest Substack, Bats**t Crazy. Give it a look. But careful, it may bite!
Bats**t Crazy
Road Trip: Central Portugal (parte dois)
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February 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just because a post is done doesn't mean it is finished. Made a couple of minor edits to my latest Substack, Bats**t Crazy. Give it a look. But careful, it may bite!
What to do with a palace built for a queen who fled the country after the demise of the monarchy? Find out in the latest Just Go Already: Road Trip edition. Remember to subscribe and share with all your friends!
Road Trip: Central Portugal (part one)
Pack your bag and merge onto the autoestrada for a weekend getaway!
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February 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
What to do with a palace built for a queen who fled the country after the demise of the monarchy? Find out in the latest Just Go Already: Road Trip edition. Remember to subscribe and share with all your friends!
Weekend road trip to Baçaco National Forest near Luso. Stayed at the impressive hotel Palácio Baçaco. Portugal just keeps giving beautiful.
February 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Weekend road trip to Baçaco National Forest near Luso. Stayed at the impressive hotel Palácio Baçaco. Portugal just keeps giving beautiful.
My friend Travis takes gorgeous pictures of San Francisco. And now he’s getting some well deserved attention for it. Bravo!
February 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My friend Travis takes gorgeous pictures of San Francisco. And now he’s getting some well deserved attention for it. Bravo!
Why are there so many abandoned and empty buildings in Portugal? Find out. Check out the latest "Just Go Already" on Substack.
Houses Houses Everywhere! (But Not a Place to Live)
The number of abandoned buildings in Portugal is a shock to the system.
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January 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Why are there so many abandoned and empty buildings in Portugal? Find out. Check out the latest "Just Go Already" on Substack.
“What I really see myself doing is opening my own business but I don’t have the time, connections or money to do it.”
That was the gist of a conversation with a potential client last night ready to move beyond their radio career.
That was the gist of a conversation with a potential client last night ready to move beyond their radio career.
January 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“What I really see myself doing is opening my own business but I don’t have the time, connections or money to do it.”
That was the gist of a conversation with a potential client last night ready to move beyond their radio career.
That was the gist of a conversation with a potential client last night ready to move beyond their radio career.
I live for seeing texts like this one! For my friends in radio and traditional media, you are not alone during these rapid changes. Let’s have a talk about where you want to be and how I can help you get there. DM me here.
January 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I live for seeing texts like this one! For my friends in radio and traditional media, you are not alone during these rapid changes. Let’s have a talk about where you want to be and how I can help you get there. DM me here.
What's it like to see a doctor in Portugal? Come with me to see mine and find out. Subscribe to my Substack while you're reading!
#substackwriter #writer #foryou #portugal #livinginportugal #igotout
#substackwriter #writer #foryou #portugal #livinginportugal #igotout
My Aching Foot Got Me an Anal Probe
The latest adventures in the Portuguese healthcare system.
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January 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
What's it like to see a doctor in Portugal? Come with me to see mine and find out. Subscribe to my Substack while you're reading!
#substackwriter #writer #foryou #portugal #livinginportugal #igotout
#substackwriter #writer #foryou #portugal #livinginportugal #igotout
I prefer to honor a man who brought people closer together over a man who tears them apart. Happy MLK day, everyone.
January 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I prefer to honor a man who brought people closer together over a man who tears them apart. Happy MLK day, everyone.
Deep dive into @lolayoung.bsky.social I feel like she's just making these lyrics up on the fly. Flawless. Keeping her on repeat for the foreseeable future.
#lolayoung #blueskymusic #onrepeat
#lolayoung #blueskymusic #onrepeat
This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway by Lola Young on Apple Music
Album · 2024 · 11 Songs
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January 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Deep dive into @lolayoung.bsky.social I feel like she's just making these lyrics up on the fly. Flawless. Keeping her on repeat for the foreseeable future.
#lolayoung #blueskymusic #onrepeat
#lolayoung #blueskymusic #onrepeat
For those who’ve asked what I’m doing these days for work, I’m a life coach! Guiding pros in media and lgbt+ creatives to reaching new levels of success and happier lives. Believe, achieve and shine! Happy to schedule a free chat with you to experience the power of Good Energy Coaching.
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Are you a "Solo Sanctuary" or "Collaborative Chaos" kind of person?
Yesterday, I dove deep with some of my rockstar clients at Good Energy Coaching on that…
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January 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For those who’ve asked what I’m doing these days for work, I’m a life coach! Guiding pros in media and lgbt+ creatives to reaching new levels of success and happier lives. Believe, achieve and shine! Happy to schedule a free chat with you to experience the power of Good Energy Coaching.
Here’s my concerned but hopeful face. I fear the worst is yet to come but hopeful that my country will pull itself out of oligarchy and fascism. In the meantime, I’m in Portugal. Boa sorte USA!
January 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here’s my concerned but hopeful face. I fear the worst is yet to come but hopeful that my country will pull itself out of oligarchy and fascism. In the meantime, I’m in Portugal. Boa sorte USA!