23 March 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon appétit
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Pastel de nata (plural: pastéis de nata) is a
Portuguese egg custard tart pastry, optionally dusted with
cinnamon. Outside
Portugal, they are particularly popular in other parts of
Western Europe,
Asia and former
Portuguese colonies, such as
Brazil,
Mozambique,
Macau,
Goa,
Malacca and
East Timor. The
Macanese variant has been adopted by
KFC and is available in regions such as
mainland China,
Hong Kong,
Taiwan,
Thailand and
Singapore. In
Indonesia, this pastry is especially popular in
Kampung Tugu,
Jakarta, a culturally Portuguese (
Mardijker)
enclave.
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29 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage
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Imperial Square © flickr.com – Deensel/cc-by-2.0
Belém is a
freguesia (civil parish) and district of
Lisbon, the capital of
Portugal. Belém is located in western Lisbon, to the west of
Ajuda and
Alcântara and directly east of Lisbon’s border with
Oeiras. Belém is famous as a museum district, as the home of many of the most notable monuments of Lisbon and Portugal alike, such as the
Belém Tower, the
Jerónimos Monastery, the
Padrão dos Descobrimentos, and
Belém Palace (official residence of the
President of Portugal). The population in 2011 was 16,528.
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1 May 2024 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month
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in La Rochelle, France © Pascalou petit/cc-by-sa-3.0
is a three-masted
barque from
France. She made her maiden voyage as a cargo ship in 1896, transporting sugar from the
West Indies, cocoa, and coffee from
Brazil and
French Guiana to
Nantes, France.
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