I woke up at about 08:08. For some reason, I had looked up the five towns of Prague: the Old Town, the Lesser Town, the New Town, the Prague Castle District and the Jewish Quarter. The weather at 10:35 was 22° C, which was the high for the day. There was rain in the forecast; […]
On Thursday, February 20th, 2025, I finally received my Portuguese residence permit. It was pretty underwhelming to say the least. I had checked the post box (mail box) Wednesday night, saw that I had received a notice for registered mail sent by the Portuguese government, and went the next morning to collect my mail. I […]
Thursday, October 12th, 2023: Around 22:00 (10 PM), my plane landed in the Czech Republic. It was 15 C (59 degrees Fahrenheit) outside in Prague 6, and raining. After I got off the plane, I started walking towards the airport exit. I encountered signs in Czech (language). By 22:18, I was standing outside of the […]
Day 2 (Thursday, June 22, 2023): Bridges My second day in British Columbia was much more intriguing than the first. I woke up around 05:15 with a very intense urge to urinate. After I did that, I realised that I did not want to fall back asleep, so I began researching how to get to […]
Day 1 (Wednesday, June 21st, 2023): After a six hour stopover in Salt Lake City, with an additional one hour delay, I landed in the city of Vancouver, Canada at 00:01. Two minutes later, I received a text from my cell phone carrier saying, “Welcome to Canada!”. It took me about 15 minutes to unboard, […]
I will not be returning to the United States of America, to live, or to dwell therein. Lisbon will be the place that I call “home” for the next few years.
Jaden Strong 