Finding Peace in the Dark
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In dark times we must seek light and amplify good. Hug your friends. Make music. Laugh a lot. Walk in nature. Be silly. Be weird. Be fierce. Be generous. Be kind.
In that spirit, we want to share some photos from a recent walk. Below the photos, writer Kelly Hayes-Raitt offers a brief story from her life in Portugal to give you a chuckle. Laughter brings more light to the world. Keep laughing.
Lost in Translation
by Kelly Hayes-Raitt
When a lunch date texted that she was stuck in traffic, I decided to order a latte. I summoned the waitress and asked for a galão (pronounced guhl-OWWW).
“Bacalau,” she noted as she wrote on her pad.
“Não, não,” I protested, not wanting to order the salted codfish that is one of Portugal’s staples. “Um galão.” I did my best to mimic the challenging Portuguese nasal sound.
“Bacalau?” she repeated, confused.
Now, I was confused. I knew I was pronouncing the word correctly, as I used it several times a week without a problem. “Uma bebida de café com leite,” I explained. (“A coffee drink with milk.”)
She looked even more confused and disappeared.
Imagine my delight when she returned a few moments later with a steaming cup of frothy espresso! Turns out, the new waitress is from Brazil, where a latte is called a média. We were all “lost in translation”!
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