Slowly, I am adjusting to everyday life in Lisbon. I´ve learnt a lot over the last two days – how to operate the laundry lines that grace most Lisboa windows, how to avoid dog shit that decorates every third cobblestone of the city streets, how not to get upset at the fact my wireless connection keeps on dropping in the middle of important emails that I´ve labored over substantially, how to be stoic about the fact my dental bridge fell out last night and I may have to spend way too many hundreds of euros for a replacement (the thought of the next few travel article fees going towards my missing teeth is hardly inspiration for great work), how to buckle down for an unexciting guidebook update project despite the clear skies outside my window calling me for a stroll up to Alfama or down towards the Tejo as the sun sets and I haven´t done enough work yet… So, no travel news to report yet. My ‘mini-life’ in Lisbon has just begun, in a perfectly ordinary way.