Olá! Bem-vindos, meus caros amigos e leitores! No meu aniversário fui passar uns dias a um hotel. Escolhi um hotel histórico, que é um marco nacional da história da hotelaria em Portugal. Trata-se do Hotel Palace da Curia. Situando-se no Parque Termal da Curia foi edificado entre 1922-26. O hotel é caracterizado por um ecletismo das formas e ornamentações com muitos elementos da Arte Nova. O interior foi projectado de uma forma moderna com a vertente medicinal proporcionada pelas termas vizinhas. Este hotel competiu com os melhores hoteis da capital e até com os hoteis europeus! Apresentado que está o hotel, venham daí comigo para uma viagem histórica!
Hello! Welcome, my dear friends and readers! On my birthday, I went to spend a few days at a hotel. I chose a historic hotel, which is a national landmark in the history of hospitality in Portugal. It is the Hotel Palace of Curia. Located in the Curia Thermal Park, it was built between 1922 and 1926. The hotel is characterised by an eclecticism of forms and ornamentation with many Art Nouveau elements. The interior was designed in a modern style with a medicinal aspect provided by the nearby thermal baths. This hotel competed with the best hotels in the capital and even with European hotels! Now that I have introduced the hotel, come with me on a historical journey!
Alexandre Almeida was a visionary man. He was the first hotel industrialist in Portugal, left his mark on the industry and developed tourism in Portugal. Alexandre Almeida conceived this hotel after making several study trips to the Côte D'Azur, Italy and the east coast of the United States. He surrounded himself with the best architect of the time, who was also the architect of the Portuguese Royal House and had won many awards, to develop the project.
In the 1920s, this hotel was the venue for many elite parties. It was also the setting for films. Many writers took refuge here to write their literary works. Between 2005 and 2006, it underwent extensive renovation. Currently, Alexandre Almeida's hotel chain is run by the third generation, the founder's grandchildren.
It was in this historic setting that I spent my birthday. The charm of the hotel made me forget who I really am for a few days. I didn't want to celebrate my birthday with cake and candles and people singing happy birthday. I had no reason to do so, or I couldn't find any reason within myself to do so. So, as always, I spent it with the most important person in my life: my mother!
The hotel offered me a bottle of champagne, but I declined, partly because I cannot drink alcohol, but mainly because there was no reason to pop open a bottle of champagne. Better days will come, I am sure, the days of TRUTH! The truth may take time, but I am patient.
Tradução: DeepL.com (free version)
Olá! Bem-vindos meus caros amigos e leitores! Esta linda cabine telefónica à inglesa, objectivamente, é uma cabine de leitura. No seu topo pode ser lida a seguinte inscrição: Cabine do livro vadio, o que significa, para quem a utiliza, que pode levar um livro, mas obrigatoriamente tem de deixar outro. Lindo este conceito, não acham?
Hello! Welcome, my dear friends and readers! This beautiful English-style telephone box is actually a reading booth. At the top, you can read the following inscription: Stray Book Booth: which means that anyone who uses it can take a book, but must leave another one behind. It's a lovely concept, don't you think?
Para vos contextualizar no tema deste post, primeiro tenho que vos dizer que este blog é uma espécie de diário digital, aqui, conto como tem sido a minha vida! É verdade, muitas pessoas são levadas a pensar que o que se mostra nas redes sociais são vidas perfeitas, de glamour e riqueza. E não é verdade! Eu contei neste post, como paguei os meus estudos depois da morte do meu pai. Nunca vos iludi com vidas fáceis, até porque a vida se encarrega de nos desafiar e de nos colocar à prova!
To give you some context for this post, I must first tell you that this blog is a kind of digital diary, where I talk about my life! It's true, many people are led to believe that what is shown on social media are perfect lives, full of glamour and wealth. But that's not true! In this post, I talked about how I paid for my studies after my father's death. I've never deluded you into thinking that life is easy, because life is full of challenges and tests!
All this to tell you that when I went to study, I didn't go with the aim of getting a degree. I don't think that goal ever crossed my mind, but as I progressed in my studies and was always the best student, that path of higher education ended up becoming a reality. As for the various subjects, I always loved science and maths! Although I was good at foreign languages, they were always my Achilles heel!
The posts are translated using magical translators. I've used several, because why not take advantage of technology? On the other hand, it would be unthinkable for me to translate huge posts, and with the frequency with which I publish them, I wouldn't get anything else done! The purpose of this blog is to be fun and therapeutic, not to work on it day and night!
Para quem necessitar de traduções com alguma qualidade, sem gastar dinheiro, aconselho-vos o tradutor mágico:
DeepL.com na sua versão grátis.
For those who need translations of a certain quality, I recommend the magic translator:
DeepL.com in its free version.
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Espero que vos tenha sido útil esta informação! Como banda sonora para este post, escolhi uma canção da rainha da pop, Madonna: com "Hung Up" (desligar)! Que fala de alguém que se cansou de esperar por um telefonema e resolveu desligar-se e, eu acrescento, dedicou-se à leitura!!
I hope you found this information useful! As a soundtrack for this post, I chose a song by the queen of pop, Madonna: ‘Hung Up’! It's about someone who got tired of waiting for a phone call and decided to hang up, and, I might add, she devoted herself to reading!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0FheZnECU&list=RDSc0FheZnECU&start_radio=1

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