wandering with diana

Portuguese-American via Boston + Arcos de Valdevez | food / tv / travel / style / [social media] marketing | Social @bpfyouth / @ipmaawards |

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

You can’t go on like you’re going to start really living one day, like all this is some preamble to some great life that’s going to magically appear. I’m a firm believer that you have to create your own miracles. Don’t hold out that there’s something better waiting on the other side. It doesn’t work that way.

Perry Moore (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[breathtakingdestinations]

Lisbon - Portugal (by Brad Hammonds) 

[alexandani-deactivated20170621]

Soak it all up. #motivationnation

[camaramunicipaldelisboa]

Procissão de Nossa Senhora da Saúde, uma das mais antigas de Lisboa

[freetl]

🌹

[jsebouvi]

Dans la danse.

Portugal

[artamanen]

Traditional costume from the Minho region (Portugal). Illustration by Laura Costa

[dior]

[fashion]

@dior dreams. 

[spaintravelplaces]

Mapa de las regiones vinícolas en España. Map of Spain Wine Regions #vino #curiosidades #vine

[travelchannel]

Travel is not reward for working, it’s education for living.

(via awelltraveledwoman)

[8w7intj]

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Sun Tzu (via awelltraveledwoman)

[diana-rdrgs]

Snaps from today's gorgeous sunset. Follow me on VSCO for more >> vsco.co/dianardrgs

[diana-rdrgs]

Via Modern Day Nomads

[redphilistine-deactivated201501]

the english word “orange” has an eastern origin. it comes from a now-obsolete arabic word نارنج ‹nāranj›, which in turn comes from the sanskrit नारङ्ग ‹nāraṅga› via the persian نارنگ ‹nârang›.

on the other hand, the modern arabic word for “orange” برتقال ‹burtuqāl› is a transliteration of “portugal” and comes to us from the west. it’s a quirk that’s shared with a number of other languages. other examples include albanian ‹portokall›, amharic ብርቱካን ‹bərtukan›, georgian ფორთოხალი ‹p’ort’oxali›, greek πορτοκάλι ‹portokáli›, kurdish پرته‌قاڵ ‹pirteqal›, neapolitan ‹purtuallo›, persian پرتقال ‹porteqāl›, and turkish ‹portakal›.

so what’s going on here? why did all these languages name the fruit after a country? well, it’s quite simple: portugal was once the largest exporter of oranges in the mediterranean, and the fruit became so associated with the country that it took on its name in virtually all the languages spoken in the wider region.

in a way, the spread of this name is a meme, a sort of renaissance-era dancing baby animation, if you will. but it’s also neat because it demonstrates how ideas (for example, the association of orange and portugal) migrate through language itself.

[glamour]

Women are strong. We can do it all. But not always at the same time.

Diane von Furstenberg (via glamour)

[daisiesandmixtapes]

Wanderlust Wednesday Lisbon, Portugal 😍

[victoriassecret]

Hello from the other side.