Here I was in lovely Lisbon to see some of my dearest friends, and also for the final phase of the dispute for the Post-doc Fulbright-CAPES scholarship. I left Athens early in the morning, flew Aegean to Frankfurt and a few hours later, to "Lissabon". It would be a decisive day as my interlocutor would call me late in the afternoon all the way from Brasília. I always thought Lisbon brings me good luck and this time it was not to be an exception, I prayed. As soon as I reached the airport, I got on the metro, and 45 minutes later was in comfortable and clean hotel room almost ready to talk to Brasília. As I still had some time, I rushed to Él Corte Inglés, one of my favortite shops in the world. I had a quick lunch there, and then rushed to the hotel. 5 PM sharp in Lisbon, on a wonderful and mild autumn afternoon, I received my phone call. The representative was very nice and we talked about several issues related and not to my project. Actually, bottomline, they wanted to know the level of my English. The friendly voice on the side of the line thanked me for appplying in the program and told me to wait until the end of the month (Sept, 2014). I was very positive, but not going beyond realisitc possibilities. To "celebrate" Manuela Guilherme, Ana Gonçalves and her husband Michael, Edleise Mendes, and Lili Cavalheiro, had a wonderful dinner together. Deep iniside I was super optimistic, but, at that moment, my idea was to share my feelings and expectations only with... Lisbon. Until the results were out. Huuum, thanks Lisbon, thanks for your positive energy. It's great being there!
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