My warmest thanks to everybody whose visit (though virtual) and nice words - which I keep with pleasure in my Guestbook - have encouraged me to go on with this most agreeable task of divulgating the Portuguese language and culture in particular; other languages and cultures in general. As I very often mention - but it's never enough to recall - it is in diversity that lies the beauty of life.

I wrote these pages for all those men and women interested in cultural and historical subjects in general, also for those with a special interest in Portuguese Gastronomy.

Children will find in Barry4kids.net stories and games and activities for learning in an amusing way. All those themes and activities were inspired by the stories of the book in French and the cd-rom in Portuguese. The idea of these stories came to my mind one day at Christmas time, and by writing them I try to express my great affection for children as well as to pass on to them true values like respect and love for animals, those living creatures who share with us this Earth where everybody and everything should live in Peace and Harmony with Nature.

As those stories about my pets may well enchant the children as the grown-ups, the BOOK in French could be a good language tool for a non-French-speaking person wishing to improve her/his knowledge of the language, since it is written in an easy speech. The same could be said about the CD-ROM regarding the Portuguese language.

Adults fond of History and traveling will find in here some material to fill their imagination: they will travel to a few other places through the reading of my articles; the respective links are to be found under Stories and Places of History as well as under It happened this Month.

And for those interested in knowing my past and present activities and future projects, I would suggest a visit to Who am I? as well as to the other pages.

Under Citizen Blog I express my views on matters of social and political nature. I believe that, as citizens of the world, we all have a word to say about what goes on around us.

Whatever your choice, do not hesitate to send me a message either with your comments and/or suggestions or to my Guestbook.

And no matter how old you are, do not kill the child who sleeps inside you, because, as the great Portuguese poet António Gedeão* would sing:

Dreams drive our Lives. And whenever a Man dreams, The World moves on and thrives, Like a colourful ball, In the hands of a child. (in Pedra Filosofal, 1970)

* pseudonymous of Rómulo de Carvalho