Don´t (Do) Talk To Strangers

One Uber Ride, Two Religions, and Zero Explosions: A Travel Story

Before the Ride

After surviving the Great European Blackout of May 2025 (you know, the one that stranded 60 million people and forced me to live like it was 1974), I was ready to return home to Portugal. Bus tickets? Booked. Charity shop treasures? Packed. Apartment? Clean. Kitty cat? Purring and slightly judgmental, as usual. My 9-hour journey from Spai…