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Looking for Tomás — Fish market, Lisbon, 2019

Fish market, Lisbon, Portugal Autumn 2019, morning

I was there every Saturday for three months while I lived nearby. Tomás corrected my pronunciation every single week and refused to let me buy anything he thought wasn't fresh that day. He mentioned a daughter who was studying in Porto. I moved home suddenly for family reasons and never said goodbye properly, which still bothers me.

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Around around 40 at the time · male · Worked a stall near the entrance, taught me the Portuguese words for six kinds of fish.

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