As Turin, Italy gears up for Grand Final night of the world’s biggest song competition, let’s go back a few years to 2018, when it was hosted in another historic European capital. Lisbon’s Baixa district is all very business as usual. Except for a few billboards and flags beckoning ‘All Aboard,’ you might not realize the Eurovision Song Contest is in town. Yet, our barista at Mantegaria, a small bakery serving up fresh pasteis de nata or Portuguese egg tarts, beams with pride at Portugal’s first victory after 49 attempts. Eurovision holds a special significance in Portugal. In 1974, the…
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