I'm not a big lover of New Year's resolutions, though the early weeks of January do normally allow me to take stock and recalibrate long-term goals. With that in mind, 2017 has seen me redouble my efforts with regards to studying Portuguese. Whereas I made good progress in my first 12 months of learning the language (I was also living in Lisbon at the time), Portuguese ended up on the back burner for much of 2016 as work commitments increased, not least preparing a team to in