Posted in Activities, Rio de Janeiro, Tips for Travelers, Travel Recommendations on 20. Apr, 2011
Hi all, I’m a little embarrassed. I’ve lived in Rio for 2 1/2 years now, and visited a number of times before moving here. And yet I had never been to Parque de Lage until this past Sunday. Even then, it was really owing to chance. Last Wednesday or Thursday, I met Nathalia on the [...]
Posted in Activities, Random Musings on 17. Apr, 2011
Hi all, I tend to wander in my posts, writing about whatever seizes my mind at the moment. As I’ve just returned from the movies, I thought I’d share a bit about what it’s like to attend the movies here. My thoughts, loosened a bit by a generous shot of cachaça on the walk home, [...]
Posted in Activities, Rio de Janeiro on 01. Apr, 2011
Hi all, Brazilians love their sports. One game that you’ll see here that I still find amazing is futevolei, which is volleyball played without hands. The devil you say! No, really. You can see it played virtually any sunny day on Copacabana or Ipanema beach. The rules are much like beach volleyball. Typically the game [...]
Posted in Activities, Rio de Janeiro on 27. Mar, 2011
Hi all, One of the cool things about living in Rio, as opposed to just visiting for a few days, is that I get introduced to places and activities that the average tourist would probably miss. Last weekend the lady I’ve been dating invited me to see a band at a place in Botafogo called [...]
Posted in Activities, Random Musings, Rio de Janeiro on 16. Mar, 2011
Hi all, On Sunday I walked over to Praça São Salvador, two blocks or so from my apartment building. Each Sunday morning beginning about 11:00, musicians gather under the gazebo and play chorrinho, a traditional, sad Portuguese folk music. It isn’t my favorite, but I enjoy going just for the atmosphere. It’s a true Brazilian [...]
Posted in Activities, Carnival, Random Musings, Rio de Janeiro on 13. Mar, 2011
Hi all, Officially, Carnival ended on Tuesday at midnight, as the clock clicked over to Ash Wednesday. But Brazilians, like people anywhere, hate to see a good thing end, and events continued until yesterday. I saw Roman gladiators boarding the metro last night, going off to do battle with some opposing samba escola (literally, “school”, [...]
Posted in Activities, Carnival, Rio de Janeiro on 08. Mar, 2011
Hi all, While I am sorting out the technical difficulties which are preventing my loading the clips from my Flip camera into iMovie (I’ve ceased to be a Mac fan), I’ll present some videos from YouTube with commentary. I shot some fun footage on Saturday evening – much of it on the Metro interestingly enough [...]
Posted in Activities, Carnival, Rio de Janeiro on 04. Mar, 2011
Hi all, While I have been distracted this week with other things (like working), Carnival has kicked in. Blocos (the street parties which characterize Carnaval here in Rio) have already begun. Actually, as Carmelitas, which I attended last year, is going on in Santa Teresa as I write this. Another favorite, which I attended last [...]
Posted in Activities, Carnival, Rio de Janeiro on 27. Feb, 2011
Hi all, I think the Academy Awards are on tonight back in the States. But here everyone is thinking about Carnaval. To that end, I am including some info about the bloco schedules. (If you missed my last post, a bloco is a combination parade and street party which for most Cariocas and tourists is the [...]
Posted in Activities, Carnival, My Trips, Rio de Janeiro on 23. Feb, 2011
Hi All, Carnaval rolls around soon. It comes a bit late this year, on March 8th. Well, actually that’s the last day (technically) of the festivities. The party actually runs for 5 days before. Then there are the pre-parties, and after the official end of Carnaval, the top “schools” will have another parade. You get [...]
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