Posted in Activities, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 30. Jul, 2010
Hi all!
If you will recall, my MacBook Pro died recently (motherboard issue), which hampered my efforts to do, well, just about anything. I am pleased to announce that with the help of a friend who also owns a (functional) MacBook Pro, I was able to recover most of my data, including a ton of photos – although of [...]
Posted in Brazil Facts, My Trips on 04. Jun, 2010
Hi all,
Yesterday, June 3rd, was (yet) another holiday here in Rio. This week’s holiday was Corpus Christi Day, which commemorates the holy sacrament.
While the constitution of Brazil, like that of the US, protects freedom of religion, the country remains overwhelmingly Catholic (though evangelical sects are making a move on the outside rounding the bend). Brazil, [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, My Trips, Random Musings on 19. May, 2010
Hi all,
Whenever you travel, you encounter differences. Goes without saying I guess. However, often it’s the little things that you stumble over. Take the time I tried to make dinner for my host.
Raquel is a friend of a friend. I stayed with her on a sweeping tour through Brazil a couple years back. To thank [...]
Posted in Activities, My Trips, Rio de Janeiro, Travel Recommendations on 14. May, 2010
Hi all,
I hope that you have had a good week and that you’ve escaped the inclement weather that much of the US has suffered recently.
In case you’ve been dealing with a late-season cold snap, this week’s postcard is of a beach.
East from Rio along the coast (which here runs east-west) lies the area known variously [...]
Posted in Activities, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 30. Mar, 2010
Oi pessoal (Hi everybody),
Last Friday I posted a picture of a lone surfer on Miami Beach, Natal. Surfing is only one of many fun and exciting activities you can engage in there in Natal.
The more adventurous of you might want to try flying in an ultralight, or ultraleve as it is called here. I’ve done [...]
Posted in Brazil Facts, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 26. Mar, 2010
Hi people / Oi gente!
TGIF! Hope your week was a good one.
One of my very favorite places in Brazil is Natal, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the northeast. You can get an idea why by checking out the video about Fut Vôlei on YouTube. I’m working on a couple more videos [...]
Posted in My Trips, Random Musings on 25. Mar, 2010
Oi, people!
I love Brazil, or I wouldn’t have moved here. But that doesn’t mean that I love everything about the country. And sometimes what really bothers you are the little things.
A couple of years back I made a sweeping tour of southern and southeastern Brazil. One night in a little berg I stumbled back to [...]
Posted in Brazil Facts, Food & Drink, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 19. Mar, 2010
Hi all,
If the word “breakfast” conjures up images of a cup of coffee and an Eggo ® waffle, you really should experience breakfast in Brazil.
Here, whether you stay at a hotel, a pousada (a small hotel, like a B&B, usually owned and operated by a family), or even a hostel, breakfast is generally included.
And a [...]
Posted in Activities, Brazil Facts, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 12. Mar, 2010
Tudo bom, gente?
When you picture Brazil in your mind, what do you see? Likely a beach crowded with beautiful bronzed bodies, or perhaps an isolated village of hatched huts deep in the Amazon rainforest.
But there is another part of Brazil you’ve probably never even heard of, though it sprawls across well over 50,000 square miles [...]
Posted in My Trips, Portuguese Lessons, Travel Recommendations on 05. Mar, 2010
Hi all,
The southernmost state of Brazil is Rio Grande do Sul, or “Big River of the South”. In its northeastern corner you’ll find the Serra Gaúcha, which could be translated as the “Cowboy Mountain Range”. Gaúcho is simply the Portuguese version of the Spanish “gaucho”, the cowboy of the Argentine pampas, and “gaúcha” is merely [...]
