5 weeks has passed since last blog. Now there are only 3 weeks, 4 exams and a lot of sad goodbyes left. After I came back from the states, I had a serious need to calm down and get some structure in my life again. The first weeks after I came back were mostly spent in school, at the gym and at other random places. One random place was Pacaembu. Since Arsenal at the end of May finished of a season where the word “almost” was describing in most ways, I found out that it was about time I found myself [View Full Entry]

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Dear readers! It has been a while! And a lot has happened. Sitting at on my couch at Wall Street Paulista looking back, the last four weeks seem somewhat unreal. It is difficult to know where to start so let me take it all from the beginning (going 4 weeks back to the last time I blogged). The first week after my last post was basically devoted to school considering I had 4 exams the following week. We still found time to do a little clubbing combined with some beers to work of the nerves…. Sky Bar was visited (met the [View Full Entry]

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What a weekend!!! I am talking about last weekend. This one has been rather relaxing for me! Last weekend started off with the party Giovanna, a costume party, arranged by FGV. Kristian and I had bought materials for the costume earlier in the week and spent most of Friday evening on sewing our costumes together. One important lesson here is that clothing/dresses come very easily out of proportion and sometimes become too short…. So the result can be seen on the picture, where we are ready to represent Norwegian Vikings. We had a great night drinking, dancing and had overall a [View Full Entry]

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The past weeks highlight was without doubt the trip 25 exchange students took to Itanhaem! Before going further into details about that trip I want to summarize the past week. The other "highlight" of the week was a mid-term in Brazilian Economy. A sign of school becoming more and more serious. We basically have assignments every other day now, so less time to have fun unfortunately. Of course I was able to make time for some parties last week. A few home parties became a cheap solution to many of the other more expensive places we tend to end up in [View Full Entry]

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Oi! Tudu bem? As you see my Portuguese is improving!! At a very slow pace..... So sitting here happy after Arsenal pulled of a late win in the FA cup quarterfinal against Hull, while waiting for volleyball practice, I think back on the week that has passed. Once again there is very little to tell. More bars/parties have been visited/attended; a new Irish one, two new ones in Vila Madalena and a new school's Cervejada (at the school FAAP) and a real local Brazilian barbeque... As you can read this mean 5 nights "out", so most of our week has gone [View Full Entry]

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A new week is history and a new week has started... For the first time in a few weeks we have been in the same city for over a week. So maybe not as much to say now compared to earlier blogs. Being in the same city means we have actually settled and I now feel like i live in Sao Paulo. As mentioned, the week has been pretty normal. I have attended classes, down homework, done some readings, worked out and gone to parties. On the sports side I can tell that I have joined the FGV (Getulio Vargas - [View Full Entry]

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Copa, Copacabana..... Now I have been there. I have seen the Jesus statue and Sugarloaf Mountain (aka Sukkertoppen aka Pao de Sucar) and the Sambadrome. I have been to Rio de Janeiro during Carneval! After using last weekend to get rid of a flue and to save up some energy, Kristian and I took the bus from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro late Sunday evening. There were some small problems getting our reserved tickets out, because it turned out that a copy of the passport was not enough. This was the only form of ID Kristian had, so he had [View Full Entry]

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School has started! Finally! Attending a Portuguese course in Salvador was interesting, but still not the most exciting subject in the world. So I am hoping that one of the courses at GV (Fundacao Getulio Vargas) might sweep me off my feet. My half year here in Sao Paulo is split into 2 modules, in between there is a 2 week vacation. In my first module I am doing a finance-class on Monday, leadership on Wednesday and a international strategy course plus Brazilian economy on Thursday. Overall an okay schedule with Tuesdays and Fridays off, but with a long and intense [View Full Entry]

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So here we go again! A week has passed and I am now located a few thousand miles more south. In the city of Sao Paulo. One of the biggest cities in the world with close to 20 million people and skyscrapers everywhere. A big change from Salvador with "only" 3 mill. people and a lot bigger than anything we have in Europe. The culture is also very different here. They say that Brazil consists of 5 big cultures; the African-inspired one, the European, the Indian (from amazons), the Japanese and some other one. In Salvador 85% of the people where [View Full Entry]

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Dear reader, A week has passed and it is time to sum up my experiences from the last week. A lot has happened, I experienced things I loved, and also things I could be without. Kristian and I fly out of Salvador next Wednesday morning and our experiences in Salvador are over for now, while new ones are awaiting us in Sao Paulo. The last week was like this: Monday: Once again the week started out with school. I can by the way mention that portuguese is a hard language to learn, and that the learning curve has really flattened the [View Full Entry]

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