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Adam Davis Joined: April 13th 2007
Logged in: November 15th 2008
Logged in: November 15th 2008
Travel Blog Posts
Getting to know him...
A month ago I spent a holiday weekend at the beach with my roommates, Thiago and Eve, and another couple, Matias and Romina. As much fun as being the fifth wheel sounds...the poor weather, dirty hotel and 8 hour car ride complicated matters a bit. But I can't complain because I knew what I was getting into and it was not all that bad. We did get a little sun on Saturday, the seafood was good and it was a cool beach. Those of you that know we sometimes call my brother Josh "beal the seal" because of his middle name will probably get a kick out of the pictures. Funny to that Farol de Santa Marta was a beach he would love because it has great surfing. Another shout out to the bro...as of Friday ... read more
Statue of Christ
So I am attempting to bring the blog back…a lot has happened since the last entry and it would take forever to writie about it all so a brief summary….my buddy from college, Daniel Leiser, visited and we had an awesome three week trip through Brazil to Rio de Janerio, Morro de São Paulo, Porto de Galinhas and Gramado. I was back in the states for a month including a visit out to California to see Josh, and I returned to Brazil again in September which also included an apartment move. I have been working like crazy since the return but enjoying every minute of it. Porto Alegre is really becoming home and I would almost consider myself fluent now. I am just gonna let the pictures do the talking and catch up for the lost ... read more
RECOVERED
Last weekend I once again boarded a small bus for a day trip outside of Porto Alegre. The excursion was organized by the same group I went repelling with but because winter has arrived, this trip wasn't physically demanding like the last and definitely did not involve me having to face any fears.... our destination was the countryside and vineyards of Bento Goncalves. For those of you questioning the title to this blog, tours of the wine country instantly remind me of one of my favorite movies and a must see if you haven't: Sideways Anytime I am asked to get out of bed by 7 in the morning there must be a very good reason involved but for a day outside of the city involving large amounts of red wine, cheese, salami and italian ... read more
Dinner with Stevi
Unlike most Gremio fans who returned to Porto Alegre as quick as possible after Wednesday night’s game, I decided to take a long weekend in the city and enjoy my first visit to Buenos Aires. The trip didn’t get off to the best start but I guess after 20 some odd different countries in the last two years that it was bound to happen sometime: 10 minutes after I got off the bus from the airport some young thug tried to rob me but I politely told him in broken Portuguese/Spanish that the limit wasn’t scared of thieves without weapons and he needed to get the hell on. After the shaky start and loss for Gremio, it was a great weekend. The more I travel, the less interested I become in “touristy things” so this ... read more
At the game
url='/Videos/3808.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3808.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;' Boca Juniors Introductions I was going to do just one blog entry about my sudden trip to Buenos Aires but decided that the experience at La Bombonera deserved one of its own so here we go… The planning for my trip began less than one week in advance when Boca Juniors beat Cucuta from Columbia to advance to the Copa Libertadores finals (this tournament is basically the Champions League of South America and for those of you still confused;) This meant that Gremio, who barely held on to a 4-3 aggregate win over Santos the night before, would be traveling to Buenos Aires to face Boca Juniors at the famous La Bombonera. And so the rus... read more
Graduation party
Spent last weekend in São Paulo with my buddy Marcos and his family. I met Marcos last year in Italy on the train from Pisa to Rome. We were the only two people on the train and both only had backpacks with us. We started chatting and ended up hanging out in Rome and have stayed in touch ever since. He is a great friend and his family’s hospitality was more than I could of asked for. The weekend was exactly what I needed, not much touristy stuff just chilling with Marcos, his family and friends. On Friday we went to the pre-graduation party of a friend of Marcos’s. They don’t play around here, it was a month before the actual graduation and they started partying hard at 12:30 in the afternoon. The band was ... read more
Hanging out
Yesterday I boarded a small bus heading for Farroupilha with 13 brazilians and 3 other foreigners from the gym I joined on Saturday. It might come to a surprise to some of you who know me well when I say the purpose of the day trip 2 hours from Porto Alegre was repelling. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a fear but standing near the edge of extremely high places has never been one of my favorites. So I decided to as some people would say to face it or as I prefer to say just take it to the damn limit. The pictures do a pretty good job explaining the day but I'll give a quick summary. We arrived in Farroupilha early Sunday morning and did a quick hike to the ... read more
Gremio vs Caxias
url='/Videos/2836.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2836.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;' Gremio vs Caxias What a busy week! I think my new found addiction to Brazilian coffee didn't make me realize how tired I was thus I slept about 15 hours on Saturday. Anyways to begin with I have moved apartments. I am now living with two sisters, Aline (23) and Fabiana (27). My room is pretty much a small box with a mattress, which I guess is a good thing because it means I never want to be there except for sleeping. On the up side, it is a perfect location with only a 10 minute walk from work and the girls are very nice with again an unbelievable amount of patience with my portuguese. Things at work this week really picked up because both of my bosses arrived from Germany and Rio ... read more
Arrival in Brazil
Well here goes nothing, the first blog entry...... After a very nice couple of days in Florida saying goodbye to the Grandparents, I took off from Miami towards Brazil. As most of you know, I took a job with ROGON, the soccer agency I worked with in Germany last year. We recently opened a new office in Porto Alegre and one of my main roles will be trying to setup transfers for our clients to the MLS. Anyways, the flights went very smoothly despite the hectic state of the Brazilian airports right now. I only had an 1 and a half between flights in Sao Paulo and somehow got my bags, went through customs, re-checked my bags, went through security and got on the plane to Porto Alegre with 5 minutes to spare. Of course, ... read more
