A Feast Fit for a Slave

When in Brasil, make sure to stop into the restaurant next to Atelie Odeon and order yourself up a bucket of beans and feet (ask for Babs and tell her I sent ya).

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Dia da Mentira!

April 1st 2006
We discovered the bonde station closed upon our arrival. Bewildering! Later we would learn that the conductors of the trolley to Santa Teresa were on strike. But today, just outside the locked gate, sat we and a small handful of equally bewildered tourists. One woman was crying. She was German, which I could tell both from my innate sense of heritage and from the accent in her weeps. ... read more

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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