Blogs from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America - page 5

So I have been here for one month as of today, but it seems like much longer. The days of work meetings and any responsibility beyond feeding myself seems as foreign to me as grilled chicken hearts do to you (and they are quite tasty). I have started Portuguese classes at a University here and am shocked how hard it is to get back into the swing of school. But since it is crucial that I learn this language I have some motivation. Everyday is a constant reminder that I need to learn and learn fast, especially when you find yourself in a Favela because you did not understand a word of the directions some guy gave you. My classmates are all pretty cool. We went on a school field trip to a farm where ... read more

Hi All, just posted some more photo's , unfortunately I stuffed it up, on some photo's I have attached several together( without knowing) they appear behind the photo you can see, click to enlarge, you should get several photo’s appear, there are several behind the last image on others there is only the one photo. Some photo’s will be duplicated sorry! I will work this out one day soon, AS IF We had a fantastic time and certainly have the bug to travel more. Lotto will get a hammering over the coming months. ... read more

Hi all from the weary travelers. We are back in Belo Horizonte after an interesting trip to Diamantina. It is a very old city , much older than Port Arthur, with tiny winding cobblestone street and thousands of little shops - all shopped out. . The Futsal games in Diamantina were very exciting - packed stadium, they played the National anthem before the game and lots of ´´Aussie Aussie Aussie''. Our girls won one match, the boys are having good games but the standard here is very high. These kids have been playing Futsal since they could walk. Jord has been playing really well - we are very proud of him. Our guides are fabulous, lots of joking, singing and carrying on in the bus. We will never forget them. We went to a National League ... read more

ME AND MY SISTER IN BELO HORIZONTE ... read more

This was my last week playing Capoeira and I´m a little sad now that it´s finished. My last two days were amazing... on wednesday after class we walked to this little lake near by to have a jogo. It was fantastic!! This is what it´s all about... we were outside under the full moon singing songs and playing capoeira. Across the lake you could see the favela lit up by the lights and a couple people from there came out to play with us and they were really good. Guilherme was taking pictures and at the end we had a picture of everyone in my class. Thursday was my last day, we had a class and then a jogo afterwards. At the end, Guto said some nice things about me and everyone clapped their for me. ... read more