Blogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 216

Not much to report. Been living pretty quietly the past few weeks and this is my last week of teaching. Bingo has been going well................ Was invited to the theatre last Friday with the kids. They were really excited and were all washed and dressed in their best clothes ready to go. However, the bus didn´t turn up and we didn´t get there. They were all gutted. I felt really sorry for them especially Alan as it was his birthday. They were all really sweet though. As we were walking down for the bus they were fighting over who was going to hold my hand and then who was going to sit beside me at the bus-stop. I felt like the Pied Piper and probably would have had a visit from the social services back home! ... read more

rio, wohl eini vo de bekannteschte staedt uf de welt. und jetzt sind mir do. isch eifach de hammer. so vil gruen innere stadt mit fascht 7 millione iwohner. de hammer. aber jo. eis nochem andere. nochdem mir noch uesere abartig ueble busreis denn mol endlich in rio acho sind simmer zum hostel. copacabana tropical hostel. en empfehlig vo de cat und de daniela und wuerkli en guete tipp. de luis baldomar, en unikat und ganz en geile typ. nochem gruess usrichte simmer natuerlich gad uf sinere site gsi. chch. however. am nommi nochem acho sind de moghe und ich is maracana, copa brasileiro. wunderbar. sgroeschte stadion vo de welt so seitmer aber isches glaub nuemme. however. nochere chillige autofahrt zum stadion im hiphop (hippihoppi uf brasilianisch ;)) simmer denn is stadion. wurkli e maechtigs huere ... read more

It´s the start of my 4th week - I still can´t believe I´ve only been here for 3 weeks. My Portuguese is improving but I still understand more than I can speak which is a bit frustrating. However, I can get the odd sentence out that makes sense! My teaching week was pretty quiet (apart from a visit from the police and their rifles on Thursday). It was Mother´s Day here on Sunday so all the kids made cards and I translated their soppy messages into English. All the tough boys are just big softies at heart - it was really sweet. Went to the Fluminense v Vasco cup game during the week. We didn´t have tickets so as I was trying to find a good deal I was getting called a tight arsed Scot in ... read more

For some reason I seem to have made an arse of my typing up my first week. The pictures are back to front and I typed a whole load more and I´ve no idea what happened to it. I can´t remember what I had typed either! Anyway, to continue................. I´m working in a favela called Prazeres. It´s only a 10 minute walk from the house so it´s pretty good. My first day of teaching was ok. I had two girls fighting and rolling around on the floor with handfulls of each other´s hair. We also had the police come calling which meant a bit of friendly fire with the locals. I´ve been told that nobody ever gets shot but we´ve to stay indoors when they come calling just in case! It´s probably not as bad as ... read more

This week has flown by! Paraty is our favourite place so far. Not that we have been anywhere yet. In 3 weeks we have only travelled a couple of hours down the coast! We were only supposed to stay here for a couple of days to pass some time before Skolbeats (can´t wait!) but just can´t seem to leave! The centro historical is very colonial (says Gray) I don´t quite know what that means but will go with it anyway. The streets here flood with the tide which is pretty damn cool if you ask me. The beaches are nicer here especially in Trindade which is about a 40min bus ride away. We are thinking of staying there for a "couple of days" before heading to Sáo Paulo. Last night we went to see a world ... read more