Blogs from Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Après avoir bien profité de Recife, du temps passé avec la famille et les amis de Carlos, de la résidence avec piscine et salle de fitness, nous nous apprêtons a prendre l'avion pour Rio, destination finale de notre déménagement (pour rappel : Paris 2eme arrondissement --> Ecully --> Recife --> Rio de Janeiro). Et là, pas le temps de poser le pied à terre que la fièvre carnavalesque nous entraine, le carnaval n'a même pas encore commencé que les soirées explosent dans tous les quartiers. Nous voici donc à une répétition de l'école de Samba Mocidade qui terminera 6eme du classement cette année (cette année je suis arrivée trop tard mais il est bien probable que je défile l'an prochain. Habillée en sac a patate ou en tronc d'arbre, mais je defilerai). J'ai souvent entendu dire ... read more

We left Manaus and the afternoon and arrived in Rio at night. We had a driver pick us up and we went straight to my grandma's house. Then we went to bed. My daddy left with Al to go the Gehlmans house because they were going to watch Ecuador v France. When they were there I stayed at my Grandma's house and Mariana babysat, We played on the computer together and stayed up until 2 in the morning. Finally we went to bed to sleep. The next morning I watched the USA v Germany game. My daddy was with Al at the Fanfest. USA lost but the played really good. I thought that they were going home since they lost but then my dad called and he said that USA was not going home because of ... read more

Sunday 27th So that was my last night at Gaynor's and after making sure that I had everything including my mosquito net we headed off to church. Another beautiful day as we stuffed my bags into Gaynor's car. The church was busier than last week and included the chaplain/some of the crew of a British warship en route to Argentina. They're away from home for 7 months and I realise that tomorrow I've been away 7 months, but also that I'm nearly at the end! After church say goodbye to Gaynor then head back to Roy & Noreen's where I'll be for a couple of nights. After lunch we look through photos of more of my extended family plus some photos from the 1940s Noreen has tracked down. After tea go to bed about 9 as ... read more