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South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau June 29th 2014

I woke up a bit stressed out over figuring out how to go about visiting my grandmother’s apartment, then the family friends, then having lunch with my cousin while also trying to squeeze a phone call with Janel. We had agreed to talk in the morning around 10am or 11am my time before my day got busy. I ended up waiting until 10:30am my time (7:30am in Saskatchewan) to phone her but ended up waking up my father-in-law. I’m sure he didn’t expect that. Haha I had counted on Owen being awake early but that was not the case. My aunt Gladys then did me a HUGE favour lending me her car so I could do everything I wanted. Just as I was about to head out the door, the phone rang, so I got to ... read more
Selfie with a Nikon
My cousin Luiz, his wife Ana and I
Aninha and I being silly

South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau June 28th 2014

Today was a big day for Brazil. We were up against Chile for a spot in the quarter-finals. Historically, Brazil has always fared well against Chile, but Chile has a young group of players that are playing very well together. They were in a group with Holland and Spain and qualified to the Round of 16, so that in itself is quite a feat. In fact, they beat the defending champions 2-0. Brazil’s coach has been praising Chile for years, and has always said they were dangerous and wanted to avoid them in the tournament. Here in Blumenau, everyone was counting on a 3-1 or 4-1 game, which was a common score line. I thought this was going to be a very difficult game in large part because they are also from/in South America, and thus ... read more
Ominha watching the game with Clara and Aninha
Laura
Clara

South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau June 27th 2014

My first day in Blumenau, my hometown, was great. I got up and renewed my Brazilian ID. It was slightly outdated as the old one had a picture of a 14-year-old version of me. I think I’ve change a little bit in 24 years. Haha Since renewing the ID went well and quick, I stopped by my friend Ruy’s shirt factory. Ruy and I were neighbours growing up, played tennis together, rode bikes, etc... so it was nice to see him. He has an event organized for tomorrow with recent NBA Champion Thiago Splitter, who plays for the San Antonio Spurs. Thiago is from here and went to the same school we did growing up. My friend Jean then picked me up to go for lunch with a bunch of my school friends. They have lunch ... read more
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My grandmother Gloria

South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau June 26th 2014

Today was our last day in Porto Alegre, and it rained most of the day albeit very lightly. We hung out at the hotel until noon as I was booking the remaining flights on my itinerary. Now that I know where I have to go, I decided to get this bit out of the way. I also emailed my hotels in Brasilia and Sao Paulo asking for a date change and cancellation respectively. The last little bit I have to do is find a place to stay in Belo Horizonte, and I'm hoping the email I sent will do the trick. Once we checked out, we walked to a nearby restaurant and ate is really nice buffet lunch while watching the USA vs Germany game. Even though a tie would satisfy both teams, it turned out ... read more

South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau November 5th 2010

Julie var vaks og havde paa under et doegn fundet en couchsurfer i Blumenau, da vi spontant havde fundet ud af at vi gerne ville se den der beroemte brasilianske version af Oktoberfest-traditionen fra München. Tatiana, som i oevrigt havde studeret nogel aar i Tyskland og var meget ivrig for at snakke med den sprogkyndige Julie, havde i forvejen to couhsurfere fra Australien boende, men hun spaekkede lige en madres ekstra paa gulvet, og saa var vi fire gaester i hendes hus(som hun delte med sine meget venlige foeraaeldre) Samme aften som vi ankom, skulle Tatiana vaere med i den store parade som er en kickstarter til Oktoberfesten i Blumenau. Hun iklaedte sig et typisk bayersk outfit, og saa tog vi alle 5 afsted til midtbyen i hendes bil. Hele byen summede af trutinstrumenter, glaede stemmer, ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau May 11th 2006

Participating in an event called “Go hard or go home” at our sports club, I thought it was time to talk about sports in Brazil - not football. Sports is very important. The majority does it, the minority pretends to do it - by dressing like going to the gym. Dressing codes at the gym do not exist. You can were your oldest t-shirt and look like a potato or bring your sparkling underwear along. The less the better: The more flesh the merrier! In both cases, you will get your kiss. To be more precise, not just one kiss. Every trainer will sneak behind you until he is able to give you this Brazilian style welcome. And, of course, everybody knows your name and is keen on chatting with you. Lessons in Brazil are very ... read more

South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau February 1st 2006

Hello Everyone, Greetings Once again from Beautiful, tropical Santa Catarina, Brazil. I am finally continuing my travel blogg. I was not able to write as I was busy interviewing for different jobs here. I am now currently Employed! I got a job at a company here called Yazigi, it´s a language school, here in Blumenau. I will be teaching English and Spanish. I always seem to get teaching jobs lately. I am not sure why, but I guess I really enjoy teaching. My Portuguese continues to improve! I met some new friends that only speak Portuguese so it makes me speak more. And they do correct my gringo pronunciation of the words. I think Portuguese is harder than Spanish. Do to all the different tenses of the verbs as well as the accents. I may actually ... read more

South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau January 19th 2006

Hello Again.. from Sunny, warm, tropical... Blumenau, Santa Catarina. I have been a little busy and have not had time to get online and due this blogg things so I apologize. I finally moved from the wooden card board box type house where I stayed for 2 days with the maid and her son that worked at the hotel. They were very nice people. And asked me if I wanted to stay there until I found an apartment here. So i swallowed my pride and stayed with them. The only thing I did not like were the Mosquitos and them asking me everyday if I wanted some Maconha ( Weed). Can you believe that the Mom and the Son smoked Maconha ( weed) together? I know people wanna be close to there kids but I call ... read more

South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Blumenau January 11th 2006

Greetings once more from the Beautiful valley of Blumenau, Brazil. Once again its very hot and humid today with a tempeture of about 85 degrees, and a humidity of about 90 percent. I am thankful im in the shopping mall right now lol. Today I was asked to pay my room in advance at the Hostel becuase they are afraid that people will skip town without paying. Here in Brazil, if someone wants to leave a hotel or hostel without paying the police cannot get involved so frequently people do just that leave without paying ... lol The lady that works at the Hostel is Paraguayan and asked me if I wanted to leave without paying because there is nothing they can do if I leave she said.... I guess the devil is very astute.... I ... read more




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