things i adore about brasil

in no particular order and always more to come....

1. colorful buildings
2. Flavia, Celline, Paula, Chicão and all of the family members in between
3. world class beaches
4. cachaça
5. capieora (crazy fighting dance)
6. cobble stone streets
7. monkeys and lizards
8. people honking horns for no reason (this amuses me)
9. the rules of the road (there arent any)
10. the heels woman where (especially when they are walking in heels on cobble stone streets. this also amuses me)
11. fruit falling off trees and then i get to eat it
12. meat on a stick
13. barbacue cheese on a stick
14. surfing
15. samba
16. brasilian music (more specifically CHICLETE COM BANANA... i saw them in concert and he touched my hand)
17. the creative architecture
18. Brahma, Skol, Chopp, Bohemian. (These are all Brasilian brewed beers)
19. Portugese (its a incredibly complex language)
20. graffiti
21. rinding horses in the country
22. all of the lights. this country is blanketed in sparkling, white, blinking, colorful lights
23. the sound of birds chirping constantly
24. the Delta Experience
25. the money looks like monopoly money
26. yellow brasilian jerseys
27. the colorful clothes people wear
28. hanging clothes up to dry in the sun
29. having maids
30. living in mansions and penthouses
31. restaraunts that charge by the kilo (paying for what you eat? what a concept!!)
32. not having a cell phone
33. there is music on every single street corner
34. everyone is always smiling because there are literally "no problem"s here





Things I dont think I will be missing so much:
1. passing out on crowded bus rides
2. Toilet Paper that is really wax paper. (whats the point?)
3. ketchup that is really raspberry jam....?
4. French fries cost me 10 reaies down here!!
5. the smell of some of the rivers... makes me gag. seriously.
6. trash and litter
7. Germans (margaret and ashley not included as we are also germans)
8. mosquitos (margeret and i counted 50 bites on my right arm alone)
9. crack and crackheads
10. phone cards and pay phones (unless the payphone looks like a sombrero)
11. ANTS


so, im about to take off from brasil. its sad. i love it here. the culture is incredible. Im pretty sure my $300 visa was worth it but i still want to come back for more.

the people we met along the way have been incredible. more than hospitable. its been an amazing time and i will forever miss this place but i'll be back. i mean, lets face it. i do have a 5 year visa now and ther World Cup is in 2014. Im just saying. Plus, theres Carnival, The Olympics and much, much more Brahma and Cachaça to be had.

Ciao for now my giant amighina.

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