Over and out

It’s one day before we head back home and have to face reality.  Our trip to Buenos Aires has been really spectacular!  There is so much going on in the city, so much to do.  If New York is the city that never sleeps then Buenos Aires in the city that goes to sleep really [...]

Last weekend in Brasil

I finished up my last week on the job this week.  It felt sad to be leaving for the office for good and all the great people I had been working with.  I also feel ready to head back home and reconenct with the places and people, and work that I’ve been away from for [...]

Beach vacation, finally!

This past weekend marked the first excursion to the Brasilian beaches for me since I’ve been here, as well as my first real vacation of the summer!  I spent some time searching for destinations along the coast and getting suggestions from coworkers.  Then I heard those 9 magic words – “we’ve got a place you [...]

Put this on your life list…

Last Thursday Karisa finally made it to Brasil(yay!) and she was followed a day later by Matt.  Friday the three of us went 3 hours north of Brasilia to visit a national park called Chapada dos Vadeiros.  It was getting so much hype from my coworkers that I really had nowhere to go but dissapointment.  [...]

Futevolei

What do you get when you combine soccer and golf?  Not much fun and a high possibility of injury.  On the other hand when you combine soccer and volleyball and put it on sand you have one of the coolest sports in the world – Futevolei!  Take the hard part of volleyball – getting the [...]

Perinopolis

A man can only watch so many episodes of The Simpsons in Portuguese from the hotel room before he wants to choke himself on a spoonful of farofa. Thus the inertia for a weekend roadtrip was born. With 4 friends I made it out to the lovely little town of Perinopolis last weekend. [...]

Festa Junina

I’m just getting back from a night at Festa Junina. In Brasil they celebrate the entire month of June!  More specifically, Festa Junina is a catholic festival celebrating Saint Anthony, John the Baptist, and Saint Peter.  Our festival was hosted by a church/school.  It’s also associated with rural traditions and so it involves [...]

Racing

This past weekend I competed in my first ever 10km running race here in Brasilia. I’ve been training for over a month and I need to have some sort of goal to keep me motivated. I think my race was a success overall – I came close to my goal with a somewhat [...]

Coco Gelado

Probably one of the best features of living in a tropical clime is the coco gelado. The coco gelado(or coco frio in Spanish) is the ultimate tropical indulgence. The simplicity is what makes it so appealing to me. Take one nicely chilled coconut. Cut off the top. Insert straw. [...]

Curitiba

I’ve been traveling this week. I’m in Curitiba Monday through Wednesday for a meeting. Curitiba is a nice city located near the coast of southern Brasil. The weather here is sort of like San Francisco with lots of fog and the 4 seasons in one day phenomenon. There’s about 2 million [...]