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Surviving the Old World: Advice on Living in Italy
Advice on Living in Italy On the eve of leaving Italy I scribbled down all the lessons I had learnt while settling down in the Old World. You would think…
Fleeing Through the Jungle: Venezuelan Refugees in Boa Vista, Brazil
Boa Vista, a city forgotten in the corner of Brazil. Engulfed by the Amazon and with temperatures hovering around 30 degrees year round. But this jungle city has become a number…
Learn About Brazil
A gargantuan effort at bringing the mysterious, frolicsome, wistful Brazilian culture to the masses. Not your average, humdrum blog, but an enticing accumulation of articles. Sweat, love and tears went…
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What Takes Your Fancy? Moving Abroad Brazilian Culture, History & News Travel Moving Abroad There are moments in your life that I call turnstile events….
Thursday Night Tomato Tongue
The Story of the Tomato Tongue I moved to Brazil partly on a whim, blinded or dazzled by love. I believe if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be the person I…
My Guide to Decrypting the Italian Menu
(How to avoid debilitating post-Italian food syndrome) Understanding an Italian menu should be one of the great feats of modern life. It WILL serve you even when you darken the…
Abruzzo – Italy’s Secret Regions
Abruzzo: it’s got lamb, ski resorts, bears (apparently), beach and sass. The great news about Abruzzo is it’s low key, new news and with very few tourists. That said, Ryan…
40 Fascinating Facts on Brazil
Far from being a jungle paradise Brazil has both the largest rainforest and the biggest city in Latin America. You have cowboys in the South and Wild West Stories from…
Brazilian World Cup Football Team | Neymar & Tattoos
Nothing can illustrate Russia World Cup 2018 better than Neymar’s hair. It was all fun and games, with a bleached blonde straggles, until the big names started falling off like…
VIDEO: A Day in Brazil VS England
Brazil vs England: are you curious? Brazil a far off tropical land; England a tea loving island. Our question was how much do the two actually differ? I have squeezed…
Brazilian World Cup Chants
This time four years ago, I found myself sporting my first canary yellow Brazilian football jersey. Dining with my boyfriend and his mum, stuffing our faces on all you can…
Largo Machado, Laranjeiras and Catete – Knockout Neighborhood Guides Rio de Janeiro
Often overshadowed by the glossy beaches of Ipanema or Copacabana, the previously royal neighborhoods of Largo do Machado, Laranjeiras and Catete offer history and a more “normal” day to day life. When…
