Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot, sunny and cloudy. Over the past few days, we have discussed family, relationships, and money. Families are beautiful and important for society but can also be complicated. Reflecting on my past, one of the reasons I came to Brazil was to escape problems within my family, particularly with my mother. I may have mentioned […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 32oC, hot and sunny. My Uncle Mick-Part 2. It will have been. Two years this November. That is my Uncle Mick. Had died. As I said yesterday. He was an incredibly good man, very good for me. He had married three times. The first was to a Swindler, the second to an Angel and the third […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot and sunny. My Uncle Mick, Part 1. It’s boiling—a real heat wave for winter in Rio. Temperatures are almost reaching 40°C, which is completely crazy for this time of year. Yesterday, I mentioned my Uncle Mick, who is my godfather. He is not a blood relative, but a long time ago, he was my […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, hot, sunny and slightly cloudy. Last weekend was scorching, and today is no different. It will be 30+ degrees Celsius, which is a crazy high temperature for winter. My Facebook friends from England complain when it is 28 to 29 degrees in English summer, saying that their clothes are sticking to their bodies and it […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, hot, sunny and slightly cloudy. It is Sunday, the day I usually reserve for myself. The morning is just for me. I am not Richard, I am not a dad, etc. Nobody knows my name, so nobody can call me to do something because they do not know it on a Sunday morning. In the […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot and sunny. Yesterday, I signed the papers from England. One more thing was resolved. This past week, I have posted in the long gringo blog every day. I have exercised at least three times and paid all essential bills, such as the rent for Yasmin and Nalva, my glasses with Dona Vera, and some […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot and sunny. Today is a bit of a wasted day in some ways. Yesterday was a bank holiday, which means today, Friday, is also a bank holiday. Although it is not officially a holiday, most people will not work today to take advantage of a long weekend from Thursday to Sunday or Wednesday to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. I’m still on a roll. Today is another benchmark or a day of reference. The papers that were sent from my mother’s solicitors in England in June have finally arrived. We are in September, and I have been waiting for these documents for over two months. I thought they may […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. It’s the middle of the week again. Half of the week has passed, and the other half is yet to come. However, this is a bit of a lie because today is the eve of a bank holiday. Tomorrow will be Brazilian Independence Day, the 7th of September. Traditionally, on […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. I’ve been taking Perola with me when I go to the park to work out more. She needs the exercise because when I arrived in Botafogo, she was extremely overweight for a dog. She was also taking corticosteroids because of her allergy problems. This issue is common with dogs, especially […]