Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam: 9 degrees, slightly sunny and with showers. Birmingham International Airport, England: 7 degrees, cold, overcast with a slight hint of sunshine. Wolverhampton, England: 3 degrees, cold and overcast. Yesterday, I was writing in the waiting room at Rio’s International Airport in Ilha do Governador. I was waiting for my flight to Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam, […]
Rio de Janeiro: 29 degrees, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. The countdown has finished: 0 days. Today, I’m going to England, first to Amsterdam, and then taking a connecting flight to Birmingham. After that, I’ll take a train to Wolverhampton station, where my mother will meet me. I got up early and went to the Portuguese bakery for the last […]
Rio de Janeiro: 32 degrees, hot, sunny and overcast. Today was meant to be the day I travelled, at least for the first leg. However, it has been delayed by a day for some reason, so I will now only be travelling tomorrow. As a result, I utilised my time effectively to tackle some minor tasks. In the morning, I […]
Rio de Janeiro: 25 degrees, overcast and rain. Today has been a pleasantly odd day. There has been a touch of productivity, but nothing like what I am accustomed to. In the morning, I went to the Portuguese bakery early, did my daily journal entry, drank two large black coffees, went home, and gave a couple of classes. Nothing out […]
Rio de Janeiro: 27 degrees, overcast and rain. What a great day and with a twist! It is a bank holiday, the third of three for November, and it is raining outside. I got my diary early and went straight to the Portuguese bakers to write and put in my entry for the day. A farewell lunch has been arranged […]
Rio de Janeiro: 27 degrees, hottish, sunny, overcast and unstable. It is the last Sunday before I go to England. The countdown is only three days away, and I have two days to do my online check-in. I took Perola for a walk in the morning. It had rained at night, but the streets and the park were already dry […]
Rio de Janeiro: 34 degrees, very hot, sunny and slightly overcast. Instead of cooling down a bit after so many hot days, it feels like someone has cranked up the heat even further; everything is melting from the excess heat. I have had to go out, even though I didn’t want to, I needed to buy socks. I seldom wear […]
Rio de Janeiro: 31 degrees, very hot, and sunny. It remains extremely hot in Rio, significantly hotter than usual for this time of year. Sleeping without an air conditioner in this heat is not easy; fortunately, for the past two nights, I have slept reasonably well. When I lived in Copacabana, there was an air conditioner in both the living […]
Rio de Janeiro: 30 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. Yesterday was a bank holiday, falling on a Wednesday, right in the middle of the week. So, the week is already disrupted, as today and tomorrow won’t be normal working days. Perhaps I’m saying this because my mind is already in travel mode. It’s as if I’m already on the […]
Rio de Janeiro: 30 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. It is the second bank holiday of three, and I have exactly a week until I travel; there are seven days to go and counting. I am not sleeping very well; I don’t usually suffer from insomnia, but since I have been having problems with Yasmin, the quality of my […]