Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Saturday, and Saturdays are always good, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Cariocas, native people from the city of Rio de Janeiro, like Cockneys from London or Brummies from Birmingham, are spoilt. They are spoilt because, first of all, there are ninety-nine beautiful golden sandy beaches, eighty-three kilometres […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. So, half the month has already passed, and everything has been paid for: rent, gas, electricity, etc., and other things like a new coat to go England and Nalva’s glasses, and there is still a reserve. This reserve is to finish the treatment of my teeth, which is my priority […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, warmish and slightly overcast. It is the 15th, and for some reason, this week and half the month have gone very quickly. Nalva arrived back from Sao Paulo last night. We talked a little. She was happy to be back. She said she had worked a lot in Sao Paulo, but the experience was worth […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm and sunny. Nalva is travelling; it is just Yasmin, Perola, and me at home. The flat is noticeably quieter, and the ambience is lighter, and this is not just me saying it. I do not mind giving up a small part of my life for the next three or four months to share with […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. My cold is getting worse, and I think I am going to die. I am taking medicine, which is a question of weathering the storm out: an early walk, no exercise, and some photos. When I had the dogs, I would love to go on long walks with them, drinking […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, cool and overcast. It is Sunday, a day that I normally reserve a part of to myself, if I were living alone, or more likely the whole day. I needed to change Rogerio’s shirt, a present I had taken to his birthday barbecue party the Sunday before. Surprisingly, it was too large for him, as […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, hottish, sunny, and slightly overcast. I was up at 4:30 pm and in the street by five. I was back home, showered and changed by 6:30, and was ready for the first class at 7 am. Now, Tuesdays and Thursdays are my heaviest days in terms of classes. However, I still had time to call […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. Monday is the beginning of the week, and things are beginning to show light, a new start. The day began well with exercise early, a coffee on the way home, and classes the whole day, nothing new nor remarkable. I had not slept well the night before because I had […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is Wednesday, the middle of the week, and my living room is stuffed with junk that is not mine and without a stove, fridge, or washing machine. I think the landlady is trying to tell me indirectly that my time is up! No problem, there are things to be […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC warm and Sunny. It is Thursday, and usually, on Thursday, I am tired. The accumulation of classes starts to hit me on a Thursday. Even so, I am happy because I have got to finish one more book I was reading. I have read two books in less than a month, and I am loving […]