Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is my second Sunday in Flamengo and more tranquil than last week’s Sunday; just arriving was a turbulent day of reorganisation and throwing stuff away so that there could be the minimum quality of life to work in peace. Now that everything has settled, this Sunday was special as […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, warmish, sunny, slightly overcast and with heavy rain later. Surprisingly, even though Friday was difficult due to money issues, Saturday has been ok! I have enough money to take Yasmin for lunch, so I am ok. Nalva is working the whole day, so this helps, too. I got up early, went to Carmen Miranda Park, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. Friday is the sixth day of living with my daughter and ex-wife and a day of contrasts. Exercise early in the morning with a walk and a coffee. My first class is at nine am, and everything is ok. Junior arrived midday, installed the new shower, and put the second […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, coolish, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is Thursday and the fifth day of living in Flamengo with my daughter and my ex-wife; everything is good so far; nobody has died!!! The shower is broken, and Junior, the odd job man, promised to come today to begin the work. As promised, he arrived at midday, broke […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, cool, overcast and rainy. Wednesday is the middle point of the week and my fourth day living in Flamengo, and cracks are beginning to show, not in Flamengo but in my abode. As usual, I got up early, left home to exercise in the local park, and quickly returned for my first early class at […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, warm, sunny, and slightly overcast. Tuesday is the third day of living in Flamengo with my ex-wife. Until now, everything has been OK, and it should still be in the early days. I get up early in Flamengo at 4:30 a.m. and am out in the street by 5:00 a.m. Today, I decided not to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, warm, sunny, and slightly overcast. It’s my first Monday in this tiny flat with my daughter and ex-wife. I forgot to say that after exercising in Aterro de Flamengo, a public park, yesterday morning, I passed by Casa e Video, a utility DIY store. Luckily, it was open on a Sunday, so I could buy […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, warm, sunny, and slightly overcast. I have just slept my first night in Flamengo in the same flat with my fifteen-year-old daughter and my ex-wife. I got up early at about 5 p.m. and exercised at the local park. I also passed in the local Portuguese baker’s for a coffee and bread to take back. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm, sunny, and slightly overcast. MOVING DAY!!! I was going to get up early and have my last workout in Leme, but as it was a little overcast and rainy, I thought it better not to while I was also feeling a little lazy. It was better that I had not gone; there was still […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm, sunny, and with a breeze. Friday, the eve of moving from Copacabana to Flamengo. I was up early; an early class was cancelled the night before so I could have a good workout at the end of Leme, probably my last in Leme. If I do not work out in Leme tomorrow, my next […]