Brazil, Life and Perserverence!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 9 degrees, sunny, cool, with blue skies and the possibility of rain. Today is the first day my mother has left home after her surgery, apart from when she went to the doctors to have the surgical staples removed, and for physiotherapy at the hospital. My mother had booked a minibus service with ‘Ring and Ride’ that […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 12 degrees, chilly, grey and damp. Although it is not raining, it is extremely damp, and you can feel it in your bones. I wanted to get up early to go out and do some exercise, but it didn’t happen. Yesterday, I drank too many glasses of wine, and as a result, I didn’t sleep well. I […]
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 […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 oC, hottish, slightly sunny and overcast. I’ve been trying to rest, but it’s difficult because I have a very strong cold. It started on Thursday evening with a slight sore throat. On Friday, I developed a runny nose, and yesterday, the symptoms worsened. Today, I am coughing a lot and feeling weak all over. I […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 oC, hottish, sunny and slightly overcast. On the 7th of October, Hamas terrorists entered Israel’s territory and mercilessly murdered innocent men, women and children. At that moment, the first reports had a death toll in the hundreds. Now, a little more than 10 days later, it is above 1000. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has persisted for […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. This Sunday felt like just another typical Sunday. The sky was cloudy and cool for Rio. After a few days of rain, everything appeared fresh and washed in the streets. I took Perola for a long walk along the edge of Praia do Flamengo, right in front of the bay. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. It’s the beginning of a new week, but it will be a short one. Thursday is a bank holiday, meaning Friday will essentially be a dead day—a day off. Many places will be closed, including offices, factories, and companies. Traditionally, during a bank holiday on a Thursday, people make the […]
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: 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: 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 […]