Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. A Monday of difference, two major decisions, and upsets in my life. One is both good and bad, and the other is very good. Firstly, I finished with Julie. We had been talking since last Thursday, and although it was OK, it wasn’t the same since I have […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I have been back in Rio for five days now, and I am trying to get into the old or maybe a new adapted routine. I had been doing all of this in England before, and now that I am back in Brazil, I […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. Today is the eve of the Brazilian bank holiday, Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic feast and holiday. Brazil is predominantly Roman Catholic, though less so than in the past. Today, the religion is shared between the Catholic Church and a multitude of evangelical churches, but Catholicism remains the primary influence. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 32 °C, very hot and sunny. The morning was typical, with exercise and classes. In the afternoon, I had to pick up some money from a student and pay Dona Vera at Belli Occhi Otica, an optician’s where I have been buying glasses for years. The shop is in the same gallery where I used to […]