Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies. After a day and night of celebrations yesterday, I got up as usual early, but with only three hours’ sleep. The girls, Nalva and her sisters, had organised a BBQ for 20 people, but there were only six. I ate a lot of meat, and good meat […]
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. The last couple of days have been hectic, with flight cancellations, long check-in queues, excess baggage fees, little sleep, and the emotional toll of returning to Brazil after seven months in England. It may not seem like a long time, but it feels like it is; it influences […]
Over the Atlantic Ocean, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, Sunny but slightly overcast. After all the confusion of yesterday, with two check-ins, paying extra for luggage twice, and instead of flying with KLM yesterday morning, I’m now flying with Lufthansa from yesterday evening. However, I won’t be flying directly to Rio; I will first pass through […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday, and D-Day for returning to Brazil. I think my mother hadn’t slept, because even though I had set my alarm for 4 a.m., she was calling me at 5 to 4. I am almost sure she’s happy I’m going and wants to make sure I don’t miss […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, cool, overcast with showers. It is Tuesday, two days before I return to Brazil. I do not know what to expect; it has been seven months since I was there. Will everything be the same, or have there been changes? Or have I changed during this time? I also have the Julie factor in the […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 23 degrees, hot, sunny and beautiful blue skies. Quite a productive and enjoyable day. I am gradually getting ready to return to Brazil. I won’t see Julie until the middle of the afternoon; I have promised my mother to have lunch with her. I know and feel that she might not genuinely appreciate it, seeing it more […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 14 degrees, cold, overcast and with showers. It’s the second day of the bank holiday in Brazil for Corpus Christi, and we still have the weekend ahead of us. Yesterday, we visited Clint Hills and took a trip down memory lane. We also washed Austin in the automated self-service dog bath, which was a blast! Today, Julie […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. Today has been a special day for me regarding my stay in England. I visited Clint Hills, a childhood treasure. Today is a bank holiday in Brazil, for Corpus Christi, so it’s a day off and the start of a long weekend. I woke up early, exercised both indoors and […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. It’s the day after I made the big decision to go back, to return to Brazil. Yesterday, I bought a KLM flight ticket, and if everything goes smoothly, I should be back for Yasmin’s birthday. I will fly on the morning of 6th June, transfer in Schiphol, Amsterdam, and in […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. It is Thursday, the day after a dreadful argument with my mother. I feel somewhat guilty for shouting and criticising what she has been doing all her life, and, more recently, for my visit to England and going out with Julie. It seems that the saying, “a leopard never changes […]