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Comida di Buteco 2014 is nearly here!
If you like to eat, drink and have fun, Rio really is a great place to live. Sure it might not have the range of cuisines and night life of a cosmopolitan city like New York, nor the levels of culinary sophistication of a city like Paris, but what it lacks in those departments, […]
The Rio bus experience
Well, I’m less than a week into my new life away from the daily grind and so far things are going well! I had been half expecting to have lots of free time now that my working day no longer involves spending 3-4 hours on public transport, however it’s amazing how quickly new tasks appear to […]
Eat Rio Photo of the Day: 4th April 2014
I spotted this mannequin yesterday while I was wandering in Centro (downtown Rio). I’m not sure if it shows, but that is one enormous shirt – “tamanho especial” (special size) indeed. And the store might be called ‘Ponto Masculino’, but I think the delicately made-up face of our oversized friend here tells a more conflicted story… […]