Hello everyone! Remember me? Afraid my whirlwind trip to England didn’t leave any time for blogging – just eating, drinking and catching up with old friends. For those of you suffering the heat in Rio right now, I won’t torture you with detailed descriptions of the English winter weather – let’s just say that the mornings […]
When we were kids, my sister and I would look forward to Christmas for months. When the first of December finally came around we would be besides ourselves with excitement as the time came for us to open the first window on our advent calendars. When the big day (25th December) finally came and all […]
We did a day trip to Mercado São Pedro in Niterói this weekend. It’s a fish market that I had heard about and I have to say I was pretty excited about going. I heard that you can buy your seafood on the ground floor, then take it upstairs to the restaurants where they’ll cook […]
Well it’s that time of year again – carnival lovers start planning their fantasias while carnival haters start looking for a quiet country pousada where they can escape the mayhem. This will be my fourth carnival and I’m really looking forward to it. Contrary to what you might expect, I have enjoyed each carnival more […]
Back in May 2012 I wrote about the despicable Roseana Sarney, governor of Maranhão, (home to 32 of Brazil’s 50 poorest cities). Back then there was an article which highlighted the incredible amounts of public money she was spending on luxury food. As well as the ongoing poverty, the state is currently having a […]