If you think about sport and Brazil, probably the first thing that will come to mind is football. For many people, this country is synonymous with the beautiful game and that’s hardly surprising. But when I first arrived in Brazil, it was another sport that surprised me. Or perhaps I should call it a ‘sport’. […]
One of the things that first excited me about Brazilian food was the huge variety of fruits available here. I would stare with wide eyes at the huge lists of weird and wonderful sounding fruit in the Casas de suco (juice bars). One of the fruits that I loved from my first taste is […]
You may have heard that Rio (and several other states in Brazil) was hit hard by rain last week. There was massive flooding which left at least 2 dead and more than 4,000 displaced. Well I’m happy to report that we had a completely dry (and in fact sunny!) weekend. And this morning I woke […]
Brazilians’ Portuguese roots are never more obvious than when they break out the Bacalhau. Suddenly they insist on drinking vinho verde and hold strong opinions on whether the brand of azeite (olive oil) on the table is any good. At least that’s how it works in my Brazilian family! In simple terms, bacalhau (sounds like “backal-YOW”) is cod that has […]
Last Sunday was a funny kind of day – it started off rather dull and hazy, then later on the cloud cleared and it turned into a gorgeous sunny day. This suited me perfectly as I had to work during the morning and the only thing worse than having to work on a Sunday is […]