In case you haven’t worked it out, ‘Photo Post’ is my way of saying “I haven’t really prepared a long narrative, but here are a couple of pictures that you may (or may not!) find interesting”. Today I’m going to show you a couple of curiosities that both appeared very suddenly in the last 24 […]
Do you know how to samba? You should not be surprised to know that this clueless and somewhat awkward gringo doesn’t have a clue, so you can calm down if you thought I was was going to show you a video of me giving it a try. Contrary to popular opinion, not all Brazilians are […]
Carnival, for me, has officially started! I know I’m a bit behind on this (pre-carnival blocos have been running for a few weeks now), but this weekend I made up for lost time by visiting two! On Saturday I ventured over to the lovely Praia Vermelha, just next to the cable car that takes you […]
Today I thought I’d try a new format which I’m calling Photo Post – not an original title, but as we say in Britain, it does exactly what it says on the tin. More photo, less text. I woke up this morning at 6am, fully clothed on the sofa. Urgh. I was about to drag […]
Don’t you just love Response Songs? You know, someone writes a song asking “Why don’t you love me?” and then someone else writes a song which says “Because you’re boring and selfish!”. Well I’ve just discovered a response song I had to tell you about. Remember I recently wrote about the classic carnaval marchinha Cabeleira de […]