Saturday, August 05, 2006

Wow...!! It's hard to believe...

...that a city can be as beautiful as Rio...!! and I think somehow it hasn't really sunk in yet for me that I am actually here... it's more still kinda like a dream... ;)

everything is just soooooo nice... with the beaches, the ocean, mountains, green, sunshine.... everything here is just beautiful...!!
and people are very nice too, muy buena onda.... y aunque mi Portugues todavia no es tan bueno como mi Espanol puedo comunicarme bastante bien... :)

only sad thing maybe that's it not as safe here as in Buenos Aires and I wouldn't feel as comfortable y segura going out at night here as I did in Argentina....

y tambien, todavia no conozco mucha gente aqui... but I've only been here for a day and a half so far.... so I'm sure that's gonna change soon and I'm still gonna meet enough nice people here too... :)

xxx

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Friday, August 04, 2006

Ya estoy en RIO...!!

hhhmm.... yes I know - there's still a lot of stuff missing on my blog from my last 4 days in Blumenau y Sao Paulo.... pero hopefully I'll get to this over the weekend.... and just wanted to update here real quick that now I'm already in RIO...!!

got here safely last night and had a great first evening with all the people from my office here... dinner in a Brazilian Churrasceria.... and then mas Caipirinhas en la Copacabana.... what a great start for my 3 weeks in RIO...!!

y aunque I still miss Argentina I think I'm gonna have a nice time here too...!! more soon.... beijos....xx


AAAAaahhhh - and of course HAPPY BIRTHDAY today for you, Liebe Lotta....!!
Would have been great to be in Stockholm today to celebrate with you and your family...!! Thanks so much again for the invite...

aber im Moment leider too far away and a bit complicated for me to get there....
Wir holen das auf jeden Fall irgendwann nach...!!
Und ich denk heute ganz besonders extra-doll an dich...!! :)

Besos and a big birthday-hug from RIO...!!
Deine Astrid xx

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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

BLUMENAU and SAO PAULO…!!

Hhmm, that my weekend in Blumenau was great you can probably already see on the pics here… ;)

SAT night when I arrived at Tati’s house her Dad was just preparing a CHURRASCO (the Brazilian way of BBQ, Grill-Party o Asado in Argentina.. ;)
A lot of her family and some friends came over for that too… really nice evening / night with the Churrasco in the garden of Tati’s house… and meeting and hanging out with her family and cousins…. ;)
They had also hired 2 musicians / cantantes for that night who were taking care of the music and some entertainment... ;) what a great welcome to Blumenau...!!

Then el domingo we took a little road-trip to some beautiful beaches approx. 1-2 hours from Blumenau, i.e. 4 Ilhas, Bombas, Bombinhas y Camboriu... todo muy lindo.... just see the pics... ;) very nice tour....

the next day, el Lunes, we went to the centre of Blumenau and I just looked around the city while Tati had her French class.... lindo la ciudad y bien gracioso porque todo aqui es tan Aleman y parece un poco raro ver una ciudad tan aleman aqui en la Serra y paisaje de South Brazil... very funny for me... ;)

we also went to the area where they celebrate the OKTOBERFEST every year... y claro - todo tambien fue muy Aleman aqui.... seeehhhrr lustig.... :)

then I took the night-bus to SAO PAULO where I arrived the next morning...!!

super-comfortable bus-ride, just sad that it was night and dark all the time and I didn't get to see anything of the countryside that we were driving through... oh well....

SAO P. is a huge city - Brazil's economic power-house - and unfortunately it was a bit grey and cloudy during my 2 days there.... so it wasn't really worth driving down to the beach and my friend Luis just showed me different parts and barrios of the city.... and also the domestic airport... ;)

really nice and he was a great host....!! also thanks to his super-sweet Mum who cooked wonderful food for us...!!
hopefully the next time I can stay a bit longer with more time so that we can also go to PERUIBE....

muito obrigada por todo y ya estoy aprendiendo un pocito mas portugues tambien.... ;)
hasta entonces....xx

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