Ok, so today´s my last day in Jacareí, as I head South to Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul state. ~I´m looking forward to it. I fly at 10pm, arriving at about 11:45. Sweet.
The only real problem is that I won´t get to see my mates up here for some time, particularly a certain female friend of mine. The less said about that just now in a public space the better, to be honest.
Anyway, I´ve had a ball up here, and I have realised just how much I love Brazil. I am seriously wanting to live here after my doctorate is finished. The food, the weather, the people, the language - it´s all good. I love Portuguese. It´s a beautiful language, and the way it rolls of the toungue is something magical. I have taken to drinking a juice called Açaí every day. Well, Açaí com leite (with milk). It´s quite possibly the most delicious juice ever. If I were an entrepreneur, I´d be shipping it to Australia within seconds, setting up a "casa do suco" or juice bar, and I know for sure that I´d be earning squillions within a couple of years. The juices here are fantastic - there´s a real culture of drinking juice here that is just amazing. There are juice bars all over the place - at least two in every block, it seems - and while some are better than others, the quality of the juice is sensational. There are mixtures that would boggle the mind, and two different types of juices - "vitaminas", which are generally much thicker and come with a greater mix of fruits than the second type, the "sucos" (juices), which are mostly simple mixes of juice with milk, with softdrink, or with one other fruit. My friend Horácio has a "casa do suco", called Tropical Sucos, and i have been frequenting it daily since I arrived in Jacareí. THat place is fantastic, and the "lanches", or burgers (i guess that´s the equivalent) that they make there are awesome. I won´t go into too much detail here, because it´ll just piss everyone off. Suffice to say that we don´t have burgers like these in Australia. Yum!
Anyway, I will have to find myself a casa do suco in Porto Alegre when I get there. Bugger. I´m looking forward to the South, because I´m hoping to go out to São Miguel das Missões, near the Paraguayan border, to see the ruins of an old missionary town that got into trouble with the Portuguese crown for being a little to independent... Damned Jesuits! No respect for regal authority! Heaven forbid that Indians get an education and a status well above what the crown deems appropriate! Anyway, that´s probably the highlight of my program down there. Will let you know what happens.
Gotta go. Bags to pack and all that...
Cheers.
The only real problem is that I won´t get to see my mates up here for some time, particularly a certain female friend of mine. The less said about that just now in a public space the better, to be honest.
Anyway, I´ve had a ball up here, and I have realised just how much I love Brazil. I am seriously wanting to live here after my doctorate is finished. The food, the weather, the people, the language - it´s all good. I love Portuguese. It´s a beautiful language, and the way it rolls of the toungue is something magical. I have taken to drinking a juice called Açaí every day. Well, Açaí com leite (with milk). It´s quite possibly the most delicious juice ever. If I were an entrepreneur, I´d be shipping it to Australia within seconds, setting up a "casa do suco" or juice bar, and I know for sure that I´d be earning squillions within a couple of years. The juices here are fantastic - there´s a real culture of drinking juice here that is just amazing. There are juice bars all over the place - at least two in every block, it seems - and while some are better than others, the quality of the juice is sensational. There are mixtures that would boggle the mind, and two different types of juices - "vitaminas", which are generally much thicker and come with a greater mix of fruits than the second type, the "sucos" (juices), which are mostly simple mixes of juice with milk, with softdrink, or with one other fruit. My friend Horácio has a "casa do suco", called Tropical Sucos, and i have been frequenting it daily since I arrived in Jacareí. THat place is fantastic, and the "lanches", or burgers (i guess that´s the equivalent) that they make there are awesome. I won´t go into too much detail here, because it´ll just piss everyone off. Suffice to say that we don´t have burgers like these in Australia. Yum!
Anyway, I will have to find myself a casa do suco in Porto Alegre when I get there. Bugger. I´m looking forward to the South, because I´m hoping to go out to São Miguel das Missões, near the Paraguayan border, to see the ruins of an old missionary town that got into trouble with the Portuguese crown for being a little to independent... Damned Jesuits! No respect for regal authority! Heaven forbid that Indians get an education and a status well above what the crown deems appropriate! Anyway, that´s probably the highlight of my program down there. Will let you know what happens.
Gotta go. Bags to pack and all that...
Cheers.
posted by AP at 4:41 AM
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When ya gonna give us some more holiday treats to be jealous of?
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