What a cool (an) awesome picture of Liberdade (the Japantown of SP) with the Cathedral in the Background. Is that Se back there? Can't tell....
Showing posts with label Sao Paulo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sao Paulo. Show all posts
My Gringo Friend in Sao Paulo...
LOVES IT! I just got an email back from him proclaiming his love for the city. Not really a surprise to me, but an affirmation.
He said the people love foreigners who learn Portuguese, and that the city itself is amazing.
I don't have much more to report on other than that, but it just made me happy to have someone that I actually know like it from a non biased view.
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In other news, its going to be 102 degrees with an index of 115 here. Happy happy joy.
He said the people love foreigners who learn Portuguese, and that the city itself is amazing.
I don't have much more to report on other than that, but it just made me happy to have someone that I actually know like it from a non biased view.
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In other news, its going to be 102 degrees with an index of 115 here. Happy happy joy.
Brazilians taking over New York City.
I was in New York yesterday, and it was a bea chi ful day to gat up and take the 45 minute drive north. (soooo farrrr)
Everywhere I went I heard Portuguese, of course Brazilian. I remember that I read recently that Brasileiros spend more than any other foreign visitor in New York while there. Pretty representative of what I saw I'd say...the new way to spot a Brazuca family is look what kind of shopping bags they are carrying. The obligatory shopping bag is Louis Vuitton. Most likely they will hold that in the same hand as their Tiffany, Cartier and Mikkimoto bags. On the other arm is their 2 year old stereotypically un-Brazilian looking child being a little whiny, but nothing revolutionary.
I bet most Americans confuse them to be Italian.
Too bad I didn't strike up conversation with any of them. I have this weird thing where I get nervous around random Brasileiros because I'm afraid I'll forget a word or something in Portuguese. I guess its time for me to grow some balls.
Everywhere I went I heard Portuguese, of course Brazilian. I remember that I read recently that Brasileiros spend more than any other foreign visitor in New York while there. Pretty representative of what I saw I'd say...the new way to spot a Brazuca family is look what kind of shopping bags they are carrying. The obligatory shopping bag is Louis Vuitton. Most likely they will hold that in the same hand as their Tiffany, Cartier and Mikkimoto bags. On the other arm is their 2 year old stereotypically un-Brazilian looking child being a little whiny, but nothing revolutionary.
I bet most Americans confuse them to be Italian.
Too bad I didn't strike up conversation with any of them. I have this weird thing where I get nervous around random Brasileiros because I'm afraid I'll forget a word or something in Portuguese. I guess its time for me to grow some balls.
Whacha think of Salvador?
With the possibility to traveling to Brasil in the near future, it looks as if Salvador may be a destination that we could visit.
I have heard many things about the place, some of them conflicting. Some people like it, others not so much, others not at all. My Paulista freind Lilia did not like it..."Foi taaaao cheiooo, nao gostei" she said. Funny cause she lived in Sao Paulo, although she's from Sao Jose dos Campos.
I think personally it looks like Havana in the pictures I've seen, except much larger but just as grimy in the old areas like Pelourinho and Cidade Baixa. The new areas like Paralela looked nice though in the picutres. One thing that is for sure; the construction boom shows how fast the economy of Brasil is growing.
Novos empreendimentos
So, what do you all think of Salvador? Anything I should be advised about?
Valeu gente & abs!
I have heard many things about the place, some of them conflicting. Some people like it, others not so much, others not at all. My Paulista freind Lilia did not like it..."Foi taaaao cheiooo, nao gostei" she said. Funny cause she lived in Sao Paulo, although she's from Sao Jose dos Campos.
I think personally it looks like Havana in the pictures I've seen, except much larger but just as grimy in the old areas like Pelourinho and Cidade Baixa. The new areas like Paralela looked nice though in the picutres. One thing that is for sure; the construction boom shows how fast the economy of Brasil is growing.
So, what do you all think of Salvador? Anything I should be advised about?
Valeu gente & abs!
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