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A Travel Photo Treat: Brazil

By on 08/31/2010 in A Travel Photo Treat, Brazil

The streets of São Paulo are filled with graffiti and street art of all kinds, and much of it is fantastic!  Colorful, full of illusion, completely realistic or totally abstract…  It was really difficult to catch a picture of it as we drove through the city streets, but I was so happy to get a picture [...]

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Interesting Facts about Brazil

Interesting Facts about Brazil

By on 08/09/2010 in Brazil

It’s hard to pick out just a few interesting facts about Brazil because Brazil is a huge country (the 5th largest in the world, with a population of almost 200 million) and is incredibly diverse.  Even though I have spent at least a couple weeks here every year since 2000, there is so much of the [...]

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7 Things I Won’t Miss about Brazil

7 Things I Won’t Miss about Brazil

By on 07/27/2010 in Brazil

(More than a year later, I am adding this note: I wrote this under unusual circumstances. I had complications with my pregnancy and was on bed rest during my stay in Brazil. It was a difficult time for me, and I wrote this when I was not my happiest or most patient self!) I’ve been [...]

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Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone

By on 07/13/2010 in Brazil, Travel Tips and Inspiration

Last weekend I stepped outside my comfort zone by going to Tapiraí, Brazil.  Tapiraí is a town of about 10,000 in the Mata Atlântica (“Atlantic Forest”), a huge dense forest in 13 states along the coast of Brazil.  The Mata Atlântica is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and is now highly protected through this program.  Work is being done to not only maintain [...]

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10 Things I Love about Brazil

10 Things I Love about Brazil

By on 07/04/2010 in Brazil

1.  The natural beauty Brazil has so much natural beauty, and I have seen just glimpses of it.  One thing that I always appreciate on the drive from the airport is the lushness of the vegetation– we pass steep hills covered in trees so dense and so green. 

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A Different Idea of Travel

A Different Idea of Travel

By on 06/30/2010 in Brazil, Travel Tips and Inspiration

Traveling has been a great passion of mine since I studied abroad at the age of 21.  For several years after that, I traveled as much as I could—living abroad for 1 ½ years; taking long, loosely-planned trips; and staying in certain places for extended periods of time.  When I met my husband a few [...]

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A Travel Photo Treat: Brazil

By on 06/26/2010 in A Travel Photo Treat, Brazil

This summer we are spending 5 weeks with my husband’s family in Brazil.  Every time I come here, one of the first things I do is wander the yard at my sister-in-law’s house and check out the flowers and garden.  Despite coming to a place that is so familiar to me, it gives me a feeling of [...]

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What to do in São Paulo: MASP

What to do in São Paulo: MASP

By on 04/01/2010 in Brazil, Great Art Series

São Paulo, Brazil is a huge, sprawling city, both rich and poor, both wonderful and dirty.  The first time I went there, I was very unimpressed, but the more I go, the more I like it.  Because it’s such a large and important city in Brazil, it is cosmopolitan and has a lot to offer, [...]

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