Brazil

07/17/2018<02/22/2019

The Best Swimsuits & Beach Gear for Travel

I’ve never been into swimsuits. I’ve always had too many insecurities about my body to feel confident strolling the beach in a suit, whether…

02/08/2017<04/05/2021

What is Brazil like? One of the best ways to see real life in Brazil is to spend some time on the beach. Brazilians…

12/07/2016<12/14/2019

Packing for Brazil is not an easy task because there is such a range of activity there–the cities demand that you dress up, but…

12/30/2015<04/14/2023

The street art in São Paulo is one of the best things to do in this overwhelmingly huge city. São Paulo, Brazil is a…

10/01/2014<04/05/2023

(Things to see and do in Ouro Preto below, and resources for hotels and guidebooks at the bottom of this post.) Before leaving on…

09/08/2014<04/05/2023

While planning what to do in Minas Gerais before our road trip there last year, I was surprised to find something right up my…

08/13/2014<09/07/2014

I knew the historic towns of Minas Gerais, Brazil, would be nice, but I didn’t expect the special atmosphere and beauty that we found in each…

07/29/2014<06/12/2016

One of the pleasures of travel is that you never know what you will find. I’d heard about the small town of Tiradentes–that it was…

07/20/2014<04/14/2023

São Paulo is the world’s 9th largest city by population and also happens to be where my husband was born and raised. It’s a…

07/10/2014<03/16/2023

When traveling to Brazil to visit family, one of the things that I look forward to the most is the fruit in Brazil. Not…