Ibis Porto Alegre Aeroporto

... Ardil 22 in Portuguese) which I snatched for R$10. It´s a bit advanced for me but since I´ve read it more than once in English, I think I´ll be able to understand most of it.<br><br>Anyway, there is not much to do in this city and I didn´t plan on staying more than two or three days, but I met some good people so I decided to stick around until tomorrow, when I´ll catch a bus to Uruguay (my first border ...

<br>Well, I've officially left Porto Alegre, and it's definitely my favourite Brazilian city. I wish I'd taken pictures, but my camera is toast. I loved how integrated, with the modern city life, the Gaucho culture was. I went to a Gaucho rodeo/festival one day, completely by accident, but it turned out to be one of the coolest experiences. Guacho families come from all over, and set up this village of homes and shops, and people are welcome to wander the streets. There's meat cooking ...

... city, and it has a very thorough(if not slightly confusing) metro system, consisting of a one-line underground train, and a million and one bus routes. There's a fair amount of graffiti, but most of it is excellent, second only to that which I saw in Rio. I'm positive there's more, but I've been typing for several hours, and I need a break. I fly to Manaus on the 22nd, and home on the 24th, so I'll try and get another entry in there, somewhere. Bom Noite

... pulled his knife, and made to stab me, I was gone like a gun shot, and he couldn't keep up. Anyway, rest of the day was pretty uneventful. I bought my ticket to Canela, and that was that. For the **** that I had experienced in Porto Alegre, there was something about that I liked, even though I couldn't figure out why. Anyway, I'm typing this from Porto Alegre, so I obviously liked it enough to come back. But that's another entry.

... t get any better we learnt that the bar-owner, our favourite character Alemou, was the son of the very well known singer, Edgar Pozzer. After the doors of the bar closed we sat at a table and had the pleasure of watching Alemou singing to a DVD of his dad's music. Serginho, the singer from Papas da Língua who was mentioned at the beginning of this blog and who watched the DVD with us, made a guest appearance on the DVD. The DVD extras included pictures of Alemou when he was a ...

... I really enjoyed the walk and people watching, oh and churros. Yeahhh churros. God I love that stuff. After dark I would get a little turned around in the city and would have to ask for directions a few times before finally getting my bearings. Thank God my Portuguese professor drilled me on directions. I was amazed that I was getting by just fine with the Portuguese I had. In fact, I didn't ...

... networks. I tried banks that worked in other countries, nothing. I was starting to get really hungry (only some people know what happens to me when I get real hungry) and I was starting to get a bit frustrated. Finally I found an HSBC bank that allowed me to pull out some money, but a limited amount. I think this is going to be a frustrating pain in the ass over the next few weeks. Sat down to a nice late lunch and ...

Oi! <br>Been in Torres since Tuesday and have been lucky enough to see a very different side of Brazil. They wear shorts here! ha. What I mean is that living with a Brazilian family has been a great resource and opportunity. <br> <br>Met Frederico's parents as we were served a very fancy lunch of pumpkin filled pasta. Their English is exceptional, including Fred's 9 year old brother's English, who at first said he didn't want to have to speak English ...

... Sao Paulo bus station to airport, moderate difficultly. I'm always skeptical about taking cabs since I feel like I'll be overcharged, so I felt good about there being a flat rate/prepaid cab to the airport. Forgot my Swiss army knife was in my carry on so I donated that to the attendant. boo. Aw well, saved muito muito dinheiro (very much money in my horrible Portuguese) by taking a bus instead of flying. <br> <br>Frederico was waiting at the airport. It ...