Parthenon Blumenau The Town House

... in the world, and had I known that earlier I might have planned my trip around it (I missed it by only a few weeks!). On Thursday I walked around the city center for a while with my host to see some of the German architecture and then on Friday we went to a small German village around here called Pomerode to visit a famous German bakery. Tonight, I'll catch a night bus to Porto Alegre.

... his head when he's totally confused) ... a thought comes through, "after a 3 hour bus ride there better be strippers." Once inside I finally, finally, for the last time, get it. We rode 3 hours to a German Brewery to actually drink German beer and eat bratwurst at a German Brewery. Yep, no strippers. "Gotta be kidding me." Right up to the point where we arrived at the Brewery, I was ...

Muito importante essa viagem, rendeu bons frutos! Pude aproveitar, além do FEMUSC (Festival de Música de Santa Catarina), e fazer uma visita ao Beto Carrero World. O festival começou no dia 21 de janeiro de 2008 e durou duas semanas, cheias de aulas, concertos, estudo, amigos, e diversão, trabalho e música! Infelizmente não vou botar todas as fotos aqui, mas espero fazer isso daqui em diante, nas próximas viagens!

Stopped in a beautiful place called Florianopolis, en route to Carnival. It~s been awesome here... met some wicked people on the bus journey from Uruguay, so decided to share an appartmkent with them for a few days. Fab place right next to the beach... which is packed with people in thongs (and that´s just the guys... )... hmmm, am sure they´ll be more of the same in Rio. No photographs for this entry, as quite frankly, it would have scarred your eyes.

two days in Curitiba ... not a lot of seeing tough ...we went to some cool spots ... but it was a truly annoying day ... maybe there'll be a change of plans .... the family wants to go to uruguay for new year's eve ... but floripa in brazil, just 3 hrs away from here ... is gonna be better ... so i still dont know what i'm gonna do tomorrow ... =)) see ya latta!!!

... for at tage bussen videre naeste morgen. Rasmus var isaer glad for at slippe ud af Sao Paolo, da vi paa flyveren og i bussen ind til centrum fulgtes med en, ifoelge Rasmus, skummelt udseende mand med bryster a la Pamela Anderson. I saadan en situation er det godt at have sig en staerk og beskyttende kaereste som mig (Signe) til at forhindre koensforvirrede boesser i at forgribe sig paa sagesloese Rasmus'er. :-) Generelt er der en ...

What is that feeling when youre driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - its the too-huge world vaulting us, and its goodbye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies? Jack Kerouac So onto New Years and what we got up to. As we had no real plans for what to do (story of the trip so far..he he!) after some beers in our hammocks we headed into Lagoa, the nearest town ...

... forms... and this begins the start of a mad few days. With our crazy group of 6 we were sure to be a famous success in the drunken days to come! October 7, 2005 - the beginnings of Oktoberfest! Another rainy day. A fine German breakfast of very light and white bread and coffee. The newly formed gang head down to the center to begin the festivities and the search of the now infamous "bea vagon". (a wagon driving around the streets handing out free beer ...

... went on to explain that she had been 21 at the time and the minor she was supplying was her boyfriend who was 3 months shy of 21 himself. They had been in a bar with agroup of friends celebrating New Years. She had bought a round of champagne and he had taken one of the glasses - an undercover cop busted her and she spent 2 nights in jail ...

Loucura essa trip... Bate-volta totalmente desprogramado, ficamos sem ter onde dormir, e acabamos dormindo num motel cabuloso! uihaiuha mas valeu a pena, foi uma das noites mais engraçadas que ja tive, desde a viagem, até a festa! Só quem ja foi sabe como é! Vale a pena