Porto Farol Apart Hotel Salvador
Rua Engenheiro Milton de Oliveira, 134, Barra Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil
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The Baiana comes home!
Ever since my mum and dad left here with me when I was a wee 18 month old baby to return to England, I have dreamed of returning to my birthplace of Salvador de Bahia, and here I was at last, unable to contain my excitement, and just about restraining myself from kissing the ground when I got off the plane! To make it all the more exciting, mum and …
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A dark angel perhaps?
... my kidneys turned to razors and the fever started (thankfully)...Bira nursed me all night and the next day poured me into the taxi for the chinese doctor. He looked me over, said he wanted to be sure I didn't have kidney stones, gave me a 2.5 hour treatment (for the same price as normal) and then sent me to the hospital for an ultrasound.
The ultrasound was fine, but both the receptionist and the ultrasonographer scolded me for more than half an hour about not going first ...
A Life Changing Trip
This morning we went to Oxumare, a terreiro or Candomble house. It is Monday and it is Exu's day and I was able to light a candle for Exu and leave a donation and visit with the head of the Terreiro. The place is unbelievably beautiful with trees and chickens and rooms for each Orixa and little houses for the practitioners. You climb up ...
Sofia AND Marcos go to school
... like to go to school?)
But “A Sofie” also means “to Sofie” and good luck guessing when is what.
To be or to be (Ser ou Estar)
In both Spanish and Portuguese there are two types of “to be”. There is “to be” character (I am Sofie) or there is “to be” state (I am confused).
We introduce ourselves to the class.
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Carnival Warm Up
... We somehow manage to make 3 trips - haircut for Hellie, new clothes for all (hurray), bookshops, best of all the a.c. offers welcome relief from super high temperatures outside.
They say that Salvador de bahia to give it its full title is either, preparing for caranaval, in the middle of carnaval or recovering from carnaval.and our visit coincides with the first one. Scaffolding has transformed the whole city into a stadium ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Porto Farol



