Safe Or Not. After lastnights conversations with Walter I am a little nervous about wandering around the city by myself. Walter didn't have to work until the afternoon so in the morning we hung-out and had breakfast together. I don't usually drink coffee but as the Brazilian coffee is quite famous I tried it and was quite pleasantly suprised with the taste and the amount of energy it gave me. I spent most of the morning in the Internet trying to work out how to g...

The Not-so Short Trip to Natal. I had planned to take a bus as early as possible to my next stop in the North of Brazil; Natal. However upon checking my email I heard from my new hosts in Natal and they had informed me they would not be home until after 7:30pm - meaning there was no real need rush. I got up early anyways and gathered my things and helped Rachel with cleaning-up. I headed to the bus stop at 9am and had a very long and confusing trip to the bus ter...

Schools Back!! Today Rachel had asked me to come and talk to her students where she works. As today is my only free day in Recife before leaving tommorow I agreed to come to the afternoon class (6-8pm) so that I could atleast have one morning here to myself. First thing I did was head to the beach for a walk and some sunshine and to catch up on my blog. I then stopped at the vegetable and fruit store to grab a few bits and pieces for dinner (my famous Tortilla). ...

An American Birthday!!! Today is my host Rachel's Birthday - so it was up to me to make sure she has an amazing day and has no time to think about missing her friends and family back home. I woke early and prepared a pancake castle with banana, granola, raisens, roast nuts, chocolate and Brazilian peanut butter along with some fresh coffee and fresh passionfruit juice. When Rachel woke I wished her a Happy Birthday gave her a small gift and served her breakfast -...

Recife for the Win!!!! My first day in Recife and the sun is out and it's a Sunday so everyone is relaxing at the beach. Rachel had got home very late so I figured she would sleep-in a lot so headed off to the beach early for a walk and to watch some of the locals kitesurfing. The beach is quite nice but probably not the best for swimming as the water is very murky - however people were out inforce enjoying the sunshine and making the most of their Sundays. Aroun...