Today is workers day in Brazil and so the majority of people have a public holiday. Fernanda has the day off so we are going to have a day to spend together walking and seeing the city. I was up early but let Fernanda sleep late as she works everyday and really needed the extra sleep. At around 10am I made breakfast and some mate and we chatted before taking off for the day. We made it to our first destination the street market which was another treat for the sen...

Today I got up around 8am and had a really nice chat with Fernanda, shared a few rounds of Argentinian Mate (in my new mate cup - thanks to Lu; going away present). I then did my exercises as I plan to spend the whole day in the city centre visiting the Municipal market and seeing some of the city squares. I walked into the city centre which was about 6km away and had a really nice walk; observing all the great street art and graffiti and seeing a few interestin...

After waking up constantly through the night through both the bus making frequent stops and the annoying passengers we finally arrived into São Paulo. We were just under 1 hour late and as we drove into the huge metropolis that is São Paulo; the sun was rising just over the horizon and presented a magical sunrise of burnt orange and light reds. We drove through very old areas with old abandoned buildings and ended near the central with its skyscrapers and upmar...

Today I am off to São Paulo - (the biggest city in South America) on the bus which should take about 16 hours. I packed my things early, made some lunch and dinner and then went for one last walk around Sheila's neighborhood. At midday I headed to the bus stop and waited for the bus which took forever to arrive and had me a little worried but after about 45 mins and asking some of the locals (a policeman on a motorcycle stopped and made sure I new how to get to ...

This morning Sheila had to work so I relaxed a bit at the house and then went for a nice Sunday walk. For lunch we went to Sheila's sisters house again and Sheila cooked her famous bean and bacon soup whilst her brother-in-law made a stirfry rice with lastnights leftovers, the sister made a cord soufflé and I made the salad. Once again it was really mixing hanging out with the family - chatting in broken Spanish drinking Mate and preparing the food. It was about...