So....it´s taken a while for me to get to write this blog due to the hecticness that has become my life since travelling but here it is...my crazy week in Buenos Aires, the home of Tango, Dulce de Leche and the heart of football!! To warn you....we all had a ridiculous amount of fun during our time in BA, so much so that we extended it!! :) and i apologise for the length of this particular blog! So, once we got off our magical and amazing bus from Igazu we took...

To start with, i would like to request that someone in my beautiful and very large family is reading snippets of my blog to Grandaddy!?? This is very important to me!! thankks!!! So after two hectic weeks in Rio we headed back to Jana's in Sao Paulo for a few days to get a little bit of rest (not easily done in a room of 24 people) and to spend some more time with Jana and the rest of her amazing family! We were very spoilt with food, beds and a bbq by a swimmi...

To start with, i would like to request that someone in my beautiful and very large family is reading snippets of my blog to Grandaddy!?? This is very important to me!! thankks!!! So after two hectic weeks in Rio we headed back to Jana's in Sao Paulo for a few days to get a little bit of rest (not easily done in a room of 24 people) and to spend some more time with Jana and the rest of her amazing family! We were very spoilt with food, beds and a bbq by a swimmi...

CARNIVAL 2009 So our Carnival package started on Wednesday and ran through until the following Wednesday. We checked into out hostel and our dorm that we were sharing wih 24 other people, yes a room of 24! it was a huge room and didnt feel like we were that many people but it was very hectic. The hostel was full - 150 people - wooooop!!! On our first day in Copcacobana we HAD to check out the beach immediately just to be able to sing the song (which we all know...

When the sun eventually decided to come back out and play, we were very happy ladies :) and it was perfect timing as on the Sunday there was a huge football match at the Maracana stadium...Flamengo V Botofogo. I don´t know how much everyone knows about Brazilians and their football but they take it prettttty seriously, and these are two rival teams (much like Tottenham and Arsenal). A whole bunch of us from the hostel jumped on the bus and headed straight for t...