Sao Paulo has been gloriously sunny all week which has been so nice, no rain clouds :) It's always warm strangely enough being in the tropics but warm rain is still no fun!! Had a rather cultural week visiting Centro and Luz...the cathedral is amazing in Centro (not the best of areas) but architecturally wise it is gorgeous and of course Rua 25 de Marco nearby is certainly a cultural experience, was incredibly busy with it being carnival next week. People were al...

Well my first Burns Supper on Saturday night was a blast; i think the most fun i've had so far this year. Having had past experience of Scottish dancing i thought i was more than enough prepared to take to the dance floor...how mistaken i was. The first dance was that quick, with twists of eight, multiple & simultaneous manoeuvre's with my arms in one direction and my legs in other and then the changing partners that I don't think you could say i was dancing ...

...well it's my fourth week in Brazil and i've got the tiniest change in colour to my skin, i think off-white is going to be the closest i get to a tan but still i have to say i'm loving the sunshine. Today i've just had a chilled day saundering around Paulista, i've got a cold (thought i'd escaped them but no, even in tropical weather i manage to catch one, lol) - think it's from school, so lovingly past on by stuart :) Today i claimed Livraria Cultura as my loc...

Visited the city market yesterday, Mercado Municipal, which has an enormous diversity of aromas, flavours, sights and sounds that is such a good demonstration of the culture, really good fun! There wasn't as many people as i've seen before in the market but i think that's because they were all out on the streets of Rua 25 de Marco, it's famous for discount-shops, street vendors selling an abundance of things, all sorts of bric-a-brac. Lets just say that the produ...

Just back from Serra, so gorgeous even in the rain Those that have been will know the air changes so much from the city and it's very peaceful in comparison to city noise. I actually felt cold surprisingly on the Saturday night and had my thick bench jumper on, apparently i'm very Brazillian as I haven't really felt the heat considering it's been hot and humid. However, saying that i did feel the sun on sunday and my skin saw it's effects, I had suncream on and ...