The last bits of Brazil
Checked out of my room, but was still at the terras of the hotel. Calling people, writing. Trying to synchronise my vibe and my energy. The head prefered a different (the old) path. Just, no. Won’t follow. Still able to stay in the change. The first 4 hours of the bus trip to Montevideo […]
Nothing but dull
Sometimes, during the trip, I was curious, where we were. Though I checked it on Maps. In the early morning, it was Curitiba. This town was one of the examples during the Doughnut Economics workshop I gave in Viçosa. About 30 years ago, they had major issues with poverty, crime and accumulating waste (and illnesses) […]
And off to Uruguay
If the (I even can’t say ‘our’) marrige had last… it would have been the 40th anniversary. He went out on me, on us (the childeren and me), in our third year of marrige, 7th year of relationship. Proving: statistics are right. Ironically (is this the right word?), my father married his second wife on […]
Changes
The mornig started with some to do’s. Finally, I left the apartment for a stroll through the city. The Selarón Stairs are just a stone through away. This time, I climnbed them till the very end. Along the stairs, they offered some good Caipirinhas. Couldn’t get me into it; still not easy with drinking alone. […]
Patterns in nature
After breakfast, a 12 hour work marathon. That’s not the way it should be, shouldn’t it? Further just normal stuff: cooking, laundry, groceries… Glad, I’m in an apartment now. Helps a lot. Another AHA: because of the groceries, choosing a apartment makes only sense, when you stay more days… some basics, you will always need […]
Travelling to Rio
The digital world left me almost no time for breakfast. Wanted to be on time at the busstation to be able to deal with evenualities. Most of the time, a digital ticket is okay, sometimes they require a printed one. And then you have to find the right counter. And the right platform. Terminals can […]
Street market in BH
I won’t write about terrible things back home. Probably, the universe decided, that also this kind of stuff had to be part of my learning journey. Certainly, what I resently learned in Dragon Dreaming helped to deal with it. Kept me put the most part of the day… internet is not guaranteed, thus for now […]
Strolling the city
After luchtime, I walked to the Musum of Art and Crafts, more an historical museum, it seemed. It’s situated on both sides of the train station, linked by a tunnel. Some bigger pieces were placed on one of the platforms. In the exebition mainly pieces from the early colonial era, some with indiginous arts. In […]
The greens
What a special day, again! And, how noisy is the city. Not my cup of tea. The hotel reflects the architecture of the 30th. Lot of original elements. What they now use for breakfast was probably the ballroom of the old days. They say, that Belo Horizonte means ‘pretty horizon’, you supose to see the […]