Because this *had* to be here… after all—what else do you think of when you think of Rio, but this? This is just any given Sunday, at Ipanema. And if you were wondering, I was wearing sensible clothes, a sunhat, sitting in a chair directly under one of those umbrellas. Because I am “muito brancinha”—a …
Category Archives: Traveling
A Quick Recap
This is not a trip recap. That will come later… however, 83 days ago, I wrote a post by (almost) the same name. And since then, my days have changed. I also had a lot of ideas about how my trip would go, and it hasn’t quite been what I expected… Now that my final …
Remembering Machu Picchu
OK. I wrote this DAYS ago, but during most of Peru, I was either somewhere I couldn’t plug my laptop in, or somewhere without internet. And then, I came back and have been since suffering from what some Brazilians have referred to as “North American tummy”—let’s just say, I’m not really absorbing much nutrition from …
The View From Here
Hello from Cusco, Peru! No, not this one: (source) but this one: (thanks, Googlemaps) There’s not much of a story to tell here, because our beautiful boutique hotel is all we’ve seen… because I’m an ass. Truly. I lived in Calgary. I’ve visited Denver. I thought, “I can handle altitude”. You might be wondering whether …
Careful what you wish for
On Wednesday last week, I ended the Yellow Phase of my “face-to-face” training at the gym, and stood on the precipice of the Blue Phase—our training cards are colour-coded, as you might have guessed. I’ve been going regularly, lifting weights 2-3 times per week, depending on a variety of factors. The gym is closed Sunday. …
Life Before Travel
I’m a non-conformist by nature. I taught on St-Patrick’s Day in black… but my next class, I wore my green blazer. It’s just how I roll. 😀 I don’t WIAW because I think you might die of boredom looking at what I eat all day… I don’t Chuck Taylor Tuesday ’cause I only just learned …
More Travel Insight
Thursday was a religious holiday in SP—Corpus Christi, in this case. That likely means something to the mostly-Catholic people of SP, but for we secular kids it meant that Wednesday night we watched foo-chee-bow (er, “football”) on TV and drank wine, slept in on Thursday (OK, I do *every* day—plus naps), and spent the rest …
What Did You Do Today
I thought for awhile that I might read a book a day during my three months in Brazil… I’ve done it before with academic books, no less, while getting ready for my Comprehensive exams in my PhD. But it’s actually not *fun*, it’s work. And if I did it with fun books now, I wouldn’t …
My battles with Sugar
Tomorrow, my month of reprieve is over. I’m driving back to the house. Boo! I look forward to a few things, mind you, like snow! XC skiing! Getting on top of work! Getting back to my gym and workout routines! But most of all… oh, man. PURGE THE SUGAR! Travel tends to be a bit …
Selective eating
My name is S, and I’m a selective eater. Always have been. It led to 12 years of vegetarianism—not for ethical reasons, but because I was kinda grossed out by meat. I don’t mean to be difficult, but there are some things I just can’t imagine eating. Birds are on that list, due to the …