Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
Here I am: American by birth, Brazilian at heart, mixed and matched, teacher by day, writer by night. I like books, the beach, teaching english, travel, adventures, going out, staying in. I met the love of my life while studying at a Brazilian university, got myself a CELTA, and now I live and work in a small town in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.
A lot of ex-pat blogs tell the stories of either avid travelers who have volunteered to get lost in a new culture or people who have relocated to another city for love. More often than not, Brazilian expat bloggers live in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo or a city that can be spotted on a [...]
“Você já imaginou todas as coisas bizarras que faria do meu lado?” “Did you ever imagine all of the bizarre things you would do by my side?” Renato asked me with that sly, yet timid grin pasted on his face. We sat stuffed together in the backseat of a weathered, 2001 Fiat. The subwoofers of [...]
Arroz Vermelho Some foods are so particular to a small, micro-region, that they remain unmentioned when speaking about the food of a larger, geographical region. Arroz Vermelho (red rice) is one of these foods. Arroz Vermelho is a dish that is neither representative of typical Northeastern cuisine, nor is it part of quintessential Bahian fare. [...]
I loved that my husband was from Bahia, the land of axé, beautiful beaches, moqueca and acarjé. However, it wasn’t until Renato picked me up at the airport in Salvador and took me on a seven hour long bus ride that only seemed to get higher and higher into the mountains, pausing for a pit [...]
