Well this is it, my long promised new blog about my life in Brazil. I finally did it and moved here, probably the craziest thing I have ever done in my life considering a) I do not have any job here and b) I speak the crappiest Portuguese. But I believe sometimes you have to do something crazy in order to really live life. So I followed my heart and decided to follow the man I love to his home country. Being German and having lived in Canada for the past 3 years of my life, I am sure living in Brazil will not always be easy, but I decided to give it a shot. So here I am. :)
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| Flying over Africa's Sahara desert |
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| ... And this is the first impression of Brazil. Lots of green and rivers :) |
I took my flight early morning last Monday, March 31, said my goodbyes to my family, friends and my dear dog and took off towards Rio de Janeiro. The thoughts that were going through my mind that day were really mirroring a lot of mixed feelings, fear of failing, sadness to be leaving my family and friends once again and joy and excitement on the other hand to be seeing my boyfriend again. 16 hours later I arrived in Rio, made it through Immigration and fell into the arms of my better half. That moment I knew I did the single right thing. I do realize that an awful lot of you readers will think I have gone insane and I might have, but it would be even more crazy not to follow my heart and to keep asking myself "what if", so within this blog I will share with you my ups and downs, my experience as a "gringa" to say it in Portuguese, a foreigner, in Resende, a 120.000-people city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, where we will be living for now.
In my next post I will be telling you about my first impressions of my new home. Stay tuned! For now I will have to go back to study Portuguese, which will be my full-time job for a little while.
Beijos!
D.
Hi Dani,
ReplyDeleteI´m very proud of you, my dear! :D
God bless you in your new life.
I hope you have a great experience in Brazil!!
xoxo
Clarissa
Querida Clarissa,
DeleteMuito obrigada por as suas palavras duces. :) Let's see what the future brings, for now I am happy and that's what matters. I wish you all the best too and when I come back to Vancouver for a visit, we really should go for a coffee! :)) Um beijo de Brasil!
WOW Dani! I hope they have good internetche and you go to some awesome nightclube's. Say hi to the "brazilian" that grabbed your heart!
ReplyDeleteNice to see you are happy.
Pete (ex Vgcer)
Hey Peachy!! :) Thanks for the nice words. The internetche here is excellentche! :)) Hope you are doing well. And yes, sou muito feliz indeed. Hope so are you. Cheers!
DeleteDani, muito legal! Vou acompanhar seus posts. Espero que vocês sejam muito felizes! Seja bem-vinda a nossa família!
ReplyDeleteBeijos
Malu
Oi Malu! Obrigada por as suas palabras. São muito significante pra mim, porque eu acho que vocês são uma família incrível. Muito obrigada! Terei todo o prazer em me encontrar de novo convosco. Beijos
DeleteLiebchen...don't say that you can't speak Portuguese! What's this you're doin' here?! ;) I'm impressed and a bit jealous that your are going to learn a completely new language. You might teach it to me then. :)
ReplyDeleteSteffi
Hey Liebchen!! :) Haha I can write Portuguese, but speaking is a different story ;) But I am getting better everyday. Who knows? I might be able to teach you some by June already.
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Brazilians and yours POWER !!! rsrs sooo nice see you leaving your comfort zone to follow your heart! i hope u can really find the magic that we brazilians have to offer !! so happy see u and helcio together ! God bless you!! and i hope u one day come to the north of brazil ! Rotsen (ex VGC student =)
ReplyDeleteRotsen, thank you so much for your comment. :) Nice to hear from you!! I think I know the magic you are talking about. Brazil is very different from Canada and Germany in many ways, but one thing I really love is the hospitality and friendliness of Brazilian people. I am sure one day I will make it to Recife, I will let you know!
ReplyDeleteBig hug!!
Dani
Oi Dani, acabei de ver seu blog e ADOREI!!! Apesar de, ainda, não nos conhecermos pessoalmente já sei que voce é muito legal e o melhor de tudo está fazendo meu primo feliz...no final das contas isso é o que conta: ser feliz!!! Sou Eni a mãe da Maria Luiza (esse título me dá muito orgulho ;-))..lol...fiquei na dúvida se deveria falar com você em Inglês ou Português, decidi por Português para voce ir treinando um pouco mais. Gostei da sua idéia de compartilhar um pouquinho sua vida com os outros e gostei ainda mais de ver tudo o que já conhecemos através de seus olhos e te digo achei tudo mais bonito!!! Seja bem vinda ao nosso país tão louco e caótico e ao mesmo tempo lindo e acolhedor!! Seja bem vinda também a nossa família!!! Grande Beijo, vou te seguindo por aqui...ah já fiz uma "propaganda" aqui para minhas amigas que também vão te seguir...Bjos :-)
ReplyDeleteHey Eni, first of all I would like to apologize for not replying in Portuguese. My Portuguese is pretty bad, I understand a lot, but speaking and writing is still very difficult for me. So I decided to go for the lazy way of replying in English. ;) Thank you so much for your sweet words. You really touched my heart with them and I don't even know you. I am so happy to be part of your family and feel so blessed to be surrounded by such lovely people. :) I hope we will meet soon and I will get to know you and adorable little Maria Luiza. :) And big thanks also for following my blog. I am glad you like it.
ReplyDeleteUm grande beijo pra voce. Boa noite!
Dani