Salgueiro Samba School

Official site Carnaval 2011: http://www.salgueiro.com.br/

Updates

Hi everyone,

Many of you have written to me asking to update my blog. I'm so sorry I haven't kept up regular entries. The good news is that I've been having the time of my life in Rio and have been busy socializing, learning Portuguese, laying on the beach, and going out! I will try to take some time over the next few days to update my blog as much as possible.

Amelie

Petropolis

Petropolis is a beautiful colonial town about 1 hour from Rio. It's located in the atlantic rainforest and is at approximately 1000m above sealevel. The climate is much cooler than in Rio de Janeiro and it is often very misty.

RIO- Part 1

I like Rio a lot more than I had imagined I would. It has beautiful beaches as well as most things a city could offer.I’ve been here for almost 2 weeks and already have a minilife here. I study Portuguese in the mornings and have a job working at a hostel on weekends. The hostel is to practice Portuguese although it's been hard to not mix Portuguese and Spanish together. This is probably one of the happiest times of my life!
I’ve been going out a lot and have met some amazing people in my classes.

Ilha do Mel

Ilha do mel is located in the state of Parana and only reachable by boat. Cars are forbidden on the Island which has been transformed by UNESCO into an ecological station. It was an extremely relaxing few days waking up to the sound of the ocean. I love being in remote places and forgetting the meaning of the word stress. There are tons of dolphins here too. I walked over to the Brasilia part of the island by climbing over hills and rocks under rather heavy rain. It was wet and windy but still very beautiful.