Cheap Brasil Flights, 4-pack

http://www.brol.com

Globo Newspaper Website - largest in Brasil

http://g1.globo.com

Insider Tips of Sao Paulo

http://www.insidesaopaulo.com/2009/07/subway-and-train.html

Subway Trains;
   www.SPtrans.com.br

Brasilian Movies

http://afonso.hubpages.com/hub/Top-5-Brazilian-movies

http://www.imdb.com/list/vJxBEGOSdIk/

Brasil Blogs

Expat: since 1981-American
  http://riorealblog.com/

Expat: since 1986-American, military, USAID, also
   http://expatbrazil.wordpress.com/

Expat Brasil Newsletter:
  http://paper.li/ExpatBrazil/1306368731

Moving to Brasil: 2011
   http://thebrazilmove.blogspot.com/

Meetup.com

Meetup.com

A good resource to meet Portuguese speaking people and make friends.

Living in Brasil; Advice from a foreigner on the ground

Gringoes.com Article Interviewing a local. At the bottom, are more interviews from other foreigners living locally.

http://www.gringoes.com/articles.asp?ID_Noticia=2392

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Search News Archives Categories Trips Theater Sports Shows Seminars Review Politics Parties Notices Language Interview Hotel Guide General Fairs Events Entertainment Culture Cinema Business Brazil Column Arts Article Around Brazil Advertising All categories Receive Our Free Newsletter Brazil Through Foreign Eyes February 15, 2010 Meet Angus Graham who has lived in Brazil for almost 4 years, and works as an English teacher. Read the following interview in which she tells us about some of her most memorable experiences and gives some useful advice to newcomers. 1. Tell us a little about yourself, where are you from, what do you do etc.? Originally from England, I now live in São Caetano do Sul, from where I am a Professor De Inglês. In the UK, I worked in Customer services. Perhaps the two are similar. 2. When did you arrive in Brazil and what brought you here? In December 2005, I came here for a month, to meet my then internet girlfriend and her family. Got engaged within the week, stayed for Christmas, returned to the UK. I finally came back to Brazil in April of 2006, got married in May of 2006 and stayed, I have no desire to return to England. 3. What were you first impressions of Brazil? São Paulo is colossal when one sees it from the air, coming in to Guaralhos. Difficult to determine where the city starts and ends (I came from the middle of the South Devon countryside). Most striking was the friendliness of the people. I went to a stranger´s home, and within half an hour I was made to feel like a part of the family. Brits tend to be a lot "colder and more suspicious of strangers". Using English money, Brazil felt very cheap. 4. What do you miss most about home? The family, it has to be said. And more specifically, I have yet to find a store that sells Marmite or Tesco Honey Nut Cornflakes and proper English tea, also the fact that electronics over there are generally a lot cheaper. To be honest, after you are here for a while, you don't miss anything very much. 5. What has been your most frustrating experience in Brazil? Hehehehe. Policia Federal and having to wait for a year and a half for my RNE. After a while I gave up going to Lapa every 3 months! Impatient car drivers can be tiresome too. 6. What has been your most memorable experience in Brazil (specific incident)? Getting my RNE, eventually, and, more importantly, getting married. Working as a Customer Services person for a major international company in São Bernardo Do Campo, and later working as a teacher inside the same company. Waiting for my first baby in September 2010. 7. What do you most like about Brazil (in general)? Weather, people, cost of living, the beach. 8. What is your favorite restaurant/place to hang out here? Ragazzo, in SCS, and Edificio Italia in SP. 9. Do you have any funny stories/incidents to tell about your time in Brazil? Only in Brazil... can you see a half naked man skateboarding on the wrong side of the road, at eleven at night, with a police car going past, without any lights on it. Not even "parking lights". When I first came here, I went to our local Ciretran and regularized my British driving licence, giving them a translation and getting a police stamp on the back of it. Works a treat when I get stopped in the odd blitz! 10. What difference between your homeland and Brazil do you find most striking? Bureaucracy and red tape here is tiring at times, but the biggest difference is how genuinely friendly the people are - both with each other and with foreigners (in general). Perhaps another striking difference is the weather. On the whole, sunny and hot the majority of the time. 11. How is your Portuguese coming along? What words do you find most difficult to pronounce/remember or are there any words that you regularly confuse? I learned Portuguese, just by living here - immersion, and watching television in Portuguese as well as listening to other Brazilians. Never took a course in Portuguese. I think that the most difficult might be the pronunciation of pão, and to this day I have a lot of difficulty with the differences between Vo, Vô, voar. 12. What advice do you have for newcomers to Brazil? Brazilians are a "touchy, feely" race, it's not at all uncommon for a complete stranger to give you a big hug. It takes a little getting used to at first, particularly if you are from England! It also helps if you have a smattering of Portuguese. The locals will love to try out their English on you, but knowing a few words in their language will be advantageous. 13. What are some things that you would recommend for a visitor to do in São Paulo (or anywhere else in Brazil)? Enjoy this country and stay here for as long as you can. São Paulo is a huge city, but, with the help from a guide, you can get to see the best parts, particularly from the restaurant at the top of Edificio Italia. São Paulo has some excellent museums too. Oh, and the underground train network is gradually improving beyond belief. You can contact Angus via professor.angus@gmail.com. Are you a foreigner who has lived in, or is living or travelling in Brazil? Are you a Brazilian who has a lot of contact with foreigners and/or lived outside of Brazil? Are you interested in telling your story? If you would like to volunteer for our interview series, or if you would like to recommend someone, please send a blank email to gringoes@gringoes.com with "Interview" in the subject. We will send you the interview questions by return email. To read previous interviews in the Brazil Through Foreign Eyes series click below: Anne Morddel - USA Jessica Mullins - Switzerland Evan Soroka - USA Mary de Camargo - USA Brendan Fryer - UK Aaron Sundquist - USA Jay Bauman - USA Alan Williams - USA Derek Booth - UK Jim Shattuck - USA Ruby Souza - Hawaii Stephan Hughes - Trinidad and Tobago Louis van der Wiele - Holland Drew Glaser - USA Barry Elliott - Canada Joel Barsky - USA David Drummond - Canada Liam Porisse - France Jim Kelley - USA Max Ray - USA Jeremy Clark - Canada Don Fredrick - USA Jase Ramsey - USA Ben Pearce - UK Nitai Panchmatia - India Johnnie Kashat - USA Jeni Bonorino - USA Eric Jones - USA Bill Martin - UK Bernard Morris - USA John Graves - USA Deepak Sapra - India Alison McGowan - UK Brent Gregory - USA R Dub - USA Tara Bianca - USA Jack Hurley - USA James Woodward - Canada Tony O'Sullivan - Ireland Anna Belavina - Russia Jim Kirby - USA Linda Halverstadt - USA Michelle Monteiro - USA Chris Mensah - UK David Sundin - USA Stephanie Glennon - USA Julien Porisse - France Hans Keeling - USA Jim Adams - USA Richard Murison - USA Will Periam - UK Jan Sandbert - Sweden Jim Jones - USA Mike Stricklin - USA Edward Gowing - Australia Adrian Woods - USA Kevin Raub - USA Pierpaolo Ciarcianelli - Italy Zachary Heilman - USA David Johnson - Bermuda Cipriana Leme - Argentina Timothy Bell - USA Patti Beckert - USA Timothy Bell - USA Paul James - USA David McLoughlin - Ireland Pat Moraes - USA Richard Dougherty - USA James Weeds - USA Tom Sluberski - USA Peter Kefalas - USA Sylvie Campbell - UK Kathleen Haynes - USA Matt Bowlby - USA Alan Longbottom - UK Eric Karukin - USA Eddie Soto - USA Kieran Gartlan - Ireland Bryan Thomas Scmidt - USA Emile Myburgh - South Africa Bob Chapman - USA David Barnes - USA John Milan - USA Chris Coates - UK Matthew Ward - UK Allison Glick - USA Drake Smith - USA Jim Jones - USA Philip Wigan - UK Atlanta Foresyth - USA Lee Gordon - USA Carmen Naidoo - South Africa Lee Safian - USA Laurie Carneiro - USA Dana De Lise - USA Richard Gant - USA Robin Hoffman - USA Wayne Wright - UK Walt Kirspel - USA Priya Guyadeen - Guyana Caitlin McQuilling - USA Nicole Rombach - Holland Steven Engler - Canada Richard Conti - USA Zak Burkons - USA Ann White - USA Monde Ngqumeya - South Africa Johnny Sweeney - USA David Harty - Canada Bill McCrossen - USA Peter Berner - Switzerland/Brazil Ethan Munson - USA Solveig Skadhauge - Denmark Sean McGown - USA Condrad Downes - UK Jennifer Silva - Australian Justin Mounts - USA Elliott Zussman - USA Jonathan Abernathy - USA Steve Koenig - USA Kyron Gibbs - USA Stephanie Early - USA Martin Raw - UK Sean Coady - UK Hugo Delgado - Mexico Sean Terrillon - Canada Jessie Simon - USA Michael Meehan - USA Thales Panagides - Cyprus Tammy Montagna - USA Samantha Tennant - England Ron Finely - United States Bob Duprez - United States Peter Baines - England Youssef Bouguerra - Tunisia Van Wallach - USA Lesley Cushing - England Alexander von Brincken - Germany Hank Avellar - USA Ed Catchpole - England Penny Freeland - England Yasemin de Pinto - Turkey Amy Williams Lima - USA John Naumann - England Marsye Schouella - Eygpt Rita Shannon Koeser - USA John Fitzpatrick - Scotland Liam Gallagher - Northern Ireland Lorelei Jones - England Adam Glensy - England Tommie C.B. DeAssis - Japan Aaron Day - Canada Graham Debney - New Zealand Silke Tina Tischendorf - Germany Tanya Keshavjee Macedo - Canada Frank de Meijer - Holland Carl Emberson - Australia Kim Buarque - Wales Damiano Pak - South Korea Jonas Helding - Denmark Pari Seeber - Iran John Milton - England Ken Marshall - Australia 2/15/2010

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