Carnaval Day 1 – Olinda
Like most good things, the start of something great usually starts off a tad shaky. Saturday morning, we didn’t manage to get to sleep until 6am. And God do I wish it was due to the savage partying that we were doing since the arrival. But boringly enough it was just due to our over … Read more
The bang of the bateria and the call of Carnaval
It´s the eve of the biggest party in the world. The pre-carnaval celebrations are and the bloco parties here in BH have served their purpose and whet the appetite, they are just a drop in the ocean compared to the partying and the madness that will rise from the streets and the beaches of Brazil. … Read more
English Classes and free Guinness!
Learn english with AnIrishman InBrazil here in BH English courses for Brazilian adults: I have the following times available: Tuesdays & Thursdays – 2pmTuesdays – 6pmFridays – Between 3.30 & 7pm. Reserve your classes before Carnaval and get a free pint of Guinness! Cheers! Keith.
NFL e a Conexão Brasileira
Só para mostrar que eu sei todas as últimas fofocas, relacionamentos de famosos e etc. Estava lendo a “Folha de São Paulo”, meu jornal brasileiro favorito. E claro, falava-se sobre a final da NFL, a liga de futebol americano dos EUA. Para minha surpresa, descubro que a modelo Gisele Bundchen é casada com o quarterback do time … Read more
The NFL Final and the Brazilian connection
It just goes to show you how interested I am in gossip, entertainment affairs, etc etc. I’m reading Sunday’s ‘Folha De Sao Paolo’, my fav Brazilian newspaper. Of course, there is talk of tonight’s NFL final. And to my surprise I find that Brazil’s model Gisele Bundchen is married to Tom Brady, the quarterback of … Read more
Brazil v Ireland – The beer game
The one thing that you’ll notice when you visit one of BH’s million botecos (pubs) is the extremely oversized beer fridges, given free of charge by the beer companies in order to show off their products. Illuminating from the fridges are the accompanying oversized digital temperature readers, informing the whole world, that yes!, our beer … Read more
The priest and the wolves
The moon is running now. It toys with them, flying through their world. Nothing stops it. It cheats the night of its darkness, robs the waters silent sleep and coats the mountains with a silvery cape. Bounding across land they chase, sprinting, large and fast, scaling mountains, jumping ravines, zig zagging the trees. Their … Read more
Having ‘a pint’ (of Guinness) in Belo Horizonte
When I came to Belo Horizonte, I really didn’t mind that there were no Irish bars. In fact I was quite happy. Foreign bars, especially Irish ones are a magnet for the gringos, not that I have anything against my fellow gringos, but I just didn’t want to be sucked into an ex-pat society, I’ve been … Read more
Escaping from Belo Horizonte
Let’s be honest, Belo Horizonte is not so pretty, but it wasn’t always the way, not so long ago, it was nicknamed ‘The Garden City’. BH was once filled with one storey houses, gardens and parks. But it seems soon after it was constructed and called the capital of Minas Gerais state, they decided not … Read more
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