This is one of the orchids I will work with.
Saturday, 28 April 2007
Mom and sister
My new sister Claudia and my new mom Nadir. I'm actually officially Nidir's new daughter now. She said she has to many sons (Alex, Fernando, Marcelo)and only one daughter so now it's more even...
Friday, 27 April 2007
The pub
It's true. The workers at the club were handsome.. (but not as handsome as you Florian..) Had a sip of a nother caipirinha. As I told you before, if you go anywhere you take the car. And even after 3 bears and one caipirinha you take the car.. They're a bit crazy... But I got home safe and sound.
Boa noite
Boa noite
The UNICAMP
So, today I´m at UNICAMP for the first time. It´s a very big area just outside of the city. The whole landscape goes up and down and there are a lot of trees and green areas. It´s really nice! The university buildings are quite old, but totaly ok. And the internet connection seems to work really well! Every one here is very friendly and welcomes me to the Botanical Department.
This university is actualy very well respected, the best in Brazil and also knowned around the world.
The food here is very, very nice. It´s nothing like in Tanzania. Here they really know how to cook, which is of course very nice. There is a buffé with alot of different well prepered food and then you take what you want and then you put the plate on a scale. I thought then you should pay, but first you eat and then you pay. I asked if everone always pay, and they do. It would be very easy just to walk away, but people are to be trust here! That´s soo nice!!
Campinas seems to be a quite wealthy city. Though there are parts that are porer and parts that are richer. I live in a very nice area where it feels completely safe. I will move to Chris´s place in a few days. That´s closer to the university. This is where most of the students live. I will soon find out how it all is there..
The traffic is a little bit crazy. There are cars every where and it really seems like everyone has a car. People dont go by bicycle, and they dont seem to walk even if the distance is very short.
Though people are really making exercise. Yesterday I went to this nice park with a small lake and there cracy many people were out for a run (but of course they took the car to the park...). I was there with Marcelo (Alex´s brother) and he told me that in the week ends there are soo many people that goes to this park that they even shut down the traffic around it, because of all the people!!
Later today I will go to some bar in the university area. A girlfriend of Chris told me that the workers there are SOOOOOOOO handsome. Hihi..
Oh, a nother funny thing is that when you say hi in portuguese you say oi, sounds just like oj in Swedish. And of course I like every other swede I say oj all the time. The portuguese think its very funny that I go around and say hej, hej all the time..!
This university is actualy very well respected, the best in Brazil and also knowned around the world.
The food here is very, very nice. It´s nothing like in Tanzania. Here they really know how to cook, which is of course very nice. There is a buffé with alot of different well prepered food and then you take what you want and then you put the plate on a scale. I thought then you should pay, but first you eat and then you pay. I asked if everone always pay, and they do. It would be very easy just to walk away, but people are to be trust here! That´s soo nice!!
Campinas seems to be a quite wealthy city. Though there are parts that are porer and parts that are richer. I live in a very nice area where it feels completely safe. I will move to Chris´s place in a few days. That´s closer to the university. This is where most of the students live. I will soon find out how it all is there..
The traffic is a little bit crazy. There are cars every where and it really seems like everyone has a car. People dont go by bicycle, and they dont seem to walk even if the distance is very short.
Though people are really making exercise. Yesterday I went to this nice park with a small lake and there cracy many people were out for a run (but of course they took the car to the park...). I was there with Marcelo (Alex´s brother) and he told me that in the week ends there are soo many people that goes to this park that they even shut down the traffic around it, because of all the people!!
Later today I will go to some bar in the university area. A girlfriend of Chris told me that the workers there are SOOOOOOOO handsome. Hihi..
Oh, a nother funny thing is that when you say hi in portuguese you say oi, sounds just like oj in Swedish. And of course I like every other swede I say oj all the time. The portuguese think its very funny that I go around and say hej, hej all the time..!
The day before yesterday (wednesday) Nadir and me went to Latin America's bigges shopping area. It was really big and crazy many stores. I got my self a map over Campinas. I never really undrstood why we went there. I thought Nadir wanted to by something but she didn't. I think she just wanted to show it for me..
In the evening I met Christiano. He's the Phd student that I will work with at the university. He was very nice, but he didn't exactly speak english fluently.. But I think it will work out fine!
Later I went out with Claudia and her friend Fabiana at a very nice friendly little bar, and I had my first Caipirinha. From the Rough Guide over Brazil:
The caipirinha - made from lime, sugar, ice and cachaça - is as intrinsic to Brazil as samba and football. The drink's simplicity, sweetness and tangy flavour have made it popular not only in Brazil but troughout the world. It's as painless to drink as lemonade, and therefore all to easy to forget about the alcoholic content until the folowing morning, when you're hit by a giant, thumping headache...
In the evening I met Christiano. He's the Phd student that I will work with at the university. He was very nice, but he didn't exactly speak english fluently.. But I think it will work out fine!
Later I went out with Claudia and her friend Fabiana at a very nice friendly little bar, and I had my first Caipirinha. From the Rough Guide over Brazil:
The caipirinha - made from lime, sugar, ice and cachaça - is as intrinsic to Brazil as samba and football. The drink's simplicity, sweetness and tangy flavour have made it popular not only in Brazil but troughout the world. It's as painless to drink as lemonade, and therefore all to easy to forget about the alcoholic content until the folowing morning, when you're hit by a giant, thumping headache...
Thursday, 26 April 2007
Ola!
So, I had to get up at 5 a.m. in the morning to catch the flight from Gothenburg to Sao Paulo via Munich. But thats alright when you get to fly over the mountains on a sunny day like this.
I arrived 20 h later in Sao paulo, from there I took the bus to Campinas. In campinas Alexandre's two brothers (Fernando and Marcelo) came to pick me up. They are completely nice! Back at the appartment my new mom, Nadir and my new sister, Claudia (That's right, your not the only claudia in my life any more (att. Claudia lotzvig))had already prepared some nice food for me. I felt completely welcome and my new family is just very, very nice!
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
1 week left
Mambo vipi rafiki's or shall I say tudo bem now perheps...
From Sweden to Afrika to Germany to Norway to Austria to Brazil. It's not long now until I start my little trip to Brazil. Maybe I'll find the Ghost Orchid.. Time will tell.. So long!
From Sweden to Afrika to Germany to Norway to Austria to Brazil. It's not long now until I start my little trip to Brazil. Maybe I'll find the Ghost Orchid.. Time will tell.. So long!
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