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NEW BLOG: Zerotres – Recife

Posted in BLOG STUFF, CITIES: Recife, tagged , , , , on 29 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Zerotres has been around awhile.  I thought I had listed him in my Blog Roll, but somehow left him off.  Error corrected.

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WORLD CUP 2014: The Cities

Posted in CITIES: Belo Horizonte, CITIES: Brasília, CITIES: Manaus, CITIES: Natal, CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Rio, CITIES: Salvador, CITIES: São Paulo, WORLD CUP 2014:, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 29 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Belo Horizonte Porto Alegre Curitiba Brasília Cuiabá Manaus Fortaleza Salvador Recife Natal
O Globo:
The final will be played in Rio.
LINKS:

Brazilian National Team
FIFA – Brazil

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HISTORY: First Jews in the Americas

Posted in CITIES: Recife, HISTORY:, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 2 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

 
PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL – GATEWAY TO NEW YORK
350 YEARS AGO (1654) – A historic journey from
RECIFE, BRAZIL to NEW AMSTERDAM (NEW YORK)
The origins of the first Jewish community of North America
The history of early American Jews is intimately connected with that of Brazilian Jewry. The first organized Jewish community in the Western Hemisphere traced [...]

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CITIES: Recife – Basic Travel Info

Posted in CITIES: Recife, tagged , , , , , on 22 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »

 
Here are links to sites that have information about Recife.  I’ve never been there.  My wife, family members and friends have been to Porto de Galinhas; the beach resorts area South of Recife about 70 km.   Brazilians tend to fly in, get picked up at the airport and head straight to the beaches.
 
I have [...]

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CARNIVAL: Brazil 2009

Posted in CARNIVAL:, CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Salvador, tagged , , , , on 24 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a few blogs/sites that have information about Carnival in Salvardor, Recife and São Paulo.  
After 20 some years here Carnival does not spark the same interet in me that it did back in the “old days”, when it was less commerical and more up close and personal…as they say.  It has become a [...]

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TRAVEL BRAZIL-AIR: New Airline – Azul

Posted in CITIES: Manaus, CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Salvador, CITIES: São Paulo, TRAVEL BRAZIL-Air, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 7 December, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The new airline, Azul, has begun selling tickets via the internet; however, flights will not begin until January . This is the low-cost airline started by the founder of JetBlue in the USA.
18 Feb 09, it will have flights from São Paulo-Campinas (VCP) to:
- Curitiba
- Manaus (new Apr 09)
- Porto Alegre
- Salvador
- Recife
- Vitoria
UPDATE: [...]

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LIB: Why Gringos Return Home After Six Months

Posted in CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Salvador, LIVING IN BRAZIL (LIB), WORKING IN BRAZIL(WIB):, tagged , , , on 17 October, 2008 | 8 Comments »

There were 5,000+ positions for 61 professional government jobs!
Over at “The Lion’s Den” Blog, there is an entry today explaining why gringos end up returning home.
Read it, if you are considering moving to Brazil.  It might save you a world of hurt.
LINKS:
> The Lion’s Den – Blogger in Salvador

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