Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Maracaipe and Sports

New beach! Toby took me to Maracaipe (there's an accent on that i. I'm not sure how to do accents here...) a few weeks back. It's pretty beautiful, very isolated (or rather, can be isolated if you walk far enough). Looks like a great place to learn how to surf. No rocks, the waves are small...so maybe we'll try sometime soon? 

We've also got a lot of kite surfing going on around our area. We're thinking about trying that out. Apparently though, there's quite a bit of learning and safety practice beforehand. There are reefs (and sharks!) and lots of wind and currents, so I guess they just don't want you to get stuck out on a reef and eaten by a shark. So unless they're taught in english...haha....I could probably understand in portuguese.

Also! One more outdoor activity that we're looking into trying. There's a weekly bike ride that goes from the beaches near our house into the heart of Recife. It's sponsored by the city and they block off a section of the streets, have traffic guards and such. Looks like a really nicely put together event. They have bikes for rent, all sorts of stuff. Not too much is very organized here, so we're pretty excited to try it. Organization. Who knew it would be so exciting?

Friday, May 31, 2013

Brazilian State Flags: Distrito Federal


A little backstory on these posts. We've lived in Brazil for about a year now. I can hardly name 5 of the 26 states (and 1 Federal District), much less pick out which flag goes with which. But as a designer, I love flag design and was interested. And I would also love to learn the names and locations of all the Brazilian states. Flags and information found here on Wikipedia. 

Friday, May 24, 2013

Brazilian State Flags: Tocantins


A little backstory on these posts. We've lived in Brazil for about a year now. I can hardly name 5 of the 26 states (and 1 Federal District), much less pick out which flag goes with which. But as a designer, I love flag design and was interested. And I would also love to learn the names and locations of all the Brazilian states. Flags and information found here on Wikipedia. 

Friday, May 17, 2013

Brazilian State Flags: Sergipe


A little backstory on these posts. We've lived in Brazil for about a year now. I can hardly name 5 of the 26 states (and 1 Federal District), much less pick out which flag goes with which. But as a designer, I love flag design and was interested. And I would also love to learn the names and locations of all the Brazilian states. Flags and information found here on Wikipedia. 

Friday, May 10, 2013

Brazilian State Flags: Sao Paulo


A little backstory on these posts. We've lived in Brazil for about a year now. I can hardly name 5 of the 26 states (and 1 Federal District), much less pick out which flag goes with which. But as a designer, I love flag design and was interested. And I would also love to learn the names and locations of all the Brazilian states. Flags and information found here on Wikipedia. 

Monday, May 6, 2013

Pontal do Maragogi


Over the Christmas holidays, and our big rush of visitors, we drove south to Maragogi Pontal do Maragogi. I already posted about it, but I don't think I posted enough pictures. Here are more.

















Friday, May 3, 2013

Brazilian State Flags: Santa Catarina


A little backstory on these posts. We've lived in Brazil for about a year now. I can hardly name 5 of the 26 states (and 1 Federal District), much less pick out which flag goes with which. But as a designer, I love flag design and was interested. And I would also love to learn the names and locations of all the Brazilian states. Flags and information found here on Wikipedia.