Noah CooperWhat else are you going to do when it is chucking down? June is not the most pleasant of months here in Curitiba in the south of Brazil. It has been very wet and chilly, especially in the last two weeks as it doesn’t seem to have stopped...
Amazing books about Amazing Machines When we arrived in the UK for our recent holiday Nana had been out shopping to get her favourite (and only) grandchild some presents to make him feel at home. One of the things she bought was a collection of 10...
Here we go (Wikipedia) The thing I was least looking forward to from our recent trip to the UK was coming home again. The problem was that my wife had to come home a week early because of work commitments, which meant I was going to be doing a 24...
Shaking hands (Zeevveez) While on holiday my folks taught Thomas, and reminded me, of two nursery rhymes that I had completely forgotten. He loves both of them because they are accompanied by physical movements. This means that not only do...
You wanna be where everybody knows your name (Wikipedia) Just before we went on holiday to the UK and Ireland for the best part of 4 weeks I wrote about how I thought Thomas was on the verge of stepping up his language skills. I wasn’t sure...
Bangers (Another Pint Please…) Thomas tried some new food while he was in the UK. Some were more of a success than others. Sausages This was the biggest success of the whole holiday. By the end he could very easily wolf down three sausages...
Feeding the Donkeys On our recent holiday we went to Ireland for a few days. It is about 10 years since I was last there and my wife hadn’t been since she was a kid. We stayed in just outside the town of Athenry, the biggest town close the...
After nearly 4 weeks in the summer of the UK and Ireland we are now back in the winter of southern Brazil. This means more sunshine and hotter days as a British summer isn’t much to be proud of and winter hasn’t arrived yet in Curitiba...
None of them will do The weather has changed again in Curitiba. We have glorious autumnal days without a cloud in the clear blue sky. If you are in the sun the temperatures can reach up 24 or 25 degrees Celsius (that’s about 77 degrees...
Orange Colour Taxis. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So you have decided not to risk life and limb by walking to your destination. Your next idea is to get a taxi. Good luck with that. Getting a taxi In 1974 Curitiba had a population of 610, 000 served...