Tag: Foreigner

Five Stages of Living Abroad

Those of you that have experienced living abroad, does it not feel very exciting and liberating at first? However, this is just the first stage of rush of emotions and thoughts you will experience. You see, adapting in another country is in fact pretty much like a relationship.

How to Dance to the Rhythm of São Paulo?

The hustle and bustle of São Paulo can be exciting as well as exhausting for a small-town girl like me. If you live in a metropolis such as São Paulo, it is of utmost necessity to get out every once in a while.

The Saga of a Cloned Credit Card

Tying to solve the case of my credit card having been cloned, made me figure if there are any helpful institutions in Brazil at all.

How to Adapt to a Foreign Culture?

Adapting is hard. Period. Whatever it is – new school, new diet, new city, new flat mates or family members – it definitely means stepping out of your comfort zone and accepting changes in your life and in your

Back to Personal

During this prolonged absence of mine I found out something important about myself that I definitely need to take into account if I wish to continue to writing this (or any) blog.

7 Thoughts from Estonian Parents’ First Trip to Brazil

I think we were all a little worried at first, how things would carry out. My parents had not been to South America before and Brazil definitely might seem like a dangerous and strange new world to someone coming literally from the other side of the world from a different culture and environment.

Do Brazilians Keep Promises?

One of the important lessons I have learnt so far is how plans and promises are made in Brazil and why they are not always kept.