International life is not all excitement and adventure. Sometimes you’ve got to do the boring stuff, like laundry and grocery shopping. And since my mom let me know that she loves it when I post the mundane stuff here, as well as the exciting… Today you get the grocery store, but never fear! When the [...]
365 Photo Project – Week 20
Between the chaos surrounding our last minute trip to the US and maddening internet issues back here in Jundiai, I ended up completely skipping the linkup for weeks 18 and 19. Blogger fail. BUT! We’re back on track! Our ridiculously slow internet in the hotel is working today (sort of), and we’ve had a quiet [...]
Dude, Where’s My Car?
We had a beautiful afternoon. Angela and I were having a fantastic drive to downtown Houston, sunshine streaming through the open roof of the Jeep, excited to see the unusual and very cool Illuminarium with her boy and we were all smiles. How could anybody have a bad day when you have the company [...]
Architects of Air in Houston, TX
When I left Houston to move to Brazil, and then to the UK, I left behind a really fantastic group of friends from my photography club, but thanks to Facebook I’ve still been able to stalk all of their beautiful photos online. I had seen a few posted showing “Architects of Air” and had been [...]
Quick! Get on the Plane!
What happens when you’re in Brazil, and you realize you’re just days away from missing a very important US deadline? When your husband’s green card is in jeopardy because he’s been out of the country too long? When you have to get back RIGHT NOW? You make some very hurried last minute arrangements, pack as [...]
365 Photo Project – Week 17
I spend a lot of my time walking while I explore Jundiai. It’s a very walkable city, with (mostly) decent sidewalks, a lot of tall buildings for reference, and a downtown area that was laid out in a grid system. So far I’ve only gotten lost once, and even then I still had a good [...]
Portuguese Immersion – How’s It Going?
When I arrived here in Jundiai, I was having a really hard time understanding what anyone said in Portuguese. I was really disappointment with myself. I had expected to be just fine since we’ve lived in the country before, and had become quite proficient before we left just a year ago. I know a year [...]
The Sounds of a Jundiai Morning
The sun rises across the city from our balcony as the sound of early morning traffic starts out quiet and slow, but gradually grows louder and faster. By the time the sun is casting shadows across the buildings, the trucks are in full roar. Within thirty minutes of sunrise someone with a microphone and [...]
365 Photo Project – Week 16
I’m having trouble getting the linking app to work, so if you’d like to participate in today’s linkup please leave your link in the comments section. This has been a week of “taking care of business”, and a little bit of exploration while finding new neighborhoods. I started the week with my long walk and [...]
In the Office or Far Away
I got to go in to the office with Brian today. True, it may not be our favorite way to spend a Saturday morning, but he had an important meeting while the boss is in town and I really wanted to finally see where he spends his days. The four of them sat behind [...]
Cemitério Nossa Senhora Desterro – Jundiaí
While browsing around the online maps of Jundiaí, I found an odd looking area that didn’t quite look like a park, but definitely wasn’t any kind of apartment or shopping area. There were trees, and row upon row of smallish boxes. And it was a BIG area. Zooming in, I couldn’t believe what I was [...]
365 Photo Project – Week 15
The evenings here in Jundiai are beautiful. We have a great view of downtown from our balcony, with this church directly in front of us. We think it’s a convent. There seem to be a lot of stooped and ancient nuns coming and going from the house attached to the yard behind the church and [...]
In Relocation Limbo
The days are floating by. Brian heads off to work, and I open the sliding glass door to our small veranda and let in the cool morning air and the sounds of the city. I see the park behind the hotel, full of green trees waving in the breeze. Flocks of green parakeets bouncing [...]
Monkeys in the Park
How is it possible to not be excited by monkeys in the wild? I mean, sure, if you’re in survival mode and they’re attacking you then you’re probably not a fan, but everybody else? They are just too fascinating, and in this case adorable, to ignore. Remember my new Brazilian friend, Lu? She is Brian’s [...]
365 Photo Project – Week 14
How are we doing after a week in our new town? We are loving it! The warm weather is on the top of our lists of things that give us the happy. I don’t think either of us realized just how much the cold weather of northern England was affecting us, but now that we’re [...]
Getting to Know Jundiaí
Our mission for the next two months: Get to know the area and find a place to live. This? This is not our first rodeo. This will be my third international move, and Brian’s fourth. I wouldn’t say we’ve got it down to a science (it’s way too messy and overwhelming to think it could [...]
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