Keys to the world...: August 2007

Back in Belgium

After 3 weeks of travelling, I'm back in Belgium. It was nice, it was great, it was... but most of all I want more of it :))) Thanks a lot to my hosts Fito, Thayse, the Big House crew (Anderson, Ricardo and Daniel), Renan, Rodrigo and Sheila for make me feeling at home and giving me the local insight that I'm searching for when travelling! Thanks a lot to all the other people that I met along the way, it made my trip wonderful!

Muchas Gracias-Muito Obrigada

So now back to reality! Working, househunting, family and friends...

Stay tuned!

Liz

Buenos Aires

Before flying back to Europe it was time to visit Buenos Aires. Well I was just blown away by it, after a while I decided not to take pictures anymore as it was too difficult to choose what to capture first :)) The city has a nice mixture of an european and a south-american feeling, with a nice atmosphere as result. From the nice bars and restaurants in Palermo, the several museums (with MALBA a must see), the renovated Puerto Madero, the medialunas (croissants) as breakfast, the fairs in San Telmo, the argentinian design and fashion, the tango classes in every traditional cafe,... Four days were totally not enough to see it all, so yes I have to go back :)))

Puerto Madero: old docks transforming in lofts, bars and restaurants

Calatrava bridge

Downtown Buenos Aires: empty on a sunday morning

MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano)

The national library

Recoleta

Curitiba

After Florianopolis I went to Curitiba. Two years ago my visit to this city was limited due to rain, so I decided to give it a second try! I spend some lovely days in Curitiba with my incredible hosts Rodrigo and Sheila! I could stay in their traditional wooden house, they drove me around the whole city, gave me a lot of local insight but especially a lot of brazilian hospitality!! Even it was raining like hell again, it was just a pleasure to discover it all! From the Italian quarter Santa Felicidade, the traintrip to Morretes through the atlantic forest, the churrasceria, the hundred of parks around the city, the sambaclub, to the street XV de Novembre,...