Still under the weather
I’m still under the weather, struggling with my cold, so I went to a pharmacy to get some paracetamol and something to unblock my nose…. On the way, I stopped at Delirio Tropical again and had lunch, a veggie burger (that turned out to be just the burger, not the bread stuff) and salad…. healthy […] Read More
Acclimatization processes
I had felt it since that walk on the beach the other day in what was quite a cold wind… I was getting a cold myself. And after another stint at the beach, and a session in a hyper-cooled-down cinema, here I am, a day in bed with blocked nose, tons of tissues and feeling […] Read More
Festival do Rio 2013
Turns out, I’m here during the Rio film festival, the Festival do Rio 2013. Tons of movies, playing in cinemas all across town. They even have a big German film selection with films that never made it to the Belgian movie theaters… Now the Rio night life will have to wait a bit. I’m at […] Read More
Random pictures from Ipanema
I met with a friend of a colleague for lunch and got some tips for Rio, ran a few errands, then read at the beach. An unspectacular day in Ipanema. During the day, I took a bunch of pictures from the neighborhood… Read More
Walking the beach
The weather has been a bit mixed today, so I just strolled around Ipanema’s little streets and on to the beach. Ipanema is really as nice as they say… rectangular streets, all lined with lush green tropical trees that make a perfect cover (rain or shine). Orchids are growing on those trees and judging from […] Read More
First impressions at breakfast
I woke up at 8 and strolled over to some kind of bakery that is only a few blocks away and had my first breakfast in Rio. A café com chantilly and a pao com creme…. What I thought might be a latte actually was a kind of espresso with a big chuck of sweet, […] Read More