365 Day Project - Week 30

Wow, I can't believe that I'm already halfway through my project.  Our first week together in Belo Horizonte was great!  I started at my new school (which I love!) and I've even learned how to use the bus on my own.  W also got a new job which he is excited about so I am really happy for him as well.  Here are a few photos from my first week here.

So excited to have this on my uniform...

365 Day Project - Week 28 & 29 The Canada Edition

I was lucky enough to spend my two week holiday back home in Canada.  It was such a relaxing holiday and I was able to catch up with so many people that I hadn't seen in such a long time.  Here is a quick snapshot of my lovely vacation.  Enjoy!

Girl's Reunion!

My favourite spot on the deck

Out for a lovely tea house lunch....reminded me of London

Congratulations Mike and Steph on your new house!

Airplane views...

What a big goofball...

Welcome home flowers from my mom!

My first nephew!

Yum....I miss raspberries!

Backyard tent ready for the family reunion...

What a great store.....bulk socks for everyone!

Proof to W. that we do actually rent trucks to move our own furniture in Canada

365 Day Project - Weeks 26 and 27

This majorly delayed blog post is another double feature.  The last few weeks have been absolute chaos around our house.  I finished working at my current school with a lot of tears (!) while packing up our entire apartment (again...).  We also celebrated our six month wedding anniversary and I can't believe it came up so fast.  After this, I left poor W at home to move all of our stuff from Vitoria to Belo Horizonte while I hopped on a plane (or four....) to take my much-awaited trip to Canada!  So here I am now enjoying my time with my family and also looking forward to starting our new adventure in Belo Horizonte.  I am going to take a little break from the blog to enjoy my time at home, but I will be back with another double feature CANADA STYLE to share with you in a couple weeks.  

At the Festa Junina party in Vitoria....I had the most delicious brigadeiro.....

One of my favourite Brazilian/Australian buddies :)

Festa Junina Vitoria

My first completely acceptable Brazilian meal...yum!

Anniversary Mexican meal....

Trip to the nature park in Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo

Trip to an art exhibition in Vitoria....

Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo

Santa Teresa.....courtesy of W Silva

Giant hummingbirds in Santa Teresa.....courtesy of W Silva

Representing on the beach......

Brilliant charging station in the Sao Paulo airport...

I was bumped from my flight to NYC and had to fly to Dallas instead....fortunately I received a business class upgrade...champagne before takeoff! 

Leaving Brazil...heading for Canada!

365 Day Project - Week 25

Two weeks to go!  Two weeks until we finish in Vitoria and I head to Canada for two glorious weeks and then back to Brazil to get settled in Belo Horizonte.  Our house is half-packed and poor W. is going to have the job of organizing the move while I am away so I will have to make sure to bring him some nice gifts from Canada :)  Here are a few shots from this week.  Enjoy!

A night time visitor on our balcony.

365 Day Project - Week 24

Ok, so I have been holding off with my big news until everything was finalized, but now....here it is!  W. and I have decided for a variety of reasons to leave Vitoria and move to Belo Horizonte, the city close to where W. grew up.  As much as we have enjoyed our time in Vitoria, we are very excited to live in a bigger city again and to be close to W's friends and family.  I was also lucky enough to get a new job teaching Junior Kindergarten at a CANADIAN private school in Belo Horizonte and I am absolutely thrilled. If you want to see where we are going check out this map.  Our big move will come at the end of July after I make a very anticipated trip to Canada for a 2 week holiday :)  Anyways that's the news from here and also my photos from this week.  Enjoy!

Last minute overnight bus trip to Belo Horizonte to finalize the details for the new job.

365 Day Project - Week 23

Wow, I can't believe W. and I have been married for 5 months already...and that I have almost been here for 1 year.  It makes me think that my Portuguese should be much better by now.  This week was fairly uneventful and we had a very relaxing four day holiday.  I still have news I want to share but unfortunately I can't reveal it yet....so stay tuned!  Here are some shots from this week.

A bit blurry....but a very nice outdoor movie night at one of the Praças near our house....I didin't understand a lot but it was still lovely.

365 Day Project - Week 22

Last week was a little bit crazy again with another trip to the hospital :(  This time it was for a repeat allergy attack from some unknown source.  Luckily I had my lovely husband looking after me and I was back to normal after a couple days.  The sun was out again so we were able to enjoy a few nice beach days.  I am going to have some exciting news to share with you soon as well so stay tuned!

I love these paving stones and the random brightly coloured flowers.