Christ on the Mountain

A Favella in Rio

Some parts of Rio have areas of very crowded housing called favellas.

Fancy a Brazilian Ice cream?

Take your pick!

Sugarloaf

This is called the sugarloaf. Bit different from our one, isn't it? That's a laser on the water in the foreground. Not me unfortunately. Maybe next time!

Rio de Janeiro

Hi Darlings. On the top of Rio. Incredible! One day we´ll come here together. Coming home soon!

Back to School

I have had to go back to school and start again. Some of the other kids in the class laugh at me though.

Florianopolis

I have had a cold the past few days and been feeling a bit miserable. I'm better now and staying in a hotel with a great sea view. This is Florianoplis. Can you find it on Google maps? My hotel is called the Blue Tree Towers.

Embarrassing Daddies

Oxford made one of these for teachers to stick their heads through. Of course I couldn't resist.

Balloonatics!

Dearest children, Apologies for not posting anything yesterday. I was travelling between Sao Paulo and a city in the South of Brazil called Porto Alegre. That means Happy Port. Indeed it seems like a happy place. Yesterday we launched the new series Stars. You would have enjoyed it because there were a huge number of balloons. Check out this picture of Sue!

Oh Dear!

I have been putting on a lot of weight since I came to Brazil.
They have very large beer glasses here!

Old vs New

In amongst all the big buildings you find some old ones. Which do you prefer? Click on them for a good close up. Go on. Don't be shy.

Sao Paulo graffiti

OK so maybe that video wasn't the most interesting in the world but hey. To make up for it I am now going to post you a picture of some graffiti. I know you are very interested in graffiti. I see a lot of strange spindly writing all over the walls here. I don't know anything more about it. It's different from any graffiti I ever saw in Europe. Check it out.

Bom Dia!

As you know, I am now in Brazil. I am in Sao Paulo which is a huge city. I'm staying in the centre of town. There are lots of big avenues and it's really busy. Here's a video for you to get an idea. I went jogging in the park. There were thousands of other joggers. There were een teams of joggers wearing uniforms. People say 'Bom Dia' which I think means good morning. I am going to download a Portuguese app on the ipod and see if I can learn some. The other words I learnt? 'Obrigado' means 'Thanks' and 'Por Favor' means please. Anyway, here's the vid.