My mom visited me last week! When I picked her up at the airport there were some tears. I hadn’t seen her in over four months, the longest we have ever been apart since I was born. I got her an apartment near the beach, great shopping, and close to me… the triple threat. The first few days we mostly spent our time walking around the area, hanging out at the apartment or eating at delicious restaurants and catching up on our lives. Then, we got out and saw some really cool things that I hadn’t seen yet and she met all my friends. Here are a few of the highlights:
-She met a woman in the Charlotte airport who is a doctor and lives in Rio. She invited mom and I to her home for tea in a very cute, artsy part of Rio, up in the hills called Santa Teresa. Mom and I went to her beautiful home (complete with self-made paintings, collections from her many travels, 2 maids, a swimming pool, and a home theatre) for tea and had a wonderful time discussing politics, the differences in health care systems and our families. She even invited me back to stay with her when I come back to Brazil to visit!
-A Brazilian friend of mine invited us to a samba roda (where a samba group sits in a circle and plays different instruments while people dance around them) in the downtown part of the city. It was on a Monday night and everyone there just came straight from work, many clutching instruments of their own to join in the music-making. We also ate some typical Northeastern Brazil cuisine such as calde verde (green soup) and some stew and potatoes concoction. Mom learned how to Samba and she had a great time meeting my foreign and Brazilian friends.
-One beautiful Sunday we got up early and hungout on the beach all day. She got some much needed sun, had a cold coconut milk, tried matte leão (a popular beach drink of tea and lemonade) and we watched the sunset from Copacabana beach.
-She bought souveneirs and tried acarajé (a fried doughy food made with shrimp) at a Hippie Fair in Ipanema.
-We had a wonderful candlelit dinner outside with my two best friends here, sipping wine and swapping stories for 2 hours.
Overall, she had a wonderful time unwinding after a stressful semester and we had a great time catching up ☺ It couldn’t have been any better.
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My adventures living, studying, and traveling in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"It's a dangerous business going out your front door. No knowing where you'll be swept off to"
- Michelle
- This semester, I am studying at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro. I wanted you all to be able to stay in touch and get updates on how things are going =) Feel free to leave me a note and let me know what's going on in your life!
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