Right now I am on holiday in Salvador de Bahia. It is very nice. Above all it is very nice just to be in a normal city, where you can take a walk in the streets and where you see people in the streets and can find something to eat or drink where ever you are. And where the streets have names! Today I managed to find my way all on my own even without a map after having jumped off the bus a bit randomly. This is a city with normal logic. And it is by the ocean. Oh how I love the scent of the ocean. There is however another smell that I could do without. Obviously Brazilian men have one bad habit in common with Swedish men and that is peeing in the streets. My goodness how it stinks at times.
Unfortunately my camera decided it was a good time to stop function just when I arrived at the Pelurinho, the main tourist attraction today. Very bad timing. But my mobile makes pretty good pictures as well. Will post some later.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Niemeyermania
Saturday I took the time to go down to Brasília's heart of power, the Praca Três Poderes, the Three Power's Square, with my camera. Until now I have only passed by car or visited the places on business meetings when taking pictures was not a good idea.
This is not only where the legislative, executive and judiciary powers meet, this is also the heart of Oscar Nimeyer land.
I am aware of that it might look very empty, strange and eerie on the pictures, but on site I must say it has a very special atmosphere and the builidings are actually quite beautiful.
The Congress. The sphere for the Senate and the bowl for the Chamber.
Ministry of Justice
The presidential palace
The Supreme Court
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This is not only where the legislative, executive and judiciary powers meet, this is also the heart of Oscar Nimeyer land.
I am aware of that it might look very empty, strange and eerie on the pictures, but on site I must say it has a very special atmosphere and the builidings are actually quite beautiful.
The Congress. The sphere for the Senate and the bowl for the Chamber.
Ministry of Justice
The presidential palace
The Supreme Court
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Monday, May 02, 2011
End of the First Honeymoon?
Whenever you move and/or change jobs I believe you go through pretty much the same phases getting adjusted, especially if you move abroad. I know there is research done on this, giving different names to the phases and approximate estimates on how long they last and what comes after the other etc. However I don’t remember them all now, but it does not really matter. I have moved, changed jobs and countries often enough to know them well and especially how I react myself in situations like this.
This weekend I might have experienced some kind of end to the first honey-moon. All of a sudden I felt sad and frustrated. I missed my friends badly and I felt very frustrated with things, especially not being able to communicate with my surrounding. I even started crying without any particular reason (one part of the explanation might also be that I was rather tired) a couple of times. I also felt very frustrated with the fact that I haven’t found likeminded friends that I feel I can spend my weekends with. So when the weekend came and I finally had time to do something fun, and now also have a car so I can move about, I did not know what to do and where to go because I didn’t like to go on my own.
Somehow my lovely friends and family must have sensed this frustration. On Saturday morning I found a long lovely e-mail from a good friend and then I had a long talk on Skype with another friend and later with family. Then it all felt better. On Sunday morning a colleague asked me if I would like to go with her to the stable and go horseback riding. That was such a hit! Eventually I found myself in an environment that was familiarly to me and I felt that I could do something that I know how to do. I was also very positively surprised that the man responsible for the horses and giving the lessons spoke really good English. I was so happy afterwards and now everything feels much better again!
A good thing, and maybe one of the reasons that I can go on living this way, is that these mood swings are very quick and short and I am so easy to please and make happy again!!
This weekend I might have experienced some kind of end to the first honey-moon. All of a sudden I felt sad and frustrated. I missed my friends badly and I felt very frustrated with things, especially not being able to communicate with my surrounding. I even started crying without any particular reason (one part of the explanation might also be that I was rather tired) a couple of times. I also felt very frustrated with the fact that I haven’t found likeminded friends that I feel I can spend my weekends with. So when the weekend came and I finally had time to do something fun, and now also have a car so I can move about, I did not know what to do and where to go because I didn’t like to go on my own.
Somehow my lovely friends and family must have sensed this frustration. On Saturday morning I found a long lovely e-mail from a good friend and then I had a long talk on Skype with another friend and later with family. Then it all felt better. On Sunday morning a colleague asked me if I would like to go with her to the stable and go horseback riding. That was such a hit! Eventually I found myself in an environment that was familiarly to me and I felt that I could do something that I know how to do. I was also very positively surprised that the man responsible for the horses and giving the lessons spoke really good English. I was so happy afterwards and now everything feels much better again!
A good thing, and maybe one of the reasons that I can go on living this way, is that these mood swings are very quick and short and I am so easy to please and make happy again!!
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