by Robin Sparks | Aug 4, 2004 | Blog
Ok, so the “hole” had its good points. Cultura Inglesa, for starters, is impressive. That’s the English school in Recife where the CELTA course was held. Its banks of computers with fast cable connections, a fully stocked library, its always smiling,...
by Robin Sparks | Aug 3, 2004 | Blog
Like Saddam Hussein, I crawled out, unkempt, squinting against the glare of the sun. I had survived Summer CELTA Camp, all thirty days of it. Yes, I know it´s hard to believe that life in Brazil could be less than sublime, but the truth is that the worse kind of hell...
by Robin Sparks | Jul 5, 2004 | Blog
Don’t cry for me…My apartment in Boa Viagem, Recife, Brazil is one block from the beach. Good thing I can see it, because other than one or two jogs, I’ve not had time to go there. I left Buzios four days ago for Recife in Northeastern Brazil. Today...
by Robin Sparks | Jun 29, 2004 | Blog
I am at Tartaruga Beach, one of twenty beaches on the Buzios peninsula. In Brazil, going to the beach is the raison d’ etre – everything is planned around it – and so when in Rome… The long curved sliver of sand is lined with chaises,...
by Robin Sparks | Jun 22, 2004 | Blog
I moved into an apartment today just a few feet from the water. The WHY I switched locations is another story which I will write about when I’ve had a chance to cool down. Suffice it to say, that leaving the Aqua Barra Guesthouse in Buzios, Brazil was something...
