Robin Sparks

An American woman’s global search for a new country

BLOGJAM

LOG-BLOG!!! Half finished articles are jamming my notebooks faster than I can write and log them. Someone told me a “blog” is the “same as an article, only unpublished”. I am in Brazil with stories coming out of my ears. But I normally spend up...

Ex in the City

Ex In The City was formed by Margaret Manning and her son Nathan, to empower and inspire “dumped, divorced, dynamic divas

SHARK ATTACK!

Surfer on Buzios Beach, Brazil I have set out to swim alone among the expats of Buzios. Stefano, who once tooled around Miami in a long yellow Cadillac, played professional tennis in France, frequented the international party circuit between Uruguay, Marabella, and...

Buzios

Fisherman near mi casa, Buzios, Brazil After three months, I have returned to the Brazil – the one that remains after the lights have been dimmed on the world’s biggest party and the tourists have gone home. In the article “Walk Like a Brazilian”, I wrote that my...

Walk Like A Brazilian

I’d been to every country on my list except for one, Brazil. The Brazil in my head was passion, romance, the samba, fresh fruit, tropical beaches, and the bossanova. When I heard that in Brazil it’s rude to show up on time for social engagements, I thought...