Hashim – The Sao Paulo ExperienceRandom Brazilian Fact: US Goods are taxed like crazy in Brazil . . . well some items are.
Goods made in one country and sold in another are subject to import tax also known as duty or tariff. I’m not a shoe person but while walking through the mall in Brazil I immediately noticed the prices of shoes. Below are photos of shoes with prices I’ve started with the US dollar conversion. In […]
Arroz e Feijão
Sunday I had home-made Arroz e Feijão . . . I’d had it before at a local restaurant but there is nothing like home-made food. The Definition Traditional Brazilian dish – beans cooked with Brazilian sausage and other part of the pig. Served with Rice, optionally with a type of beading, cooked scallions, and Brazilian […]
Food, Live Music and more
haha . . . just kidding there is no more just food and music! Wednesday the sink needed to be fixed so Sergio and I went out a local restaurant for dinner – the bread and condiments given to us before dinner were delicious. The bread was served with a type of coleslaw with tomatoes, onion, garlic, […]
Busy Day
Today I finally had Arroz e Feijão I’ve heard about this dish not shortly after I arrived. Before you feel the need to translate it’s Rice and Beans – served with fries and a side filet. Nilson ordered the pork (pigie says Nilson) – his friend ordered the chicken (Frango) and I had the steak […]
Week Dois . . . the sick post
Sunday: Recovery Sunday – We partied pretty hard and late the night before . . . all we could really do was recover today we mainly talked about what happened the night before – Speaking of chilling it’s rainy and cold today the temp dropped from saturday night and Sergio has a bit more body […]
Saturday Sept 21 2013
Monday – I flew out of Memphis connecting in Atlanta then on to Sao Paulo. The flights were cool I met some missionaries on the plane from South Carolina two of the guys were really tall . . . both were 6′ 6″ or taller. The young lady next to me told me that they […]