http://www.expatify.com Expat Blogs & Community Magazine Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/monday-escape-rio-de-janiero.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/monday-escape-rio-de-janiero.html#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:38:13 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7332 If civilization was mostly wiped out and needed to choose one spot upon which to rebuild itself, it should choose the site of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simply put, it’s the most stunning location for a large city anywhere on earth. There are sandy white beaches at almost every edge along its complex coastline, and [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/monday-escape-rio-de-janiero.html/feed 1 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/the-parks-of-sao-paulo-brazil.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/the-parks-of-sao-paulo-brazil.html#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:42:57 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=6324 Ibirapuera Park Ibirapuera Park is the most popular park in the city of Sao Paulo. It takes up 1.8 million square meters (2.2 million square yards), and consists of walking and jogging paths, bike lanes, playgrounds, a roller-skating rink, forested areas, lakes, sport fields and courts. On any given weekend, up to 150,000 people will visit [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/the-parks-of-sao-paulo-brazil.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/public-transit-is-sao-paulo-brazil.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/public-transit-is-sao-paulo-brazil.html#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:47 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=6005 Sao Paulo has a developed public transit system, full of buses, trolley buses, a metro system and trains. Passengers can pay their fare by obtaining a Bilhete Unico, which is a pre-paid, contact-free card that grants up to 2 hours of rides with transfers. Metro The Sao Paulo Metro has been in action since 1974, so it [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/public-transit-is-sao-paulo-brazil.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/learning-the-eating-customs-of-brazil.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/learning-the-eating-customs-of-brazil.html#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:24:16 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=5967 In Brazil, the typical way to eat meals is with the company of family and friends. People generally eat slowly over the course of time. Those who prefer to eat alone have the option of eating at cheap buffet-style restaurants where you put food on your dish and are charged by the kilo. These places will [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/learning-the-eating-customs-of-brazil.html/feed 4 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/navigating-the-rivers-of-brazil.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/navigating-the-rivers-of-brazil.html#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:52:50 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=5069 Amazon The Amazon is not only the largest river in Brazil,  but also in the whole world. Its total flow is larger than that of the rest of the next rivers in the top ten list combined! It is approximately 6,937 kilometers (4,300 miles) in length. The Amazon also flows through Peru, where it originates, then through Columbia, [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/navigating-the-rivers-of-brazil.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/celebrating-the-new-year-in-brazil.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/celebrating-the-new-year-in-brazil.html#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:48:17 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=3636 Brazil, particularly Rio de Janiero, is quite the place to spend new year’s eve! The new year in Portuguese is called Ano Nove or Revillion, which falls on January 1st. New Year’s Eve is called Véspera de Ano Novo. People come from all over the world to celebrate the new year in Brazil, and there are [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/celebrating-the-new-year-in-brazil.html/feed 2 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/the-cities-of-brazil.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/the-cities-of-brazil.html#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:26:59 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=2725 Belém This city is located in northern Brazil, and is a busy port that is the entrance to the Amazon region with a population of 1.4 million. It is nicknamed the Cidade das Mangueiras, which means “the city of mango trees,” due to the high volume of those. There is an older, colonial part of the [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/the-cities-of-brazil.html/feed 1 http://www.expatify.com/brazil/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-brazil.html http://www.expatify.com/brazil/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-brazil.html#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:44:03 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=1538 Brazil is a large, diverse country that is unified in speaking Portuguese. The white population, black population and native population have been mixing for years, so there is not as much distinction of native population as in most of Latin America. Social Customs: In Brazil, the family is the center of the social structure, and families are [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/brazil/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-brazil.html/feed 0