Florianopolis Vacations, Florianopolis Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

It’s two full days before my eventual departure from Florianopolis, having spent the past three life enhancing months and few weeks lamenting my eventual departure at this island paradise in Brazil, and I am having what my Brazilian friend, Mahgoo, would say is a “Saudade” moment.  I still haven’t placed the elusive definition, but I feel it’s a plethora of emotions, including melancholy, nostalgia, longing, and déjà vu wrapped up in one.  It’s a word that one internal…

People here often give me akward glances as I walk down street, or if I´m sitting in a cafe having an espresso, smoking a cigarette, or writing in this journal. Brazilians are different. It is not a sin to show affection or utter the words, I love you. Public affection is common and couples hold hands like lovers in movies.It is a bit cold today, I can feel the breeze chilling my arms, forming tiny goosebumps. I think, ´I´m a red head now, am I having less fun?´ My father seems to have ge…

After ten days in Florianopolis, my impression of Brazil (through beach town tinted sunglasses) is that it is a beautiful place filled with beautiful, beautiful people. No photograph can capture the way the wind blows by your face and the sun strikes the water on the Atlantic Ocean and no words can describe how kind and warm the people are. The men here are much gentler than those in Buenos Aires. While the macho sentiment still exists, it doesn’t manifest itself in whistle blowing …

Written by: Rachel Benkeser, Phil Gadomski, and John Winn   Like Argentina and Brazil, the countries of South Korea and Japan industrialized well after the nations of Western Europe and the United States.  Yet, unlike Argentina and Brazil, South Korea and Japan closed their borders to foreign automobile companies, using regulations and import limitations in order to give their respective infant auto industries a chance to blossom.  As a result, the domestic auto industries in…