ThelongGringo

My personal blog from living in Brazil and how to overcome life's challenges!!!

06/12/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/12/06/tuesday-the-11th-of-june-2024-change-and-personal-growth-back-in-rio/

Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I have been back in Rio for five days now, and I am trying to get into the old or maybe a new adapted routine. Exercise. Journaling. Blog preparation and post. Classes. I had been doing all of this

05/12/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/12/05/monday-the-10th-of-june-2024-getting-back-into-the-groove-in-rio/

Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 29 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a lovely day. It's my first workday back in Rio. In England, it was four hours ahead of Brazil when I left, so I had the morning until 11 a.m. free to do what I wanted. Usually, I exercised and journaled in

04/12/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/12/04/sunday-the-9th-of-june-2024-a-sunny-sunday-in-rio-celebrations-connections-and-cinema/

Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies. After a day and night of celebrations yesterday, I got up as usual early, but with only three hours' sleep. The girls, Nalva and her sisters, had organised a BBQ for 20 people, but there were only six. I ate a lot

03/12/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/12/03/saturday-the-8th-of-june-2024-a-journey-of-mixed-emotions-back-to-brazil/

Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. The last couple of days have been hectic, with flight cancellations, long check-in queues, excess baggage fees, little sleep, and the emotional toll of returning to Brazil after seven months in England. It may not seem l...

02/12/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/12/02/friday-the-7th-of-june-2024-my-surprise-arrival-in-rio-for-my-daughters-birthday/

Over the Atlantic Ocean, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, Sunny but slightly overcast. After all the confusion of yesterday, with two check-ins, paying extra for luggage twice, and instead of flying with KLM yesterday morning, I'm now flying with Lufthansa from yesterday evening.....

01/12/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/12/01/thursday-the-6th-of-june-2024-total-chaos-at-birmingham-airport/

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday, and D-Day for returning to Brazil. I think my mother hadn't slept, because even though I had set my alarm for 4 a.m., she was calling me at 5 to 4. I am almost sure she's happy I'm going and wants to

30/11/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/11/30/wednesday-the-5th-of-june-2024-our-farewell/

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 17 degrees, cool, but sunny and with blue skies. It's midweek and the day before I travel back to Brazil. I'm feeling strange, a bit anxious, wary of the unknown, and both happy and sad at the same time. I've sensed for some time that living with my mother is toxic, a...

29/11/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/11/29/tuesday-the-4th-of-june-2024-mixing-reflections-with-gossip/

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, cool, overcast with showers. It is Tuesday, two days before I return to Brazil. I do not know what to expect; it has been seven months since I was there. Will everything be the same, or have there been changes? Or have I changed during this time? I also ha...

28/11/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/11/28/monday-the-3rd-of-june-2024-relationships-and-growth/

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 20 degrees, warmish, sunny and a little overcast. It's Monday, and the start of the week, I will return to Brazil. I thought I wouldn't feel anxious or uptight, but I do. I was up early and exercising in the back garden. I had the usual chat with Julie this morning, w...

27/11/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/11/27/sunday-the-2nd-of-june-2024-my-last-sunday-in-england/

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 23 degrees, hot, sunny and beautiful blue skies. Quite a productive and enjoyable day. I am gradually getting ready to return to Brazil. I won't see Julie until the middle of the afternoon; I have promised my mother to have lunch with her. I know and feel that she mig...

26/11/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/11/26/saturday-the-1st-of-june-2024-reflecting-on-a-lot/

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 16 degrees, coldish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Saturday, and I am with mixed feelings. I think both Julie and I are with mixed feelings; only time will tell, sort it out, and show what is really right and wrong. My inheritance from my uncle, most of which I t...

25/11/2025

https://thelonggringo.com.br/2025/11/25/friday-the-31st-of-may-2024-good-company-and-beyond/

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 14 degrees, cold, overcast and with showers. It's the second day of the bank holiday in Brazil for Corpus Christi, and we still have the weekend ahead of us. Yesterday, we visited Clint Hills and took a trip down memory lane. We also washed Austin in the automated sel...

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