First of all, congratulations to all of you who took part in the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2010 competition. Thank you very much for participating, nominating, cheering and voting for your favorite blogs! The lucky winners got some nice prizes. On behalf of the top 3 bloggers, we have made donations to [...]

Bring the language you’re studying into your reality…

If you’ve been to Latin America you probably have an idea of what this article is about. For those who haven’t, reading this might be a good way to prepare to visit that part of our world. I can assure you something, you’ll never get bored.

The voting for the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2010 ended on February 14th. We had an amazing participation from our readers and bloggers and a record number of votes for this competition- over 19,000! We are currently counting the votes and organizing a nice list of the Top 100 blogs that will [...]

I knew that Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14th) is celebrated in several countries worldwide but had never before experienced it in February. For me, it’s like celebrating Christmas in October…

Há algumas semanas notei que as vitrines de algumas lojas estavam decoradas em tons de vermelho e com corações por todos os lados. À primeira vista me pareceu muito estranho todos aqueles corações em pleno mês de Fevereiro. Onde estavam os confetes e serpentinas típicos do carnaval? Só então percebi que ao invés de enfeites [...]

Love, love, love. Loves makes the world go ’round or so they say… That’s why we dedicate this week’s TGIF selection to luv! Enjoy!

As mentioned in the previous article about Carnival in Salvador, some blocos don’t have abadás but special costumes related to a theme. Here are some of them…

Como foi dito no último artigo sobre o carnaval de Salvador, alguns blocos não desfilam com abadás, mas com fantasias típicas ou temáticas. Estes são alguns deles: Afoxés Os blocos afoxés surgiram por volta de 1895. Seus foliões geralmente fazem parte do candomblé e desfilam com trajes de inspiração africana, cantando e dançando no ritmo [...]

My worst translation mistakes occur when I am hungry or tired, because besides making other careless mistakes, I occasionally find myself typing in words related to food or sleep…