Our new home

December 28, 2011 – 2:29 pm


This is our new place in Artarmon. It is a two bedroom unit on the second floor of a ten units building. I am getting everything in place for when Gabi comes back from Brazil.

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Good to be back

November 26, 2011 – 1:36 pm

I was back in Australia on the 10th of November. It was very good to be back. I got I warm welcome as soon as I wakeup in the next morning. Here is a picture of everybody on their pyjamas, including me.

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My grandma’s birthday

October 11, 2011 – 8:22 am

My grandmother Anna turned 86 years old the past Friday (07/10) and my parents organized a family lunch on Sunday. We took the opportunity to take some pictures.

The whole family united at the lunch table

Daniel, Mario, me, Lígia, grandma, Leonardo e André – the grandchildren with grandma.

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Planning the return

September 29, 2011 – 6:35 am

Oh well. It is almost time to go back to Australia. The year off has been great but we are also looking forward to go back to Sydney. We started to have a look on Domain for housing. Since Tati and Matthias have moved to Forestville our target area is around this region.

Some plan changes happened again and I will be going back by myself on the 9th of November (arriving in Australia on the 10th) and Gabi will return just in January since she is staying to wait for Tati and the kids that are coming to spend Christmas over here. I will miss my sweetheart a lot but I hope that she can have a wonderful time with her parents.

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Europe Trip Part 2

August 30, 2011 – 6:34 am

To finish off our Europe Trip we left London to Barcelona in Spain and then to Italy where we visited several regions including Rome, Napoli, Capri, Tuscany, Milan and Venice. Before returning to Brazil we travelled back to Zurich where we spent another day and then caught the flight back to Sao Paulo. Below you can find some pictures of this part of the trip.

Barcelona – Spain

Coliseum in Rome

Ancient Roman Forum

The famous Trevi Fountain in Rome

San Peters square in the Vatican

Capri Island in Southern Italy

A Tuscany view

Pisa tower in Italy

Rialto Bridge in Venice

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Europe Trip Part 1

July 30, 2011 – 6:32 am

In the beginning of July Gabi and I headed off to Europe for 8 weeks. We left Sao Paulo To Zurich in Switzerland. Have spent some days there with our friend Henrique. After that we went to Germany, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Paris in France and London in England for the first part of the trip. I have selected some pictures below.

Mountains and lakes in Switzerland

Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany

Amsterdam

Eiffel Tower – Paris

Outside the Parliament House in London

The Tower Bridge in London

Change of the guard in front of the Buckingham Palace in London

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My Birthday

June 18, 2011 – 6:31 am

First birthday with my parents and my brother and sister since 7 years. We went to a Pizza place close to their place and we had a really nice time. Nice way to celebrate 34 years of life. :-)

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Machu Pichu

May 28, 2011 – 6:28 am

Machu Pichu and the Inca Trail were the most anticipated event of our one year off. First because if you want to do the Inca Trail you have to book the tour way before hand. Second because we would have to walk for 4 days with altitudes between 2600m to 4200m. Not an easy task. But I am here to tell you that we did.

Llama at the Sacsayhuaman site in Cuzco

At the city market

Visiting Maras Moray an Inca site close to Cuzco

At the start of the Trail

The four of us with the porters

Helen, Peter, Gabi and I at the highest point of the trail 4215m above sea level

The tents

Peter, Jamil (our guide) and Gabi at the Dinner table.

Really nice views along the way.

The view of Machu Pichu

And the rewarded picture.

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Relaxing…

April 10, 2011 – 5:39 am

Sometimes being on a long holiday can be stressful. :-) Last month, Gabi and I, together with her parents, went to a city called São Lourenço, around 150 km from where her parents live. The place is known for its spa centre and medicinal water.
I couldn’t resist and got myself in an immersion bath with sulphurous water flavoured with herbal essences. As you can see on the picture below, it does look like dirt water but it is very relaxing.

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Mom’s bday

March 5, 2011 – 10:35 am

Last 2nd of March was my mom’s birthday. My brother, my sister and I took her and daddy for dinner. Here is a picture.

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