24 hours in cute Olinda (aka the little sister of Recife)

Olinda was our very last stop in Brazil, can you believe it? Six weeks had flown by super fast and we were about to leave to Europe for the next phase of our adventure. But, before we left, we had one little gem of a town to see – Olinda, a little town about 7km north of Recife (one of the…

New York City – My review of the Mean Girls musical!

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I was lucky enough to be able to see both the Frozen musical and the Mean Girls musical during our short interlude in New York City. In my review I gave the Frozen musical a B+, and in this post I’ll write a bit about what I thought about Mean…

New York City – My review of the Frozen musical!

As some of people who read this blog know, Damian and I spent a little interlude in New York city, after my friend’s wedding and before heading back to Brasil. We packed up our apartment and put it in storage (more on those emotions to come), but more importantly, I got to see the Frozen musical and the Mean…

Being quintessential Rio tourists – visiting Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf mountain!

Before we left Rio de Janeiro we knew there were two must-do, tourist-y, activities that we had to check off our list.I know seasoned travelers can be wary of super popular tourist destinations, and we include ourselves in that bucket. However, I also subscribe to the mentality that popular destinations are often popular for a reason and…

Volunteering with Project Favela in Rio de Janeiro

Ooh boy, this is going to be one of my most favorite posts to write. As Damian and I were planning this trip we knew that one thing we wanted to make sure we had as part of it was volunteering. Selfishly, it’s something we really enjoy doing and get a lot of fulfillment from, and less selfishly…