tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59668112011-04-22T02:26:41.056+04:00adventures & misadventures of a flight attendantVickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10989615545762398188noreply@blogger.comBlogger6151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966811.post-89879354640561449022007-03-22T20:19:00.000+04:002007-03-22T20:21:36.390+04:00

brand new: My New Life in Brazil!!! Check it out!

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I will definetly start a new blog in 2007. Once is it up and running I will put the address here. Otherwise you can contact me via email on my hotmail account (vfrare at hotmail dot com). Sorry to dissapoint but I have been having some new ideas and at the same time there is all the work to put together my new company. So once 2007 kicks in I will let you know about the new blog.

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This is the end of this blog. No more adventures with planes around the world.Goodbye.:-(

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Today I wanted to write a bit about being back in Brazil. During the week I had to face lots of people on the shops, gym, hair dresser and so on. It is amazing how nice people are over here. Most of them smile all the time, say goodmorning, thank you, introduce their names before they talk to you. Quite another world from Dubai.Moreover the country is experiencing a huge crisis in the airport

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Why is it that in the richest country in the world, with one of the most dynamic economies the airlines do not make money? Why is it that Americans get the worst on board service in the world?I flew American Airlines to the US and it was appaling! The airplanes are old, dirty and the seats very uncomfortable. The crew was even older than the airplanes and there was one who looked like a Christmas

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A detail from LA

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A detail from the Getty Museum in LA

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Carolina in LA, preparing a super healthy drink for breakfast!

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Alessandra Cruz supermom with Paige and Cash. Presley was at school! San Diego, California

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Visiting the Mumm Wineries in California!

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The Bernys in Napa, California. Paola, Diego, Patrick and Isabel!

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Yesterday I finally made it to Los Angeles. However when the plane flew over the city I got scared by the size of it. It is massive!!! Than all of those scenes from all of those movies about all of those murders, guns, shootings, Crash! and so on came to my mind. I had to find my way thru the maze of freeways!!!Got to the car rentar company and the attendant was so nice he gave me an upgrade.

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Today I am off to Napa Valley to visit wineries. Contrary to the film I am not riding with my bachelor friend in pursuit of pleasures before my wedding. I am with Paola, Patrick, Diego and Isabel. It is a beautiful day here in the Bay Area. Aparently it has never been this nice this time of the year. Maybe I brought the good weather ;-)Yesterday Paola and I spent the day in San Francisco. We went

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This is a typical American holiday. Today all families will gather and eat turkey. Tomorrow is a big day for sales and everybody goes crazy trying to get good deals once the stores are open.The weather could not be better. It is a cool California day without a single cloud in the sky. I am staying with old time friends and their children and enjoying them very much. The last time I was here Paola

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After one of the longest trips of my life I finally landed in San Francisco. Spent the day with Paola downtown and now am half dead. Will stay here for Thanksgiving.

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That time of the month is coming in Dubai when the rosters for next month start to materialise. Why is it that we all get disapointed when we finally see what the next month will be like?Typical Cabin Crew attitudes and behaviours are:-The SFS or FG1 who knows that all other grades do not have their rosters yet and walks into the briefing room holding the paper and discussing the flights for next

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It is not because I am Brazilian or just because I was born and lived here until I was 20 that it makes it easy to come back. In fact I look at this place more or less like a foreigner without being one. It makes it a little complicated. Therefore I decided to create a new name for this place: Belindia.Belindia is the combination of Belgium and India. At times Brazil looks like Belgium at others

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Brazil looks like a giant broccoli country from far above. It was amazing to realise how green and full of forests this country really is. All the way from Sao Paulo to Curitiba all I could see was Broccoli (this is how the trees look from the plane).I arrived safely in Curitiba after a long long long journey from Sheik Zayed Road. It took me over 1 hour to check in in Dubai because off my excess

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Já estou imaginando a minha chegada ao Brasil. Antes de apertarmos os cintos o aviao vai fazer um vôo panorâmico da costa brasileira. Verei Salvador, Mació, Recife e o Rio. Nos altos falantes estará tocando Aquarela Brasileira......Brasil, meu Brasil brasileiro, meu mulato e zoneiro, vou cantar-te nos meus versos...Tocará também o Samba do Aviao do Jobim: minha alma canta, vejo o Rio de Janeiro,

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Esta eh uma foto tradicional, que fazemos ha 9 anos, sempre que nos encontramos. Karine (norueguesa, que hoje mora em Delhi), Lavita (indiana, que mora em Dubai) e eu estudamos juntos na Suica e sempre nos encontramos em diferentes lugares do mundo!

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Beirute esta ao fundo. Diretamente abaixo da montanha onde fica esta igreja eh a cidade de Jounieh, ao lado do povoado de onde saiu a familia da minha avo!

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Nossa Senhora do Libano em Harissa

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Raouche, Beirute, Libano

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Atlanta (canadense), Charbel (libanes) e eu tomando cafe de frente para o Mediterraneo em Beirute, Libano.

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Se nao tenho escrito nestes últimos dias é por total falta de tempo. Há milhares de coisas para contar, detalhes engraçados e tristes de tudo o que está acontecendo dentro e fora de mim nestes últimos dias aqui em Dubai.Cheguei de Pequim e tive tempo apenas de colcar as fotos abaixo. Foi meu primeiro vôo operando como chefe de cabine. Nao foi tao ruim como imaginava.Chegando da China fui direto

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Great Wall of China, Sunday.

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We were 5 from the crew who were breave enough to wake up early and go visit the Great Wall of China. It was extremely cold and the winds were blowing people away. We had to rent these overcoats from the army to protect us.

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Fronteira Sino-Paquistanesa. S�bado de manha.

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All the excitement in Bahrein is to be close to Saudi Arabia. There is a big bridge linking the two countries. Of course I had no time to go see it!

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This is the skyline of Manama, Bahrein's capital. Actually the country is probably smaller than Capivari.

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Ontem descobri que o país que eu sempre chamava de Bahrain tem uma versao portuguesa que é Bareine. Parece nome de cadela de socialite. E por isso tive um dia de cao na ilha-reino-país.Fiz meu check-in online e achei que seria vapt-vupt e ir direto para o aviao. Nao. Mesmo já tendo um assento marcado e um cartao de embarque impresso eles me pediram para estar no aeroporto com 1 hora de

Vickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10989615545762398188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966811.post-1162404425842764722006-11-01T22:07:00.000+04:002006-11-01T22:07:07.170+04:00

Landing in Dubai from JFK. Quite an impressive sight, the towers along Sheik Zayed Road rising from the desert!

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Cheguei hoje cedo de Nova York. Durante o vôo consegui comer todas as sobremesas disponíveis no cardápio. Estou indo em boa hora já que a síndrome do FG1 (comissário da primeira classe) está me pegando. Esta síndrome é bem simples, a gente fica encostado, acostumado a ter apenas 6 ou 7 passageiros. Passamos o vôo a ler Caras, comer bolos, queijos, caviar, lagosta, sorvete, chocolate quente, sopa,

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Cheguei de Bangkok-Sydney há dois dias e passei o tempo todo correndo de um lado para o outro em Dubai me despendindo de gente. Como há muitos que estao indo de férias, ou em vôos, etc tem que começar as despedidas com um mês de antecedência! Bem, agora falta bem menos.Hoje à noite vou para Garden City. Vou tentar ir até o Brooklyn Museum quando chegar lá. Volto na Terça-feira de manha e vou

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Cheguei de SYD-BKK há dois dias e estou correndo de um lado para o outro em Dubai me despedindo já das pessoas. Hoje à noite vou para Garden City. Volto na Terça-feira de manha e prometo sentar a bunda na cadeira para escrever.ps: Ale, o que aconteceu com você? Procurei infos no teu blog e nada!

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Angels and Airplanes

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Swimming pool by the beach in Bondi, Sydney

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Room Service - Sofitel Wentworth Sydney

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I hate going to the toilet in the airplane!

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This is Meg Ryan, really, her name is Meg Ryan. She is from upstate New York. We had a really nice time working together all the way to Bangkok and Sydney!

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This is May, my Thai friend. We studied together in Switzerland and every time I fly into Bangkok we go out for dinner!

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Muito obrigado pelas condolencias apos meu acidente de carro. O dia seguinte foi pior ja que ficava tendo flashbacks. Entrei numa deprezinha que ja passou. Acabei nao indo no medico nem tirei raio X de medo que apareca alguma coisa quebrada. Ja pensou se me tiram do voo e me deixam de molho em casa?Cheguei hoje cedo de Bangkok. La, fui jantar com a May e com a Bee, duas amigas da epoca da Suica,

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No afa de buscar coisas para contar, aconteceu o inesperado! Ontem sofri um acidente de carro.Há quem diga que é porque vou embora e isto tem que acontecer com quem mora em Dubai afinal é a coisa mais comum por aqui. Existem estatísticas que dizem que as ruas dos EAU sao as mais violentas do mundo. Bem, é verdade.A Lavita passou me pegar em casa com uma caminhonete Nissan e fomos tomar um café.

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Já tive uma idéia genial para um blog novo, que começará assim que eu estiver no Brasil. Vai ser um blog de relatos de comissários desta empresa contando a verdade do que acontece a bordo, dos comentários feitos por nós sobre os passageiros, das brigas entre os comissários, das coisas que acontecem na galley fora dos olhos dos clientes. Como nao posso escrever tudo isto agora por medo de ser

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Gente, o que é que aconteceu com vocês? Ninguém mais me deixa comentários? Estou achando que é represália contra minha decisao de deixar a Emirates e voltar para o Brasil. No meu último desabafo, quando revelei ao mundo que eu era a temível bruxa de Cabaraqüara, do município de Matinhos, achei que causaria furor e espanto. Nada. 0 comments. Tudo bem, minha vingança 'sará marígrina', como diria o

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Preciso tirar este peso dos meus ombros e confessar ao mundo que a Bruxa de Cabaraqüara era eu!!!

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view from the hotel's swimming pool in Athens

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Depois da notícia que chocou o mundo dubaiano, minha partida, entrei de Reserva! Entre o dia 8 de Outubro até o dia 11 de Novembro estou à mercê do departamento de Crew Scheduling, que podem me mandar para qualquer lugar a qualquer hora. Dia 8 fui para um maravilhoso standby de aeroporto ao meio dia pronto para mofar a tarde toda no sofá escoliótico do Crew Briefing Centre. Dei sorte e às 2 da

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Acabei de receber os papéis de recisao de contrato. A partir do dia 14 de Novembro já nao trabalharei mais para a Emirates. Que frio na barriga, que enjôo de estômago. Tudo isto apenas pela incerteza do que virá pela frente.De todos os modos sempre soube que nao ficaria aqui para sempre. Na verdade quando vim de Barcelona para cá o plano era de tentar ficar 2 anos. Já se passaram 3 e se nao fosse

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saturday morning

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this was exactly the time it took us to fly from Dubai all the way to New York City! Than Friday madness on the Van Wyck expressway left another hour on the crew! Now I just got into the super duper brand new Apple store at 5th Avenue and Central Park! AMAZING!!!I love New York, just like Madonna! Now shopping, shopping, shopping!

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Li no orkut de minha prima Manoela uma frase que será minha nova filosofia daqui para frente! Valeu pela inspiraçao Manô!'Por nao saber que era impossível, foi lá e fez!'

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A sensaçao é a mesma de quando eu tinha que voltar para o colégio depois de passar o mês na fazenda do meu avô. Amanha tudo volta ao normal. Roupa para lavar, entregar o carro alugado, arrumar mala para ir para Nova York a trabalho.A Pati deve estar levantando vôo agora entre Dubai e Amsterdam. Passamos 5 dias muito legais aqui em Dubai onde fizemos tudo o que eu sempre quis fazer mas sempre

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Dubai Traffic

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Felipe, Rodrigo, Patricia and I having fun at Bab Al Shams for Iftar during Ramadan in 2006. We were starving but had to wait for the prayer's call before attacking an amazing Arabic buffet!

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At the beach in front of the Jumeirah Residences in Dubai

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Looking at the Burj al Arab changing colours from Bahri Bar at Mina Salaam in Dubai

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The Buddha Bar in Dubai, a truly amazing place!

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Blue waters in Dubai, sun as usual. Temperature out of the water 35 degrees, inside, more or less the same!

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Eating Burj al Arab for lunch as we cannot eat real food in public during Ramadan.

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Riding the Camel

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Sheik Vicente and Patricia Latifa celebrating Ramadan in Dubai

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Tian An Men Square in Beijing

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Ontem tomei cafe da manha em casa, me entupi de esfiha no aviao e jantei em Pequim. Tinhamos 1 passageiro na Primeira e catering para 12! Entao todos aqueles carrinhos de comida iam direto para a barriga dos comissarios! Eu, como adoro a parte libanesa, fiz a festa!Hoje fui acordado by mistake as 7 da manha. Nao consegui dormir outra vez entao me vesti e fui para a cidade. Levei um susto! Estive

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Saí dar uma volta para espairecer e vi que a vida nao é tao dramática quanto parece! Estou me saindo pior do que Drag Queen em final de carreira, que fica chorando o leite derramado em final de festa, quando a luz da boate já está acesa e os serventes já chegaram para varrer o chao. No fundo um pagode bem brega! Nada disto! Xô baixo astral!Acontece que cresceu uma espinha branca com um círculo

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Leitores, estou em um estado de ânimo e espírito desoladores. Ficarei sem escrever por um tempo até as coisas melhorarem.

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Lembram daquela música: Um novo tempo, apesar dos perigos, estamos na luta pra sobreviver... acho que é disto que estou precisando!Passei na prova hoje cedo. Apenas um erro em 50 perguntas. Como sempre, estresse de graça.Entao penso que vivo em uma situaçao de estresse que me impossibilita de aproveitar do dia de hoje. Sempre estressado com as decisoes que terei que tomar amanha e sempre pensando

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Voltei a ser estudante! Bem, uma vez por ano a gente tem que fazer uma prova para refrescar nossos conhecimentos de segurança de vôo e primeiros socorros. É um saco pois tiro dias de folga para estudar, nao saio de casa, nao vou à academia e fico me enrolando o dia inteiro. Encontro mil coisas para fazer ao invés de sentar a bunda na cadeira e ler o manual. E cada vez que sento e abro o manual me

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Lembram quando o Chico Anísio falava que as Havaianas tao tinham cheiro e nao soltavam as tiras? MENTIRA!!! Acabei de levar um tropeçao histórico em plena rua, carregado com metade do meu uniforme, na volta da lavanderia. Justo as minhas Havainas verdes com a bandeirinha do Brasil!!! Aquela bolinha que segura a parte do chinelo onde fica o dedao arrebentou e eu fui com tudo pro chao!Se escutasse

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Hoje li no jornal que bloquearam mais blogs aqui nos EAU! Está havendo um crackdown em vários blogs que falam mal de Dubai, isto porque sao populares! Teve também o caso de 3 alunos de mestrado de uma universidade daqui que foram expulsos por ter blogs que falavam sobre a vida no campus! Será que estou em perigo? Espero que nao haja ninguém que saiba ler em português lá no departamento de censura

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Ele quer ser o rei da Africa!

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eu no anfiteatro romano de Leptis Magna

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Porta de entrada de Leptis Magna, ruinas romanas na costa mediterranea da Libia

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o hotel, um oasis!!!

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moi no mercado de bric a brac de Tripoli, so faltou eu sorrir

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nas ruas de Tripoli

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dentro da cidade antiga de Tripoli

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Muralhas da cidade antiga de Tripoli - Libia

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Vista do quarto do hotel em Tripoli. Mediterr�neo, mas do lado 'errado' ja que Barcelona, Roma, Nice, etc ficam para la do por do sol!

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Na semana passada que eu tinha tempo de sobra para escrever eu nao tinha conexao em casa. Agora que a conexao voltou faltou tempo! Cheguei de Trípoli e tive um dia de curso, academia e fui jantar na casa de uma amiga portuguesa. Voltei tarde e bêbado. Hoje foi outro dia cheio de afazeres. Tirei o visto para uma amiga brasileira que vem me visitar, mandei o visto para o Brasil via FedEx lá do

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Estou desaparecido! Hoje estou em Tripoli na Libia. Nada de mais, apenas um mar Mediterraneo super azul na frente do hotel dando vontade de voltar para Barcelona! A conexao a internet la em casa nao esta funcionando, por isso nao me conectei ultimamente! Na verdade uso a conexao de algum vizinho, que deve ter saido de ferias e desligou o wireless. Vou comecar a usar internet no Starbucks! Volto

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O mês de Agosto está no final e eu já voei 90 horas. Ainda tenho um vôo para Frankfurt no dia 29 terminando o mês com mais de 100 horas de vôo. É por isso que estou em casa meio em catarse com dor de gargante e nariz escorrendo. Ao menos ficarei feliz com o salário do mês que vem!O Raul embarcou hoje cedo para Paris. Ontem fez um dos seus spaghettis antológicos e bebemos duas garrafas de vinho,

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Raul has just arrived from Ethiopia and we were on the couch at home looking at his pictures on TV - Dubai

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Breakfast in Melbourne. The capuccino was a large size, on a soup bowl.

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English heritage in downtown Melbourne

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love this in Melbourne

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Before going to the Brazilian meat restaurant (Churrasco) I had some 'moules frites' in a Belgian restaurant. Auckland is a food paradise!

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Vicente and Nathalie in Auckland after a churrasco!

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Ja faz 4 dias que estou em transito entre aviao, Melbourne e Auckland. Faz 4 dias tambem que nao durmo direito e que me entupo de porcarias. Se eu esqueco quando um passageiro me pede cafe com leite e acucar imaginem entao uma viagem que eu fiz ha 6 meses. Por isso troquei o voo de NY por este sem lembrar do ataque violento que eh para o meu relogio biologico. Fora o fato que todas as aulas de

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Estou em Auckland, longe, muito longe de qualquer outro lugar. Fui comer churrasco ontem. Estou cansado, sem saber direito que horas sao. Soh passei por aqui para dizer que estou bem!

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It is a beautiful winter sunday morning in Melbourne! I have just arrived at the hotel and despite a 13 hour flight, with a 2 hour delay in Dubai I cannot go to sleep. So I decided to check my emails and go for a walk.Tomorrow off to Auckland. Back here on Tuesday night and Thursday morning already back to boring Dubai! Will try to write when in Auckland! By the way, I was the only First Class

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Flatmate. Roommate. Qual a diferença? Um room mate é alguém com quem se divide um quarto. Já flat mate é alguém que mora no mesmo apartamento ou casa. Há 11 anos que saí do Brasil e poucas foram as vezes em que morei sozinho. Geralmente tive que dividir o quarto (coisa bem complicada) ou dividir um aluguel de um apartamento (complicado mas pelo menos com maior privacidade). Foram muitos os loucos

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Moscow Churches

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St Basil's Cathedral - Moscow

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Moi at the Red Square in Moscow on a very hot day!!!

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this is the famous SkyDubai. The slope is 400m long and even has a black piste!!!

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this is the view we get from a bar called Apres, inside the Mall of the Emirates. The bar is made as if it were a Swiss Chalet and people sit watching the snow boarders come down the slope! Dubai 2006

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Eu tinha um amigo na época da juventude Curitiba que dizia: Minha Vodka dizia, Campari as coisas senao a vida fica Drurys. Amanha, Segunda-feira, volto para Moscou e é assim que me sinto; meio alcoolizado. Minha vida tá parecendo gangorra!Raul ficou aqui tao rápido que nao deu nem tempo de chocar um ovo! Daqui a algumas horas embarca para o país da fome, Etiópia! Acho que ele vai levar o disco do

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Mais uma vez Londres em caos! Virou tradiçao, ao menos uma vez ao ano, a cidade e especialmente Heathrow, entrar em polvorosa! Ainda bem que descobriram antes dos atentados acontecerem pois imaginem só 10 avioes explodindo ao mesmo tempo! Seria o Apocalipse! E eu certamente perderia meu emprego já que ninguém mais iria querer viajar. Seria meu apocalipse pessoal!Eu estava em Moscou, outra cidade

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Nowadays everybody knows what is Dubai (if you don’t you may have just landed on Earth). However very few people know what EXACTLY is Dubai. Is it a country? A city? Who lives there? Even those who come to visit and many of those who live here do not have an exact idea of what this place is all about.Today I bought a copy of this week’s Time Out Dubai and the cover says ‘Who are you?’. They have

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