Our time in Brazil this year has passed as fast as every time. On arrival, we think about the three weeks ahead of us and it looks like it's going to last, but in the blink of an eye, it's time to pack up and go home. I love to see family and friends, but I confess that I miss home, wherever we travel. The journey itself, as usual, is exhausting. But this time, we chose to fly from São Paulo directly to Passo Fundo (with a stopover in Washington-DC, since there is no ottawa/São Paulo dirto flight), and it was great, since we don't need the 4+ hours by…

Our fourth visit to Brazil in almost 7 years was, as always, great. Of course right, many family and friends moments is all good right! Arriving in Porto Alegre, the big wow was the heat. The day was umido and muffled. After a harsh winter like we've had here this year, I felt all unused to the warmth. The rest of the days in Passo Fundo were quiet (even it could be warmer.. rsrs), lots of sun and outdoors. Well, this post is actually a collection of photos of things and places that I photographed in our season there. My photographic approach (wow, it seemed important now.. rsrsrsr) was to…

Porto Alegre, the state capital, was our last aerial bridge, then we went with our foot on the road to our final destination, Passo Fundo. We stayed only one day in Porto Alegre and did not make great tours simply for lack of time (between arriving tired and such…). We at least went for a walk in the city center, taking Alice on the playground and having lunch at rua da Praia shopping.  My focus on this visit to Brazil, in terms of photography, is to register the country with tourist eyes. Not that I feel touristy (although I know very little of Porto Alegre, and I think so, I…