As we ventured to Brazil for our first post, we became aware that part of the culture here (and ideally a perk!) includes having houseworkers.
We’ve been here six months and have learned some interesting lessons regarding hiring household help and what the expectations should be.
I would love to hear your advice, stories, and/or tips regarding hiring household help overseas.
It just so happened that the week before my sister visited, she hosted a capoeira demonstration at her school. The kids learned about this form of dance/martial arts/fighting that originated in Brazil. While we were in Recife Antigo doing the touristy thing, we came across a capoeira group practicing/demonstrating this fascinating ritual. Capoeira (kigh-poh-AIR-ah) is [...]
We love visiting Olinda and over the past couple of times there we have collected these pictures where the views of Olinda abound! We also love the architecture in Olinda.
Olinda is the little town near Recife that is full of history, artisans, and architecture. We go there frequently and especially when we have visitors – click here to see some another visit to Olinda last year. Super Baby’s girlfriend lives there too, so love stopping in to have a playdate or to spend time [...]
My sister visited a couple of weeks ago and brought with her a waterproof pouch for her little Cannon point and shoot camera. It was only about $20 on Amazon and it was awesome! She doesn’t have that many snorkeling spots near her in Virginia, so she left the pouch with me and we have [...]
We are surrounded by coconut trees in Brazil. They look like palm trees like you think of and the coconuts grow readily! We drink agua de cocoa from the green coconuts, and there are other stages of the fruit too – like coconut milk and ultimately coconut meat. It’s fun to see what Brazilians think [...]
http://mobilehomefamily.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-quarter-down.html
I noticed that this one had a note about household help.
http://wifemommywoman.blogspot.com/2011/02/ode-to-p.html
Ode to my maid!
http://adventuresbyaaron.blogspot.com/2011/02/donde-estan-los-ladrones.html
a less than happy household help story
I have a post up about help. Thanks for doing the round-up!
http://cyberbones.blogspot.com/2011/02/household-help.html