Tropical Daydreams

Life in Búzios

28 November 2011

Come on Down!

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Mark and I bought a beach house with five bedrooms not because we have a large family, or thought it would be fun to jump from mattress to m...
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24 November 2011

Rio's Cultural Treasures

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Beach going at João Fernandes Most visitors to Búzios come for the natural beauty of its beaches. Some come to swim, surf, boat, kayak, s...
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21 November 2011

As Time Goes By . . .

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There's a line I like in the cowboy flick Open Range; it's when Robert Duvall's character says, "Ten years! Y'know what...
17 November 2011

Radio MEC

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The Voice  Back in New York the soundtrack of my life included jazz, classical, popular standards and show music. I'm talking now pr...
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14 November 2011

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

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"Blues skies smiling at me, nothin' but blue skies do I see" is the song lyric that pops into my head most often as I sit on m...
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10 November 2011

Girls' Night Out

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Every world traveler brings a little something of himself to a foreign country. On a grand scale, an Englishman by the name of Charles Mille...
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07 November 2011

Driving in Brazil

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My mother taught me that if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. So because I like to think of myself as an obedient...
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barbara lowenstein
My husband and I have lived in Brazil for over a decade now, and we can't imagine returning to the States. Doesn't mean we don't appreciate all that America has done for us. We both received solid educations there. We have family ties there. We still pay federal income tax and take a keen interest in the U.S. political scene. But for retirees, living abroad can insure a quality of life that's simply no longer available in the U.S., and without running through our entire nest egg to boot. Here in Brazil we have super health care, a simpler, stress-free life, and friends from all over the world. Life abroad is not for everyone. There are risks, uncertainties, frustrations . . . but as you read through my tropical daydreams, see if you don't agree that the rewards are worth it.
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