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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Welcome to (probably) the first guide ebook of the city of Porto Alegre in English! My love for travel and my nationality make me think I have a few things worth sharing with anyone wanting to visit Porto Alegre. PORTO ALEGRE – THE ESSENTIAL TRAVEL GUIDE. I drive-tested some apps and found very general information, not to mention sometimes they are just misleading or plain wrong. Who is this book for? If you are a renta...
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Porto Alegre and the bike fever | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Porto Alegre and the bike fever. Posted on December 28, 2013. The city has finally adhered to the very positive trend of people wanting to ride bikes. First we’ve seen the big cities saying YES to bikerespect, then it seemed we came to a point we could no longer hold it back in Porto Alegre. Yes. Again, 10 x yesss! For me the symbols of this movement are the almost-free itau bikes. Mobilicidade – our bike sharing system. HOW TO [insert your interest] LIKE A LOCAL.
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Good News, Bad News | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Good News, Bad News. Posted on February 7, 2014. 8211; From the 7th April, incorrect disposal of garbage could cost you a fine between a few hundred reais to a few thousands in Porto Alegre. If caught littering or not collecting your dog’s poo you’d get a R$263 ticket; disposing sharp items incorrectly (ie. offering a potential hazard to rubbish collectors) is considered a serious infringement, subject to a R$4221 problem. 8211; Dual citizen Pizzolato (Italian/B...
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Are we gringo-ready? | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Posted on January 15, 2014. Açorianos Bridge at night. Today I spoke with someone at a Tourist Information desk in the city centre. I wanted to find out what kind of help non-Portuguese speakers could expect to get in Porto Alegre. If you don’t know, we are one of the World Cup’s host cities. Let’s not replace professionalism with friendliness. That might work among us, but it could end up causing some discomfort if directed to someone who is not as &#...Address...
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INFORMAÇÕES EM PORTUGUÊS | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Divulgação / capa de pré-lançamento. SERÁ QUE TEMOS VOCAÇÃO PARA O TURISMO? O número de passageiros internacionais que chegaram no Salgado Filho em 2013 superou os 165 mil, ou seja, aterrizaram aqui cerca de 450 pessoas por dia que provavelmente não falavam Português. A previsão de 2014, é que somente na Copa esse número seja de 129 mil visitantes. Fonte: http:/ www2.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/. Resolvi escrever um guia em i...
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The Revival of Cider | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. The Revival of Cider. Posted on February 16, 2014. I lived in England for four years last decade – Jesus, now that’s an old ladie’s statement! Or so I thought. The only Brazilian cider I remember drinking, no wonder I didn’t enjoy drinking ciders til I went to England. Posted in BRAZIL - HOW TO. Good News, Bad News. Carnaval in Porto Alegre →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Build a web...
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16 Brazilian Songs You Need to Know | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. 16 Brazilian Songs You Need to Know. Posted on April 29, 2014. MPB or Música Popular Brasileira (Brazilian Popular Music) is a must for anyone wanting to understand our culture. Even though you don’t have to understand Portuguese to enjoy the captivating rhythms, I do recommend trying to interpret some of the lyrics if you have the chance. You may not cry like I do, but I hope you enjoy it. Or don’t talk to me again. Ever. Vai Passar (Chico Buarque). The distinc...
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Brazilian Movies (new must-sees + wishlist) | LIFESTYLE
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Porto Alegre – The Essential Travel Guide. Brazilian Movies (new must-sees wishlist). Posted on November 18, 2013. Some of my favourite Brazilian movies can be found in this old post here. Now back to the country, I felt like watching some new releases and some not-so-new that have been recommended. Faroeste Caboclo (Brazilian Western). Watch it because you love Legiao Urbana. 8216;s epic song, watch it because you like western movies, watch it because of the awesome actors. Faroeste Caboclo, the movie.
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Cross-Cultural Leadership: How to Avoid Making People Lose Face | LeadershipWatch
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A Popular Source of Inspiration for Leaders all over the World. Cross-Cultural Leadership: How to Avoid Making People Lose Face. July 14, 2013. This cross-cultural aspect of ‘losing Face’ can for instance play a role when you are responsible for leading a complex change project involving people from other cultures. Ren yao lian, shu yao pi. A person needs Face, like a tree needs bark. The importance of keeping Face does not just exist in the Chinese culture. You experience it in many cultures around ...
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Rio Carnival 2014 - Smiles, Social Comment and drones!
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Eat Rio Food Tours. Feira de São Cristóvão. Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR). Gardens & Graffiti. Rio Carnival 2014 – Smiles, Social Comment and drones! Would Rio carnival 2014 be the time for people to voice their dissatisfaction? Would the street parties turn into street protests? Would carnival be marred by stun grenades and tear gas? Or would everyone forget about their grievances, distracted by all this bread and circus? Of modified carnival songs the lyrics make reference to the violence of the Military ...
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