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Identity Struggle of Some Sort

2008-01-02, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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If every man in the US is expected to have a mid-life crisis and buy a Porsche / younger girlfriend, then I don’t see why I can’t have some sort of mid – trip indulgence too.

My breaking moment came softly, one warm night, when I simply had enough – of tongue twisting Portuguese and bizarre Brasilian culture.

An English Evening, I called it. First I watched “The Fountain,” a truly ridiculous Hollywood film I savored to the last drop. Then I vetoed my Brazilian peers’ attempts at conversation on the premise that they were only speaking Portuguese. I proceeded to chatter in English into their perplexed faces, switching it up between a Texan drawl and a British inflection. “Now you understand what I go through every day, every day!” The climax came when I danced across the lobby by myself to an acoustic Canadian band.

It was over the next morning.


Picture of Happy in Brazil (Brasiu, it's pronounced). Taken 2008-01-02 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil by traveler Sauntering.
Picture of Brazilian amigo and me feasting on a delcious raw meal. Taken 2008-01-02 in rio de janeiro, Brazil by traveler Sauntering.
Picture of Tais and Sammy, mais amigos Brasileros. Taken 2008-01-02 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by traveler Sauntering.

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