Roteiros turísticos brasileiros – cultura As alternativas para um roteiro turístico cultural pelo Brasil são infindáveis. Além de uma grande dimensão territorial, o país tem também uma vasta diversidade cultural. Inicialmente, a cultura brasileira foi influenciada pela população indíg
How much do we know about other places and their languages? After three days on this Mediterranean island off the coast of Spain, I meet a woman who resembles neither the average local Mallorcan nor the average European tourist. She says that she is from Bolivia, and has been working
Why everyone should read this book I’ve never been the biggest fan of graphic novels, but a while back I picked up a bilingual copy of Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese, and I’ve been totally enamored with it ever since. Why learners of Chinese should pick it up The bilingual ver
Bilingual Cities I love bilingual cities. As someone who is obsessed with language, I am fascinated by a place where people can switch back and forth from English to French with fluidity and ease. At the parliament buildings in Canada’s capital our daughter was also intrigued as she h
This is Toronto We had been talking about our family trip for a while, and our daughter was getting excited to go to Toronto, the city that I grew up in. We pulled her out of bed at 4:30 am and jumped into the taxi. She was smiling from ear to ear as we drove to the airport, wearing h
Conheça alguns pintores brasileiros Não sou uma expert em arte. Muito pelo contrário. Sou apenas uma reles admiradora. Mas gosto de transitar por museus, galerias e ateliês. Costumo entrar na maioria das lojas de arte que encontro pelo caminho, na cidade em que moro e também nas cidad
Worldviews of Bilingual Children Before I go back to talking about plans and strategies, I’d like to talk about one of the best side-effects of raising bilingual kids: they quickly become global citizens with an appreciation for, and understanding of, different ways of seeing th
This is the second installment in a series about my favourite things about some of the countries I’ve traveled to (see Part 1: Cuba). The views expressed in these posts are subjective but I explain my choices so that you can determine if my favourites could become yours. In 2004 I par
A origem do Carnaval Há milhares de anos, durante a Antiguidade, hebreus, romanos e gregos costumavam organizar grandes festejos pagãos para comemorar as colheitas e louvar divindades. Estas festas aconteciam entre novembro e dezembro e eram regadas a muita comida e bebida. A igreja i
My Introduction to Latin America This is the first part in a series about my favourite things about some of the countries I’ve traveled to. The views expressed in these posts are completely subjective but I will give an explanation of my choices so that you might determine whether or
