Destino: MUNDO!!!

Desde pequena sempre fui inquieta. Enquanto meus colegas de escola queriam ir ao clube, eu queria ficar o dia todo na montanha-russa. Enquanto minhas amigas queriam festas de 15 anos, eu queria subir montanhas. E esta inquietude acabou moldando toda a minha trajetória. Já mergulhei, saltei de pára-quedas, pulei de bunggie jump, escalei o morro da Urca, acampei no meio do nada, caí, levantei, derrapei, chorei, perdi, encontrei, perdi de novo, acreditei, me emocionei, me apaixonei, me machuquei, vivi. E muito. Essa vontade de viver tudo ao mesmo tempo me move.

                             Neste momento me despeço de tudo, de todos e de mim mesma. E como uma folha em branco, desbravo o mundo sem saber quem serei eu daqui pra frente. Sensação maravilhosa!!!

                             Chegarei no último dia do ano, não sei quando irei colocar meu próximo post. Mas com certeza ele virá recheado de um mundo novo.

                             To indo para o aeroporto!!! Feliz Ano Novo!!! 2011 já começou!!!

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro. Minha terra natal, parte de mim, meu lar eterno. Viver no Rio de Janeiro é um privilégio. Lugar de beleza única, de calor humano, de povo alegre, acostumado a desfilar no metrô levando parte da areia de Copacabana. Povo adepto do “jeitinho” e fã incondicional de ar condicionado e biscoito Globo. Que mesmo no meio de um engarrafamento e um calor de 40 graus, ainda batuca um sambinha no banco do ônibus. Que lota a Marquês de Sapucaí e o Maracanã.

                             O Rio de Janeiro é mesmo especial. E como estou prestes a partir, achei que era hora de colocar a primeira fita de muitas. Escolhi um lugar maravilhoso, que eu costumava ir muito, durante a minha adolescência meio hippie. Ficava horas olhando a vista que dava para a Praia Vermelha e o bondinho do Pão de Açúcar subindo e descendo. Não podia ser melhor. Muitas recordações. E pra chegar lá é só pegar a Pista Cláudio Coutinho, na Praia Vermelha, andar uns 20 minutos e descer a pequena trilha até as pedras. Vale a pena, o lugar é realmente especial.

                             Logo teremos a segunda fita! E que a aventura comece!

Destino revelado!

Natal!!! Data mais do que especial! Principalmente porque faltam poucos dias para começar a realizar meu grande sonho!!! Onde será que eu estarei no meu próximo Natal?

                             Logo cedo meu irmão passou aqui em casa pra me levar pro Recreio dos Bandeirantes passar o Natal com a família. É inevitável lembrar do meu pai nesta data. Ele adorava o Natal porque sabia que a família estaria toda reunida.

                             O dia foi maravilhoso. A casa estava cheia de gente, alguns parentes vieram de longe. Minha mãe havia enfeitado toda a casa e logo que escureceu, milhares de lâmpadas se acenderam, criando um ambiente indescritível.

                             E já que a data é realmente especial, está na hora de revelar meu destino. Vou para Melbourne!!!  Olha só os detalhes do vôo!!!

Rio de Janeiro – Melbourne

Quarta-feira 29 de dezembro	Saída	Chegada	Duração
LAN 751 (GIG) 1 escala Boeing 767 Conexão em Santiago do Chile (SCL) LAN 801 – Airbus 340 Conexão em Auckland (AKL) QANTAS Airways 132 Boeing 737 (MEL)	15:35 (GIG)	7:50 (MEL) 31 de dezembro	27:15 hs

A ansiedade é grande! Minhas malas já estão prontas e as despedidas continuam!

Feliz Natal para todos! E que 2011 venha com tudo!!!

Suspense...

Tudo decidido!!! Depois de pesquisar muito e conversar com um monte de pessoas, já tenho a data de início da minha aventura pelo mundo! Vou chegar ao meu destino no último dia do ano!!! Adorei a idéia de chegar exatamente nesta data! Fico imaginando como será a minha primeira impressão do lugar e que experiências vou viver por lá. A ansiedade me consome e tenho que me segurar pra não sair gritando de tanta empolgação.

                             Agora vem a parte mais difícil. Começar as despedidas... Este ano passou tão rápido que nem percebi quantas coisas, pessoas e lugares ainda tenho que visitar aqui no Brasil antes de partir. Vai ser um fim de ano cheio de emoção!!!

Para onde eu vou? Desculpas aos curiosos, mas vou curtir ainda um pouco de suspense. Só garanto que vai ser inesquecível!!!  Em breve dou mais detalhes!!!

Am I normal???

Saindo da agência de viagens e passando pela Rua Barão da Torre, quem encontro? Dudu, meu amigo de infância! A última vez que o vi ele estava se mudando para Minas com a família, faz uns 10 anos mais ou menos.

            Parecia que a gente nunca tinha se separado. Conversamos muito e demos muita risada também, lembrando daquela época.  Ele acaba de se formar Chef e trabalha em um restaurante ótimo na Lagoa.

            Dudu e eu éramos grandes amigos. Estudávamos no mesmo colégio e morávamos na mesma quadra. A gente não se desgrudava. Ele era apaixonado pela minha amiga Flávia e sempre queria saber alguma coisa sobre ela. O romance nunca vingou, mas ficamos muito amigos. Depois da mudança para Minas aos poucos fomos perdendo o contato.

Faz apenas um mês que ele está de volta e nos encontramos assim, no meio da rua!

“E você? O que anda fazendo?” me perguntou.

“Vou dar a volta ao mundo!”

Ele resumiu em uma frase:    

 “ Eu sempre soube que você não teria uma vida normal.”

Paraty...

Weekend with friends in Paraty. How wonderfull!!!

            Paraty is an amazing place. Comfortable, calm…

            Yesterday I stayed seated for a long time on the stone in front of the Santa Rira Church. The church is there since 1722. Imagine how many people have seated exactly at the same place, during centuries!

            I walked hours between the stone streets. In some of them, painters immortalized the architecture. In others, artisans was showing their delicated work, sculpting and creating, without seeing the time passes by. (não sei falar E não passa mesmo).

Everybody walk with no rush and their faces exhale a peace hard to find around.

            It´s a perfect place to desacelerate. I need a lot. With all this plans, decisions to make, nothing better that breathe a little bit of lull.

            And the local artists give to the place a special charm. In every street a different expression.

And of course, the inseparable company of  great friends, to laugh a lot!

            Perfect weekend!!!

The white ribbon

É um símbolo da minha liberdade. Em cada lugar que eu passar por este mundo, vou deixar uma fita branca em um lugar bem especial. Cada uma vai ter uma história diferente.

Um momento único.

Se você estiver viajando pelo mundo e encontrar alguma das minhas fitas, tira uma foto e me escreve!

Serão tantos os lugares! Estou ansiosa para começar!

Apresento, a fita!

 

 

The other side of the world

The expectation is huge.

Each piece breathes my anxiety.
I go to Australia!
Yeah agreed!
I start the countdown.
It´s scary.
Give nostalgia.
Pleasure.
Fear has never stopped me from doing anything.

Homesickness is inevitable.

And pleasure ... I feel for life!

Here I am, going to the other side of the world!

Lost...

I'm lost! Many things happening at the same time!

Without sleep, no food, almost without thinking and almost breathless! Wow!

Soon I will have news!!!

Today I cried...

              

It was a beautiful dusk in Rio de Janeiro. I was in my family´s home in Recreio dos Bandeirantes and I was trying to recover from how much I ate during lunch, having a conversation in the garden. My brother Lucas was playing with the dog and my mother was making the coffee.

            Sitting on the bench, which is under the lemon tree, my father was reading the newspaper and as he read the articles he would shake his head. “What’s going on in the world?” He looked worried but his eyes were as tender as usual. He had just retired and after years of dedication he would finally be able to enjoy good things in life. He could dedicate his time to doing things he really enjoys. That was my opinion. In his, it was sacrifice not to contribute to making this planet develops. He would like to keep working.

He was a great partner throughout life. He would make me breakfast and pick me up at school everyday. We would talk about everything and his advice were always enriching.

            That afternoon he told me: “Life passes fast and before you know it, it’s been years! I hope you Enjoy!!!

            When the alarm clock warned us that it was 6 pm, he quickly got up. He had to pick my cousin up at the airport so he rushed.

            It was the last time I saw him alive…

            Moments are irreplaceable. As are some people. Today I cried…

Cup Noodles Sea

At least the decision has been made!!! My journey is going to start in a hot weather country. I don’t want to begin feeling cold this soon. Going out and walking around is much better when the weather is hot and also the climate shock will be smaller.

Since I plan to be traveling pretty soon, the north hemisphere is not in question due to the harsh winter this time of the year.

I´m reading a lot about this and getting everybody involved!!

Today my friend Bruna brought me lots of pictures from her trip to the Orient. Needless to say I´ve gone crazy about it just by laying eyes on them! She spent a month travelling from Australia to Japan! She told me wonderful stories. Especially the one in which she was in the supermarket in Tokio last August and suddenly, hundreds of packages of noodle landed on her. She couldn’t understand a thing and she tried in vain, to escape from the ocean of cup noodles.

It was an earthquake! And a big one!!! 6.4 on Richter magnitude scale!!! And the second that week!

To be hit by a carbohydrate wave in Japan… Priceless!!!

Sand castle

The fright on Tonelero St was very useful. When we are dominated by anxiety, we can´t appreciate the little moments of daily life.

Seated on a bench on Ipanema Beach, I looked at the sea and the people who were getting tanned. A six year old boy was building a sand castle. The castle had lots of rooms and it was so elaborated that it even had a bridge that the boy made using a piece of popsicle stick. He was so proud of his work that he tried to call his mom countless times. Unfortunately his mom was too busy drinking a beer and smearing a suspect mixture to make her legs hair lighter.

He didn´t give up and looked to everybody so who knows, he could share his enthusiasm with someone else. Then, he saw me. He looked at me with attention, maybe to be sure that I was really looking at him. He smiled, as if saying: “I did it!” I smiled back and said to him: “I would love to live in this castle!”

Small things, great moments!!!

 

 

Tonelero St.

So hard to find a date to go!!! I feel butterflies in my stomach, my heart speeds up, my mouth gets dry.

There are so many things to do before I go! So many people to see, so many places to say goodbye to, so many bureaucracy to resolve!

I forget I can´t hug the world, but this is exactly what I want!!!

I want to hug the world! I want to be in all places! I want my day to have 42 hours! I want to eat, talk, kiss and dream, all at the same time!!!

Running between the cars on Tonelero St. I hear a stranger yell: “Calm down! Why such a hurry?” When I turn my back, a motorcycle runs the red light and makes me fall on the side walk.

I wasn´t injured, but thanks for the advice! It´s time to breathe and take it easy.

For my sake and the others´!

Parallel world

The decision of exploring the world moved me, my friends and my family a lot. The first question everyone asked: “Alone? Not knowing anyone?” I always answer: “But that´s the purpose!!!” rs

Imagine what the sensation would be like arriving in a totally different place. You don´t know anyone and no one knows you. The language is different, the habits are different, the weather, the food, everything!!! It must be like a parallel world.

Parallel or not, my head is full of ideas. I look at the map a million times and I start to realize how many places I have to meet. Impossible choice!!!

I wonder what it is going to be like when I look at this map in the future. It won´t be an enigma to me anymore. I will solve all its secrets, I will be part of it. A screw in the huge gear.

My brother called me lots of times today. He wanted to know if I have decided the date. I still don´t know!!! Soon...  Very soon...

The Decision

I´ve decided it was time to carry out my biggest dream: to travel around the world!!!
I can imagine that a lot of people want to do the same, but sometimes, life gives us answers through unexpected events. I´ve lost my father... For sure this was the most difficult event of my life. My relationship with him was with total affection and friendship. One of my pillars is ruined. I need to get some support to keep me standing.

Looking at my life, my stuff and the money I´ve got with this misfortune, I´ve decided to use it with something that would make me happy. I´ve decided to explore the world.
I don´t know where to or for how long. I just know that I carry the desire of living the impossible, of intensifying my senses, of provoking shivers, of living the life in all its plenitude!!!