Greetings from Rio de Janeiro Brazil!
Itโs been four and a half years since I was last here in Rio, my second home where I spent 3-5 months every winter before COVID for about eight years.
A Facebook memory triggered seeing this music video which shows my life here, with energetic, musically talented friends, having fun in the sunshine.
The song is in Portuguese and the title is โA Caipirinha da Gringaโ โ The Gringaโs Caipirinha (which is Brazilโs national cocktail made of limes, rum, sugar and lots of ice!
The lyrics are hilarious as they go on to sayย
โEu Quero o bolo da gringa, e o mousse tambemโ which meansย โI want the Gringaโs cake and her mousse as wellโ which pertains to the ONLY cake I can bake (super simple with only 4 ingredients) and a chocolate mousse that I used to make but have since stopped making (no idea why)?
Itโs strange and lovely to be immortalised in a song and to appear in the video.
The lady in orange shaking a percussion instrument is my oldest friend Dani who Iโve known for 36 years since we were 15 years old! Without her, my Brazilian winters would never have happened. They were when I focussed on writing the scripts and plans for many of the online courses.
Check it out here for some authentic Brazilian flavourย and a window on my life here.
Hope this will brighten up your day.
Asha
