Bate forte... o Tico Tico no Fubá

“Bate forte o tambor,

Eu quero é tic tic tic tic tac…”

“O Tico Tico ‘tá,

‘tá outra vez aqui,

o Tico Tico ‘tá comendo meu fubá!”.

This lyrics were in my mind… in our minds, the entire week when we were preparing the flashmob.

Da, da, da! We did a flashmob!

It took place in Tkalciceva street (the street full of cafés and bars in the city center) and the purpose of it was to promote our Brazilactica Festival.

It was a very good experience and we really had lots of fun!
We gather 14 people, we rehearsed two times and booooom…!!

The song we danced was a mix of a few brazilian songs (more contemporary like funk, or more classic, like “Tico Tico no Fubá”, a famous song performed by Carmen Miranda in the 40’s).

Everyone was very dedicated and learned really fast. We all did a very good job, and above all we understand that: we all can dance (and do it super dobro!), we can accomplish our goals, and that we can have fun while doing it!! 

I leave you here Tico Tico no Fubá:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bioGCIPKuiM

Last week I dreamed about the sea 2 times! It was really the moment to go on the coast!!
So, I did my bag and leave to Istria.

How it’s can be pretty this Istria?

It was very good to visit Rovinj and Porec with my friend Marija.

Marija is a very lovely istrian girl that I met in the Açores, last summer. We didn’t spend so much time together back then, and I didn’t know her that much. Even so, she was promptly ready to show me around! Aiiii, how I feel happy when people are gentle like that!

On Saturday I got to know her better, and I am very happy to have kept the contact with her: Marija is a very nice person! And she took me to really pretty places!

Again, and again… lucky me!!

You want some pictures? Ok, ok!!

In the meanwhile, Else and me we are still working in Brazilactica festival so everything works decently!

And so far… so good! 

You can check the programme here: http://www.amazonas.hr/brazilactica/

Vidimo se.

Easy guide to survive in Balkans & One love. One heart. One Bosnian Wedding: Two Drunk EVSs.

This two last weeks were pretty "moving for us" and because I really cannot express some of this feelings with words: a picture is worth a thousand of them! So...

Merche and Me went on autostop around the Balkans and we discover that is SO EASY and SAFE and GRATEFUL and EXPERIENCING and GREAT and FUNTASTIC and EVERYTHING:

This was our route, a little crazy of going and coming back but was not bad for two begginers...:

  

 And then...PRETTINESS

 

We learnt that Rumanians are not those meat lovers and palinka drinkers that everybody told us in Timisoara: A wonderful city made for us. Clean, pretty and full of good restaurants (a lot of vegetarian ones)

  

 We discovered Beograd by the friendly Mexican friend Adrián that was The Best guide in this amazing city full of live, young people, good vibes and night life for the cool ones!

 

We were building our friendship while we discover other cultures and countries that were actually not so different from ours!

That's how we arrived to Novi Sad, maybe my favourite city: Full of live, alternative markets, streets, people, music, etc. It also helpped that we were with two amazing DJs from Serbia and Mexico... that make our staying wonderful and rich in food, knowledge and dogs =)

  And that's how we end up our tryp in Slavonski Brod taking our last car back to Zagreb... With a smile on our faces, a "Zagreb" poster (so cool made by our Novi Sad friends) and a bag full of experiences and dirty underware...

SECOND PART OF THE WEEK BUT NOT LESS IMPORTANT

Our coordinator got married, we try to convince her not to do it...but well, guess love is stronger that "not love"!!

 And this is what happened....

 Tania drunk her second Pure Bosnian Rakja and Else became a Dancing Robot.

And everybody Else became Pinapples.

We are really thankful to Iva and Nikola to invited us and letting us be part of theis special day full of emotions, drinks, and A LOT OF FOOD! (Lamb at 1 in the morning....I'm in Heaven)

2/2

How soon is soon?!

Well, it took a bit more time to this second post to come out.

It means it is well cooked…!

First things first: one of the subjects I promised for this second post was Aikido.

Well, I tried it! I went in some classes to learn -  about -  Aikido.
The classes were in croatian, so it was hard to understand the philosophie behind it. However, I learned a little, very little of the techniques...

But to je to.

 It was a very short love story.
Nevertheless, if, one day, I have another opportunity to learn more… I will!
I felt that Aikido could open some closed doors in my brain and my body, in general.

Second things second: Brazilactica? Well… next Saturday we will do a flashmob to promote our festival Brazilactica that will happen from the 5th to the 8th of may.
We are now focused working on it.

Some of the activities are already structured. And I am really happy that we will be able to count with the participation of the portuguese language students!
Portuguese language is so, so pretty… it has to be shared and listened.
Poetry?
I am not saying nada, I am not a spoiler at all!

The easter vacations were very calm… for me, at least! Else had thousand and one adventures.

She will tell you about.
A bit late, but I did it: with my bosnian BFF I did the Easter traditional “fight” of the pretty eggs (each of us have their own pretty (because they are cooked wrapped in leaves, and with onion or others dyes) egg and we hit one against the other and wins the one that – of course – don’t break.
Anto won… well, we have to know that he has 26 years of experience in fighting with pretty eggs!
In this competition the beginner’s luck didn’t work out… Maybe in the balkans this doesn’t work like that.
It’s so good this never-knowing-how-it-will-be feeling.
I will miss Croatia… or, maybe not… maybe, in the end, I will stay!
“That’s it, Tânia… you are catching the croatian never-knowing-how-it-will-be feeling pretty good!” – said my personal Mrs Learning.