MASP a taky: Maru is back;) aneb Maru je zpet!!

Maru je zpet doma v SP; vodopady byly narez!!! nez pripravim nejaky ten clanecek, tady je povidani o jednom bezva muzeu: MASP je muzeum umeni Sao Paula; taky je to misto setkani, je totiz vicemene uprostred av. Paulista, takze casto si tu lide davaji sraz "u muzea":) kazde utery je vstup zdarma, tak jsme tam uz parkrat zasli... jen tak na chvili... krome stale expozice maji i vystavy casove omezene, naposled treba Spanelske umelce vcetne Picassa. muj nejoblibenejsi obraz je od Candido Portinari, brazilskeho malire, ktery zil v letech 1903 - 1962. Namaloval ho v roce 1939 a pojmenoval "O Lavrador de cafe", neboli "farmar, ktery pestuje kavu". :) (kontext: na pocatku 20. stoleti prozil stat SP velky kavovy boom). jak se vam libi?
I just got back to SP;the waterfalls are something special!!! before i prepare an article on my trip, i will tell you something about a cool museum here in Sampa: MASP is a museum of art of SP; it's also a meeting point as it is places in the middle of av. Paulista:) on Thur it is for free and so already a couple of times we have entered. some exhibitions are there always, some are temporary; the last temporary one was of spanish artists,including Picasso. my favourite painting is from Candido Portinari, a brizilian artist who lived 1903 - 1962. He painted it in 1939 and named it "O lavrador de cafe" which means"a coffee farmer". (context: on the beginning of the 20th century, the state of SP went thru a big coffee boom). how do you like it?

maru jede do Argentiny ~~ Maru goes to Argentina

ahojky, dneska odjizdim do Foz do Iguacu, mrknout na vodopady a taky prejet na chvili do Argentiny, konci mi totiz vizum, tak musim vyjet z Brazilie (a vratit se jako turista). Hugo jede se mnou. navrat: asi v sobotu, teste se na fotecky:) pa pusu
heyyy, im leaving for Foz do Iguacu, to have a look at the beautiful waterfalls... and also to cross the border to Argentina. my visa expires so i have to leave Brazil and come back as a turist... Hugo is coming with me. we plan to be back in Sampa on Saturday. look forward to pictures!!! kisses!

pastel!!!

po shlednuti brazilskeho filmu "estomago", tj. "bricho" nebo "zaludek", jehoz hlavni hrdina vetsinu casu vari, jsme se s Hugem rozhodli, ze to dokazeme taky a nechali se inspirovat k udelani typickeho brazilskeho jidla, PASTELu. o co jde? udelate testo (mouka, vejce, sul, olej, alkohol- nejlepe cachaca) a pote vyvalite na tenko, vyriznete obdelnik. no a pak si zvolite napln, napr. syr, tunak, maso; prelozite, uzavrete a chvilinku smazite v oleji. vysledek byl nad ocekavani dobry, proste uspech. chutnalo i Brazilcum:)

after watching a brazilian movie "estomago" (which means belly or stomache), whose main character spends most of his time cooking, Hugo and I decided that we can manage to do the same thing and we felt free to make PASTEL, a typical Brazilian dish. what is it? first you make dough (flour, salt, eggs, oil, alcohol -the best is cachaca) and after that you roll out a very thin piece (a rectangle). you fill it in with cheese, tuna, meet... and then fold it, close it and fry in hot oil... the result was beyond our expectations, even real Brazilians loved it!:)

Sushi a japonska emigrace ~~ Sushi and Japanese immigration

V sobotu jsme s Hugem zajili metrem na Liberdade, coz je japonska ctvrt tady v SP; koupili jsme si sushi (maji tam neskutecne obchody plne veci, co nevite, jak se ji: vsechno z Japonska nebo Asie..:). Pak jsme se vydali obohatit sve znalosti do Musea japonske imigrace. a co jsme se mimo jine dovedeli? Brazilie slavi 100 let japonske imigrace, prvni imigranti vstoupili na brazilskou pudu r. 1908; celkem jich prislo asi na 200 tisic; hlavnim duvodem byl rozmach pestovani kavy v Brazilii, bylo potreba delniku. a tak se proste dovazeli z Japonska (pracovity narod). tehdy trvala cesta lodi pres panamsky pruplav asi 45 dnu. Japonci pracovali na plantazich a hned jak neco nasetrili, kupovali si vlastni pudu, kde mohli pestovat kavu. svymi znalostmi a zvyky obohatili vyznamne kulturu Brazilie.

On Saturday Hugo and I went to Liberdade, the japanese quarter here in SP; we have bought sushi in a shop which is full of things that you "dont know how to eat" (all from Japan, Asia...) and after we headed for Museum of Japanese Immigration to broaden our knowledge a bit:) so what have we learned? Brazil celebrates 100 years of Japanese immigration; 1st immigrants stepped on the brazilian soil in 1908; in total, 200 thousand Japanese came to Brazil; the main reason was the boom of coffee production, labourers were needed and so they were "imported" from Japan (a nation known for its discipline and for being hard working); the trip took 45 days by a ship (thru panama); the Japanese worked on the coffee farms and as soon as they managed to save up, they were buying their own land. by bringing their knowledge and customs, they made brazilian culture richer.

navsteva Arnauda a Morgane ~~ Arnaud and Morgane in SP

S Morgan a Arnaudem, mymi francouzskymi kamarady, kteri ziji ve Spanelsku, jsme stravili sice jen 3 dny v SP, nez se vydali na dalsi cesty po Brazilii, ale bylo to fajn. od kamarada Karin jsme se naucili udelat typickou sladkost, BRIGADEIRO (foto c. 1 - Karin, Arnaud, Maru a Morgane), prosli jsme se po Pauliste (jedna z jejich sviticich anten na foto c. 2); vyjeli jsme do 35. patra 161 metru vysoke budovy BANESPA, odkud je vyhled na cele SP, ktere "nikde nekonci":) (foto c. 3, ta budova, co vypada jako Empire State Building; foto c. 4: vyhled); a taky jsme byli v centru na ulici 25 de Marco, kde koupite uplne cokoli a uplne za babku (foto c. 4) - je tam porad neskutecne narvano... a na krasne ovoce a bezva obed jsme si zasli do Mercado Municipal- coz je mestsky trh (foto c. 5). a jeste jsem zapomnela: mrkli jsme i na finale euro, Spanele porazili Nemce, takze jsme my "skorospanele" mohli oslavovat:)

My french friends Morgane and Arnaud (i know them from spain, where they live) spent only 3 days in Sampa before leaving for other parts of brazil. still it was some really nice 3 days. we have learned to make the typical sweet, Brigadeiro (picture nr. 1: with Karin, Arnaud, Maru and Morgane). we have strolled on av. Paulista (on picture nr.2: one of its beautiful antennas); we have been to 35th floor of 161 metres high BANESPA building to have a look at SP which "never ends" (picture nr. 3: the bulding is the one with a flag; it looks like empire state building; built in 1947; picture nr. 4: the view). we have been to the streed 25 de marco where you can buy anything and cheap and it's always full (picture nr. 5); and to rest, have so nice food and see all the different fruits, we went to Mercado Municipal, the city market (picture nr. 6). and not to forget: we have seen the eurocup finals and Spain won so we had some nice reason to celebrate! :)

monumento as bandeiras

blizko parku ibirapuera muzete najit MONUMENTO AS BANDEIRAS, coz je vzpominka na ty, kteri objevovali brazilii (17. a 18. stoleti); byly to vlastne tlupy dobrodruhu, ktere se vydavaly do vnitrozemi s cilem najit zlato a indiany /otroky. jejich cesty byly strastiplne. ale diky nim byla poznana brazilie. nosili s sebou vzdy vlajku (portugalsky: bandeira), proto se jim rikalo BANDEIRANTES: neco jako "vlajkonosi".

close to Ibirapuera park you can find MONUMENTO AS BANDEIRAS. it was built to remember adventurers who in the 17th and 18th centuries explored the interior of Brazil in search of gold and indian slaves. they always carried a flag, bandeira, that's why they were called "bandeirantes".

Francouzi ze Spanelska v SP ~~ my French friends from Spain in SP

od soboty do dneska tu byli na navsteve moji kamaradi Morgane a Arnaud, se kterymi jsme se seznamila v Alicante:) prochodili jsme SP a bylo to hrozne fajn. napisu vic!! foto: my tri na vezi Banespa budovy, 35 pater a vyhled na mesto.

from Saturday till today my French friends Morgane and Arnaud visited me here in SP. i met them in Alicante, Spain, while I was living there. they got to know the city a bit and it was so good to have them here! more about the visit to come! picture: the 3 of us at the tower of Banespa building; 35 floors and a cool view of SP...