8 months later…
Julia Salomone
May 25, 2019
This is a video of where I lived in Floripa, where I worked, where I traveled, and some of the lovely friends I made in the process. Obrigdada pra tudo Floripa, te amo. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SwCE4hYRL7N8rtFmwh9wnP2nTwwJik2o/view?usp=drivesdk
Read MoreSomething Found
Julia Salomone
May 18, 2019
Here is a poem I forgot I had written around September of last year, after about a few weeks of being in country. I think I was really hoping to be in an emotional space I wasn't quite in yet. I don't think I really understood it at that point, but reading it now, I...
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Falling in Love
Julia Salomone
April 21, 2019
It was the beginning of January and I still wore fear like a scarf around my neck. I was grappling with it – truly! The week before I had even eaten a new type of pastel my friends had been begging me to try. I came to Brazil very afraid of the world around me...
Read More15 things I will miss about being in Floripa
Julia Salomone
April 2, 2019
1. Long bus rides to TILAG when the sun is setting 2. Walking through the forest every morning to work 3. Reading on the little island near my host family’s house 4. My host brother working on his art 5. Waking up every morning to work with animals 6. Swimming in an ocean surrounded by...
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A day in Florianopolis
Julia Salomone
February 12, 2019
7AM I wakeup (unless the goats next door wake me up earlier…) and quickly have breakfast and get dressed for work, making sure not to forget a lunch for later in the day (I forget one more often than I’d like to admit…) and rush out the door by 7:30AM to walk to apprenticeship nearby....
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From Florida to Floripa
Julia Salomone
September 3, 2018
I have been in Floripa for one day and have already fallen in love with a isla da magia. Walking down the steps of the plane onto the tarmac we could already feel the difference from being back home. I heard someone near me say “I can breathe fuller.” The air is different, cleaner, smelling...
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