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I was told I’d like the Brazilian ones before I came – and I was pumped. Years ago, I met someone from South America who was telling me about the Mangoes. She said I didn't know a good mango until I had one that needed to be eaten over a sink. I can now report that she was not exaggerating. Not only that, but did you know that there are a ton of different types of mangoes?! They all taste a little different and they are all incredible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62fafa7d84ba7e7f50d58fac/e1a87c1e-0e24-457d-887f-b6d8b220da1d/1daacee6-b696-43a4-b262-5ba11fa2d6ad_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - New Experiences, and an Early Rise. - Then there's the street food. Every market has a few stalls that sell a selection of traditional Brazilian offerings, but the most common one is Pastel (Pass-tay-oh). It's a deep fired flat pastry pocket that they fill with all kinds of stuff – both salty and sweet. I've had a few now, but my favourite was the one with chicken, ham, cheese, egg, and corn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62fafa7d84ba7e7f50d58fac/c205bcaf-3d15-4831-882d-cd869bbe91de/bdc739a1-f959-47de-b40a-08694cca0421_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - New Experiences, and an Early Rise. - Make it stand out Little stacks of limes. Brazilians call them lemons, and they call lemons limes. I think they might be trying to screw with me... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62fafa7d84ba7e7f50d58fac/996ba6ff-0e69-4bd2-96a6-078a0baa02c5/6fbe7783-9b8c-42f2-9537-5b0808e2930b_1_105_c-1.jpeg Blog - New Experiences, and an Early Rise. - This would all be much more tolerable, if I could actually see them. These are small green parrots in a big green tree – they are functionally invisible. Little ninjas delivering a mandatory 5am wake-up call each morning. I managed to glimpse two of them one day, as I walked down the street. I heard the chattering I've come to hate know so well, and looked up to see a pair of them zoom by overhead. I gave them the finger, but I think it was an english finger – I've yet to learn how to give the finger in portuguese. I'll keep trying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62fafa7d84ba7e7f50d58fac/714e50c7-8ac6-4f86-a7a8-3bff1055a735/421fd037-2b4f-4571-b7d8-ac72ae0c4ecc_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - New Experiences, and an Early Rise. - Make it stand out The one on the far right is the kind you likely know – the others are my new loves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62fafa7d84ba7e7f50d58fac/d3bc59dd-3b3f-44ff-aed6-47d6ab84437a/4b3e0022-e6a4-46b1-97a5-5b5fb92019c1_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - New Experiences, and an Early Rise. - I'll start with the fruits and vegetables. They have soooo many kinds I've never seen, smelled, or heard of! Not only that, but they have variations on some we have in Canada and Ireland that I didn't know were possible. 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The mushrooms were strange, but delicious. I think they were soaked in some kind of alcohol... The risotto had a level of concentrated cheese I didn't know was possible. It was like eating a million tiny hugs; and all those hugs were hugging each other; and they were all inviting you into their cheesy hug of happiness. https://www.five26.one/blog/introductions-and-first-impressions monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62fafa7d84ba7e7f50d58fac/d10c3af8-0193-490a-9b52-5ba8e621dd5a/img_1930.jpeg Blog - Introductions and First Impressions. - Next, the light switches. In each room, there is a switch next to those that control the room’s lights. This switch controls the lights in the hallway! Get up in the night to use the washroom? Turn on the hallway light rather than feeling your way along the wall for the switch like a blind ant trying to read human-size braille. 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