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MakingTheMove
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Topic: Lots of Gringos where you live?
Posted: 23 April 2012 at 21:07

Just wondering: where you live are there a lot of estrangeiros? It would be interesting to know. Thanks ! Big%20smile

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praia gato
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Posted: 23 April 2012 at 21:37

Trancoso HERE ..............

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spongebob
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 11:55

zilch - every time a gringo comes here, they only last for about 3-4 months and then pack and up and move. The real LONG timers here are me and some retired Europeans, but I never see them.

I'd like to see some. I love walking up to them, speaking in English, and watching their eyes get really big (the Americans, at least). Maybe next time I pop over to the big city I'll see some.

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TerrificTeri
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 12:13

the is one guy from New York (I'm from Boston) in our little city and when we went to Governador Valadares for business we were walking down the street I was telling my Brazilian husband in english that there is an ice cream vendor here. I was asking for a mixed cone in Portuguese when she answered me in english! OMG did my ears deceive me? She was a 17 y.o girl from CT born and raised there to Brazilian parents and just moved back 3 months prior.

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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 15:07

Life in Trancoso is wonderful. No Gringos. Only me, the Beach and Gatassssssssssssss

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leebee
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 21:42

Many gringoes in Curitiba where i live today! I am from South african but there are many Americans and one other Saffer that i know of!

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finrudd
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Posted: 26 April 2012 at 18:11

There's quite a few where I live in Sao Paulo - mostly Brazilians, and other South Americans but some Americans too. If they don't understand my Queen's English, I repeat myself slowly and loudly.

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FloripaRawb
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Posted: 28 April 2012 at 22:31

I'm the only one in Joao Monlevade. heh.

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Amsterdam
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Posted: 30 April 2012 at 13:50

Originally posted by praia gato

Life in Trancoso is wonderful. No Gringos. Only me, the Beach and Gatassssssssssssss

That is exactly the attitude that i find here. The gringoes dont want to know any other gringoes, they want to be the only gringoes in town.

Edited by Amsterdam - 30 April 2012 at 13:50

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Boycie
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Posted: 30 April 2012 at 14:42

Originally posted by Amsterdam

Originally posted by praia gato

Life in Trancoso is wonderful. No Gringos. Only me, the Beach and Gatassssssssssssss

That is exactly the attitude that i find here. The gringoes dont want to know any other gringoes, they want to be the only gringoes in town.

Yep I'll second that, some gringos I've met over the years definitely like being the only ones.. the only gringo in the village LOL

I find it strange some times because its almost like they want to do things the hard way, instead of sharing information and learning from others who have been and done it, they want to go through the pain of discovering the pitfalls them self's.
Oh well each to their own I guess...

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Edited by Boycie - 30 April 2012 at 14:44

"every 15 years Brazil forgets its last 15 years."

writer Ivan Lessa

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