id love to have some Brazilian friends,

[riodave]

Im an English guy, living in the far south west of the uk, I used to live in Sao Paulo, Brazil, well, for three years anyway, with my beautiful Brazilian fiancee, sadly we parted after three years, so broken hearted, I had to return to the uk,
but I still really love Brazil, and would love to have some Brazilian friends, even if its only penfriends,
I don't speak much Portuguese,
but
muito obrigado amiga's e amigo's

Tchau

Dave xx

[jackthehat]

I don't think that there are many Brazilians on this site.
I'm sure that there must be other websites that could help you, just don't bank on getting a good result from here.

Good luck.

[eddy51]

I doubt that there are many AB ers in Brazil, you would be better looking for a penfriend site.

[joeluke]

Move back to Brazil?

[eddy51]

Here is a link to an 'online ' penfriend site. If you Google' Penfriends' you will find traditional letter writing pen friend sites as well.
http://pen-friends.net/brazil.html

[joggerjayne]

Bom dia, Dave.

I think the word "amigos" is a collective form of address, so that if you are talking to both men and women, you don't need "amigas"

My Portuguese is quite good.

I know it's a bit of a trek, but there is a huge Brazilian community in London, and they have lots of events. I've been to samba festivals at the Royal Albert Hall, and it's been almost entirely filled with Brazilians. And ... they are SO friendly.

Try getting along to a few of those.

E ... boa sorte.

Com os melhores cu mprimentos

JJ

[riodave]

Thanks Eddy51 & Jackthehat,
I have looked at some of the penfriend sites, but most of the ads are so old, im sure the people that placed the ads must have expired, as I never get a reply, and thats without a photo.....
I guess peoples lives change over time and they no longer require the ad.

[riodave]

Bom dia JJ, todo bem,

Ok thats worth knowing, i'll look into it,

muito obrigado JJ,
Um grande abraco para voce,
Dave xx

[joggerjayne]

Awww, obrigada ... x

De nada.

J x

ps. The highlight (for me) of the last samba festival I went to was the drum band. The centre of the Albert Hall was filled with just drummers ... conducted by whistles. The noise was absolutely awesome. Everyone was on their feet, dancing in their seats. I loved it.

They also had several of the big Brazilian music stars, like (and excuse my spellings here) Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and a stunning singer who was so good that I went out the next day to track down her CDs ... Virginia Rodrigues. She was mind blowing!

[jno]

lots of Brazilian shops around Willesden in London, so presumably lots of Brazilians too.

[joggerjayne]

Yes, there are lots of Brazilian, and Portuguese, delis.

I used to go there to buy Cachaca, but you can get it anywhere now.

[riodave]

Ola JJ,
Thanks again, x,
I really should get off to work now,

Dave.xx