2008 is here

Well, 2008 is here, One olimpic year for China, and who knows what unexpected dramas, comedies of life for the globe or each one of us...

First post, and I wanted to mention to you to check out this wonderful series of post of poems in greek and english by Kavafis acopmanied by beautiful photographs by Stathis Orfanos, in the

G A Y _ A R T

Since I started with gay issue, let me direct the greek reader to check out in the 10% με τρομακτικές φωτογραφιες απο αναδημοσίευση από το Έψιλον, 25 Νοεμβρίου 2007. Αυτή είναι η χώρα μας, δυστηχώς...

Η πρωτοχρονια μας πέρασε στο Ριο ντε Ζανειρο για αλλη μια φορά, Κοπακαμπανα.Once again I spend new year at Copacabana, only this time with my sis together.

I think that I go a bit tired of Copacabana, I found the copacabana too dirty, abandonded and filled by beggars and other hippi or adandonded kids. Of course it is part of the society and I got sad as I always do when I see these diferences, but when you go to holydays you do not want to be faced by all these... Of course RJ (Rio de Janeiro city) has far more option, so Ipanema, leblon, or more popular areas, such as the lapa, or the Flamengo areas....

This time I got to know some new parts of the cidade maravilhosa, and still there are areas I would like to explore one day...

I even visited the sugarloaf... it was not so scary as i imagined it...

New year eve we ate so much in the classic restaurant we always go, a rodizio of sea food, extreme quality... and then gazed at the fireworks. This year they started 2 minutes earlier, so there was no countdown!!!

Then we stayed until 3 in the morning on the beach, listening terible RJ funky music... but it was nice...

Next year I will do something else somewhere elso...enought with RJ in this period...

Jesus Crist looking down from the clouds the Rio de Janiero city...