It has been almost 3 years since I moved to Belgium. A small European country, three times smaller than Portugal, a bit larger than the state of Alagoas. Coming from Brazil, mainly from Amazonas where everything is big and far away, it takes some time to understand local distances.

Slightly more than 10 million inhabitants live in Belgium. To complete, they speak 3 languages: Dutch, French and German. Where I live, French is spoken. The conflict between the north (Dutch) and the south (French) is growing. The part that speaks German is very small to create a problem, they simply are there.

It has been almost 3 years since I moved to Belgium. A small European country, three times smaller than Portugal, a bit larger than the state of Alagoas. Coming from Brazil, mainly from Amazonas where everything is big and far away, it takes some time to understand local distances.

Slightly more than 10 million inhabitants live in Belgium. To complete, they speak 3 languages: Dutch, French and German. Where I live, French is spoken. The conflict between the north (Dutch) and the south (French) is growing. The part that speaks German is very small to create a problem, they simply are there.

I’ve come to accept that I’m from a distant land. It’s interesting to know that many people are unaware of Brazil, not only internally but mainly outside.

You can even find travel guides to Brazil at the supermarket, but the trip is already another story. It’s intriguing because we manage to hide a country with nearly 200 million inhabitants, the fifth largest in the world.

I always observe where things I buy come from here. You can now buy lime from Brazil and seedless grapes, produced in Bahia.

I’ve come to accept that I’m from a distant land. It’s interesting to know that many people are unaware of Brazil, not only internally but mainly outside.

You can even find travel guides to Brazil at the supermarket, but the trip is already another story. It’s intriguing because we manage to hide a country with nearly 200 million inhabitants, the fifth largest in the world.

I always observe where things I buy come from here. You can now buy lime from Brazil and seedless grapes, produced in Bahia.