tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post3949234697713678235..comments2023-08-26T11:45:53.143-03:00Comments on Rachel's Rantings in Rio de Janeiro: Interesting Facts about Rio de JaneiroRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209527132116902328noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-91916640111631923152011-08-16T06:45:39.279-03:002011-08-16T06:45:39.279-03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Health Insurancehttp://www.onlinehealthimprovement.com/health-insurance.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-73062592792932998332011-08-15T18:55:02.526-03:002011-08-15T18:55:02.526-03:00Carioca is said to mean white man's house in T...Carioca is said to mean white man's house in Tupi, the language from where the term originates.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carioca<br /><br />The Portuguese, after dominating the French and taking hold of what is now Rio de Janeiro, had a peculiar way of dealing with Frenchmen that did not fall in battle: they would dig a ditch in the sand and bury them from the neck down and then The Gritty Poethttp://www.grittypoet.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-74059532471710093722011-08-15T18:09:22.330-03:002011-08-15T18:09:22.330-03:00I have never seen a face in Pedra da Gávea either,...I have never seen a face in Pedra da Gávea either, it always looks to me like a big toad!Corinnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-16865800158515044612011-08-15T16:17:36.851-03:002011-08-15T16:17:36.851-03:00Thanks Ray, my brain didn't even notice that o...Thanks Ray, my brain didn't even notice that one! Although I will say that it sometimes feels like 25000 per meter ;)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209527132116902328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-12554717377356125222011-08-15T15:46:15.727-03:002011-08-15T15:46:15.727-03:00Dear Rachel,
I think you meant 25,000 per square ...Dear Rachel,<br /><br />I think you meant 25,000 per square kilometer, right? :)<br /><br />Anon,<br /><br /> I actually read in the history books and saw on a movie that she actually threw her "platform" shoes over the Ocean at the harbor to avoid bringing any grain of Brazilian dirt back with her. I also read that she had a horrible mustache, and was ugly as hell, besides the fact American Heart Brazilian Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049937328816904295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-4941686630573169102011-08-15T12:36:40.820-03:002011-08-15T12:36:40.820-03:00Rio de Janeiro was the only European capital of am...Rio de Janeiro was the only European capital of americas [capital of Portugal and Brazil during the Portuguese royal family stay in Brazil]. And Brazil is the only country in the Americas who had monarchy [O Canada does not count, because the British monarchy in Canada is not exactly national] = PJô~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13589227943644877531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-26185997006944541952011-08-15T09:33:29.598-03:002011-08-15T09:33:29.598-03:00Awesome fact! I was going to say something about h...Awesome fact! I was going to say something about how they say John VI was weak because his wife dominated him. My impression of her is that it would take a demigod not to be dominated!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209527132116902328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437750058361105497.post-47377455551740532422011-08-15T09:19:06.730-03:002011-08-15T09:19:06.730-03:00Well, John VI could have said that, but I doubt th...Well, John VI could have said that, but I doubt that his wife agreed. His wife, Dona Carlota Joaquina, despised the country and everything about it. <br />That should make for another interesting fact: she hated the country so much that when the court was departing to Portugal, she took off her shoes and shook them because she didn't want to take ''not even a single grain of sand fromAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com