The view of Pão de Açucar from Botafogo Beach |
We are so close to moving to Zona Sul I can taste it and it tastes like a delicious glass of cold milk after you just ate a big piece of chocolate cake. (P.S. Milk. It's that delicious.)
Don't believe me?
So, the apartment in question is in the lovely neighborhood of Botafogo. It was always a neighborhood that I thought really fit my personality - Botafogo has a lot of good restaurants, cool and interesting bars, big trees, bike lanes & parks, a neighbor-ly personality...
It's also the home of 'our football team' (put in quotations because that would imply that we have a team, which we do not, but everyone in Brazil MUST have a team. I'm pretty sure it's a federal law. So, our team is Botafogo).
Anyway, I've compiled a list of reasons why moving to Botafogo from Jacarepagua will greatly improve my quality of life:
- The sidewalks are not broken into a million peices.
- You don't have to walk up a gigantic hill to get to the apartment, and then walk up another giant hill once you enter the condo just to get to your building. (It's like a mountain)
- The buses are comfortably full, not literally bursting at the seams.
- You have a variety of options for restaurants and bars. And no, Bar do Tio Joao, Tio Paulo & Tio Orlando do not count as 'variety'.
- There are actual trees, not sprouts of grass that have found life through the dusty cement.
- People understand that at 6:30 a.m., on a dangerously crowded bus, it's inconsiderate to scream and laugh LOUDLY, sounding like a bunch of parrots, and give the bus driver fliers (while he is driving at about 100km/hr) about buying purified water filters, while I am holding on to the railing with the tips of two fingers and my backpack in my other hand. (true story, happened to me yesterday).
- I hope to God people don't do number 6 in Botafogo.
- THE METRO!!!!!
- I have friends close by! (Bia, if you are reading this, you still live far away from me, even in Barra!)
- Leme Beach, Praia de Botafogo, Rio Sul Mall, Metro, Friends, Bars/Restaurants, Culture, Theatres, Parks, Bike Lanes, Close to Work = QUALIDADE DE VIDA!
Ro just called!
WE GOT THE APARTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M MOVING TO ZONA SUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! -- So cool! Congratulations. Welcome back to civilization! When is the house-warming party!?
ReplyDeleteVery cool!!!!
YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!! So happy for you!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS Neighbor!!!! We'll have to get together for a chopp to celebrate :D
ReplyDeleteDanielle are you in my head?!? hahah your list is better than mine... have you been here before? ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jim, it's been a long since I've been there!
Ahh Rach I'll be so close to you now!! Many many chopps!!
Thanks you guys! I know I'll love it... !(Steph and Meredith!)
Congratulations! Can I crash that housewarming party? Really happy for you!!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it wonderful to get what you want? It doesn't happen that often so I hope you revel in it. I misread Danielle's post for just a sec and thought she said "No more late night f*ck" lol! I was thinking....now is that b/c of the long commute?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Lindsey! I'm excited for you! woohoo!
ReplyDelete~Meilina