Saudade

It's a week that I'm back in Switzerland now.

I still hadn't time to write my stories about how I met great people when I was visiting the Corcovado; the chance I had to see a great artist on work in Lapa; how I managed to transform a zoology lab in an actual zoo and ...oh, so many other things!

But, I will, I promise. It will just take a little bit of time. ;-)

However, right now, I really had the feeling to have to write. I'm missing Brazil so much.

It could be that the fact that it's raining in CH since a week non-stop, doesn't help my acclimatization here. But, it's also true that I had the best time ever in Brazil. I was so free. Full of work, yes, but free to be myself and not be judged! People there are as crazy as I am! I love it!

People love to dance, to laugh, to talk, to... live!

And I miss that so much.

People here seem to be so grey. They seem to have forgotten that life is not about work. Life is about us, about love, about fun, about.. friendships!

I have to admit, in this past week, I'm also focussed on my work. But I think that it's a matter of equilibrium. It's a bit like day and night. We need both to work. We need to have fun as much as we need our sleep. Fortunately I love my job, so I usually have a lot of fun there too. Anyway, there is nothing better than go out with friends, dance and laugh to regenerate!

And people here, they don't laugh enough. Actually, they barely smile! Seriously!

I was looking around in the tram today: it's like if people are scared to hell to meet the eyes of some strangers. People stare out of the window, right in front or even to the floor just to avoid the chance of meeting someone's else eyes. Crazy!

I hope the sun will come back soon here, to illuminate also the grayest faces!

Until then I'll miss my beloved Brasilia, my friends there and my life there.

It took my heart, slowly, with samba rhythm and sweet mango taste. It entered in my brain, in my vein. It's Brasil and its sun. Its people and its colors. Saudade is not only a word. It's the inevitable feeling you once saw the paradise on earth.