Day 134: Bixiga & Língua
Reblogged from born again brazilian: Sunday, day 134 of my Brazilian immersion experiment, was a doubly Brazilliant day! First, (as requested by Stephanie ) we went to Bixiga (or Bexiga or Bela Vista...
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