Voyage to Brasil

I’ve got to start somewhere so lets commence with my flight from Ireland to Brasil, with an overnight stop in Germany. After a bit of research it seems that it’s always cheapest to travel from Ireland on a Monday, and get a flight from Frankfurt Am Main to Recife on a Tuesday morning. That’s €40 for Aer Lingus to Germany, and €360 with Condor to Brasil.

I stayed at the Meininger Airport hotel in Frankfurt.(€75/night, although it can be as low as €40) You get a shuttle bus from just outside Terminal 1. (€3.50 return) It’s just the essentials, nothing fancy. Although my room had a spectacular view.

I had the option to arrive in Frankfurt late at night, like Marina, or the early morning. I chose to go early since it gave me the chance to go down to Stuttgart for the day and meet my friend Matze, who I know from my time on Erasmus in Finland. (€48 return train with DB)

Stuttgart recently got an amazing new library, it’s well worth a visit

So, next morning, back to the airport and off to Recife!

Northern Spain: Zoom in and you’ll see a vast chain of wind turbines

Central Spain: Solar power plants

Southern Spain: Am I in Morocco?

Southern Morocco near Western Sahara.

Small dark hills between Western Sahara and Mauritania.

Almost featureless flat desert in northern Mauritania

Coastal Mauritania north of Nouakchott

10 hours later, I landed in Recife, met by Marina, and we drove north about 2 hours up to João Pessoa, her parents city. So, here we are.