Travel Log: Carnival in Recife

Table of ContentsPreparationDay 1: Plane tripDay 2: CarnivalDay 3: On the roadDay 4 & 5: Porto de GalinhasDay 6: Is the honeymoon phase over?Day 7: Back to RecifeDay 8: SairéDay 9: Feeling sickDay 10: Recife Antigo, take twoDay 11: OlindaDay 12: Forced day offDay 13: Seeking natureDay 14 & 15: Going back homeFootnotesHello, and welcome to a new kind of articles on the blog: travel logs! These are notes from past journeys, written at the end of most days and were originally meant to be written record of my experience for my friends, family and me. Because I recently widened up the topics covered on this blog, I figured that I could post these here in a slightly edited form along with pictures and additional context. The obvious pick to kick off this new series is my trip to Recife, Brazil, in February of this year. It holds an important place in my heart as it was a series of first: it was my first time travelling outside Europe and being fully immersed in a culture that is not mine;…