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DanRN’s Adventures

Experiences of Travel, Work, and Life

Welcome! Join me as I share experiences and perspectives on my travel, work, professional opportunities, and life adventures.

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My Top Five Moments: #2 - The People

The few Brazilians I had met prior to my grand adventure were incredibly warm and friendly people - they were usually dynamic, fun, kind,...

Nurses 2024 Week and Florence's Legacy

It is not a coincidence that I start posting blogs on my experiences, observations, and perspectives on my career in nursing today - it...

The Beauty of Brazil: My Top Five Moments (#5)

Now that I have been back in Canada a week and been adjusting to the weather, the environment, and civilization, as we know it here, I...

The Grand Adventure Comes to an End

GA 111 (23 Mar 2024) - It is hard to believe that the grand adventure has come to an end already. For me the time passed in a blur...

The Rio Deal

GA 106 (17 Mar 2024) - Time has flown by these past two weeks. With so much prep work for the grounded theory classes at UFSC in...

Jaunt to Joinville and Another Whirlwind Week

GA Day 88 (Feb 28, 2024). Time continues to move quickly by as work piles up, presentation deadlines become real, and more opportunities...

The Parrot Sketch

GA Day 89 (Feb 29, 2024). In celebration of Leap Day, I am posting this blog ahead of the other one in the queue...yes, I am lagging!...

Food, glorious food! And...exercise 🙄

GA Day 78 (Feb 18, 2024). One of the things I was a bit ambivalent about in coming to Brazil was adjusting to eating and customs around...

Work - The Real Reason I’m Here

GA Days 70-76 (Feb 10 - 16, 2024). Looking back on my posts I have shared a lot about my experiences of being in Brazil, but have not...

Carnival in Brazil

GA Day 69 (Feb 10, 2024) Very early in the planning days of my great adventure, I had been advised that my stay would coincide with...

Perceptions, Stereotypes, and Facts

GA Days 64 - 68 (Feb 5 - 9, 2024). Before setting out on my great adventure I was asked if I was concerned about my safety in Brazil,...

Life’s a Beach

GA Days 60 - 63 (Feb 1 - 4, 2024). Another weekend in Floripa with absolutely beautiful weather - perfect for more exploration and...

People, Places, and Culture...Shock

GA Days 55-59 (Jan 28 - Feb 1, 2024). After three weeks in Floripa and finally settling into a more regular routine, I am starting to...

Routines & Rainy Days

GA Days 47-54 (January 21 - 28, 2024) - As I hit the end of Week #3 (technically, it is 2 1/2 weeks since arriving) my work has really...

Turtles and Revelers and Samba - Oh, my!

GA Days 44-46 (January 18 - 20, 2024) - So much to see and do I am finding it hard to pack it all in as another week ends and I begin my...

First Full Week in Floripa

It is hard to believe that this first week has blown by so quickly and so much has happened in such a short time. I wish it would slow...

Weekend Exploration on Ilha Santa Catarina

GA Days 39 & 40 (January 13 & 14, 2024) - I have to say that adjusting to my new environment has been exhausting this first five days....

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