I woke up this morning and found myself in Brasil.

This was a good thing. After all, I had taken a flight to Salvador de Bahía, and was planning on spending two months here, but it was still nice to wake up and be in the largest country in South America.

My first 24 hours here have been…quiet. I was lucky enough to be picked up at the airport by a friend of a tourist I showed around Lisbon a month ago, who had never met me and had no reason to do me a favour except that people are lovely sometimes.

Gorgeous, coastal Salvador de Bahia

Luckily, my youth hostel exists, and is extremely nice, although a little quiet: it seems Salvador is only going to catch World Cup fever once the games actually begin, giving me a few weeks to a) find tickets and b) find accommodation when…