Switzerland is certainly a place you have already heard about, it is impossible not to link it with the words classical and luxury. Some people think it is too much, but it is not, anything is worth paying to sleep for a night or more in a historical place that looks like a castle with the comfort you get in any twenty-first century hotel.

The architecture of these places is definitely one of the most beautiful ones still up, and it is not only the hotels,  the excellent hospitality comes along with an intense nature contact, you can feel the nature of centuries ago with all the comfort we want.

The Swiss food is also famous and you will, of course, try it, the best chocolates on Earth, with plenty of cafés for you to visit, all in a historical mood. History is everywhere on Switzerland. If you want to, you can stay on a historical hotel, than have a look at the historic places at the city, eat in historic restaurants and cafés, you will certainly feel like if you were on the past. Who said it is not possible to travel on time?

Of course, if you miss all the city movement, just drop by Zurich and you will feel home again, then go back and enjoy the past again.

Everything has a price, a trip to Switzerland including visits all these historical places and stays at historical hotels are a bit more expensive than what you would spend on a common trip, but definitely worth it! If you can afford it, do not miss your chance to go deep in past and enjoy all the classical experience you can and will have.

The Brazilian official history starts in 1500, a bit more than five hundred years ago, when the country was discovered by Pedro Alvares Cabral, a Portuguese traveler who was on his way to the Indias, but ended up arriving at Brazil. After some discussions, the Brazilian territory was divided by Portugal and Spain, those countries were the owners of Brazil.

There were indians here when they arrived, the Portuguese people were very surprised,
as the indians here had almost no hair on their bodies, and they all walked naked, what was very strange for them.The Portuguese made friends with the natives by giving them some objects, such as mirrors, thing they did not know. The natives ended up turning into slaves, together with the African ones that were imported.

As soon as the Portuguese guys arrived here, lots of indians were raped, as the men on the ships were traveling for months, with only men on the ships, they were so desperate, and the indians were so vulnerable, that it happened these rapes, added up with the ones against the African slaves, made the Brazilian skin color. A mixture of races. Brazil was on slavery for over 300 years. Right after the country was divided by Portuguese and
Spanish people, other immigrants from all over the world started to come.

Brazil has a sad history, it was filled with slavery, crimes, racist actions, stupid governments, the country had it’s independence, but it is dependant on other countrie’s economy until today, there is a lot of corruption on the government of Brazil and people are too passive, they are being stolen and do nothing, the same happened five hundred years ago.

I have just added a new category, the category places. I’ll be starting with Brazil, my own country. This will be a serie of five articles: general information, economy, tourism, history and culture. Let me know what do you think of it!

General Information about Brazil 

Brazil is a very big country, divided into twenty six states and a federal district, it is not possible to give Brazil a main characteristic, as each part of the country can be metaforicaly considered a different country, there were some movements to make the South of the country a different country, but it was not effected.

Anyway, the Brazilian image on the rest of the world is not so good anymore, the country is seen as a complete mess, where the only important things are Carnival and soccer, which is, of course, not true. The world has a wrong view of Brazil, most likely because of it’s size.

Brazil is a tropical country, the weather is hot the biggest part of the year, but there are some curiosities, for example, the South of the country has a very intense winter, it even snows in a few cities, and the Northeast has no winter, there is no winter over there, the seasons are divided into rainy and dry. It can be a good thing for tourists who are looking for some hot weather, but it must be horrible to live in a place where you are not going to ever feel the cold weather.

So, basically, Brazil is a good place, even though it is not seen like that around the globe, of course, the country has problems, tell me which country does not, one of the main characterisits of the Brazilian people is that they are very warm, tourists are loved over there, and people are generous, Brazilian people are certainly the best feature of Brazil.