
Last tuesday, march 23, was Florianopolis 284 birthday. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!
A última terça-feira dia 23/03 Florianópolis completou 284 anos. Parabéns a você, nesta data querida!
Meet Floripa through my eyes... Conheça Floripa através dos meus olhos...

Hello, I´m back! I´m breaking the rules again in my Florianopolis blog to put some pictures of my vacation in USA (Orlando, Miami and Islamorada - Florida). It´s the second time there so you won´t see tipical Disney pictures here. If you want to know more about this trip please follow the next posts in my other blog (http://moradadevenus.blogspot.com/).









(1) Hulk´s Roller Coaster - Universal Islands of Adventure/Orlando; (2) & (3) pelicans at Islamorada´s Fish Company restaurant; (4) snake at Miami Metrozoo; (5) coral stones at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens/ Miami; (6) Biltmore Hotel/ Miami; (7) Sharks Underwater Grill at Seaworld/Orlando;(8) flamingos at Busch Gardens/ Tampa; (9) Charles Hossmer Morse Museum of American Art/ Orlando; (10) & (11) crocodile and porcelain art at Busch Gardens/ Tampa; (12) Universal Islands of Adventure/ Orlando; (13) & (14) Epcot Center- " Mexico"/ Orlando; (15) Romero Britto´s gallery at Lincoln Road/Miami.
Hi everyone! I´m going out on vacation for the next 3 weeks, so there won´t be new posts in this period. Enjoy those pretty vitrals from Florianopolis Cathedral, and wait for more pictures next month.
I loved the color of this açorian façade in downtown Florianopolis. In this square a small open-air market works every weekend.
Eu adorei as cores desta fachada açoriana no centro de Florianópolis. Na pracinha funciona uma pequena feira nos fins de semana.
More information about this Carnival party on the last post.
Mais informações sobre esta festa de Carnaval no último post.
Berbigão do Boca (Boca´s cockles) is a traditional carnival bloco in Florianópolis, which was born in an Ash Wednesday in 1992. A group of carnival revelers, among them Paulo Abrahan (Boca) argued about the apathy of the city that day. They created this party to promote the integration between carnival blocos and samba schools. It takes place a week before the Carnival - this year in february 5th (it is considered the official opening of the event) at the Public Market after midday, with a contest for the best cockle cooker. Five thousand people followed the bloco and the sound truck, which played carnival march songs, and the 20 big dolls that homage historic and folkloric personalities of the city, that tradiotionally have parade through downtown streets for 18 years. In the following posts I´ll put more pictures.
O Berbigão do Boca é um tradicional bloco de carnaval de Florianópolis, que nasceu numa Quarta-feira de Cinzas em 1992. Um grupo de foliões, entre eles Paulo Abrahan, o " Boca", questionava a apatia da cidade naquele dia. A festa foi criada para promover a integração entre os blocos de carnaval e as escolas de samba. Ocorre uma semana antes do Carnaval - este ano foi no dia 5 de fevereiro (considerado a abertura oficial do mesmo), no Mercado Público a partir do meio-dia, com concurso gastronômico do maior "berbigãozeiro". Cinco mil pessoas acompanharam o bloco e o caminhão de som que tocava marchinhas de carnaval, e os 20 enormes bonecos do Berbigão do Boca que homenageiam figuras históricas e folclóricas da cidade, que tradicionalmente desfilam pelas ruas do centro há 18 anos. Nos próximos posts colocarei mais imagens.
Those are some images I took at the spectacular show of Beyoncé in Florianópolis yesterday. To read more information about the show, please visit my other blog http://moradadevenus.blogspot.com/ (there is a translator). Sorry about the shaked pictures, but the woman didn´t stay still...
Estas são algumas imagens do show espetacular da Beyoncé ontem em Florianópolis. Para ler mais informações sobre o show, visite meu outro blog http://moradadevenus.blogspot.com/. Desculpem-me pelas fotos tremidas, mas é que a mulher não parava quieta...
The church Our Lady of Conception, in Lagoon of Cenceição, was built in 1780, in portuguese architecture. In 1999 it was elevated to Sanctuary. It is located in a hill over the lagoon.
A igreja Nossa Senhora da Conceição, na Lagoa da Conceição em Florianópolis, foi construída em 1780, com arquitetura colonial portuguesa. Em 1999 foi elevada a santuário. Está localizada num morro sobre a lagoa.

This is a part of the square I mentioned last post. It was late at night, but still there were some artisans. The second picture shows the front part of the wall I showed in the last post. It says " In 1698 january 11th, were conceived the first portions of this land to Father Matheus de Leão and to some portuguese families. In 1748 the açorians came in a large group to occupy and guarantee the territory. It as raised to the category of Freguesia by Dom João V in 1750 april 27th with the following name Nossa Senhora das Necessidades da Praia Comprida. In 1948 it received the present name, Santo Antonio de Lisboa. It´s cultural wealth is the result of the life, work and habits of the carijós (indians), portugueses, africans and much others, that, until today, compose a simple life, fraternal and hospitable."
Esta é uma parte da pracinha de que falei no último post. A segunda foto mostra a frente do mural de que falei no outro post, contando um pouco da história local.

No mesmo dia que tirei a foto do último post, a água do mar estava cristalina. Há tempo que a água não ficava assim tão clara nesta praia, que é um lugar ótimo para mergulhar, com cavaloss-marinhos, tartarugas e diversos tipos de peixes. Meu marido levou seu eequipamento para fazer caça submarina, mas eu infelizmente não trouxe meu material para snorkelling. Na segunda foto, um grupo de amigos estava voltando de um mergulho (scuba) que foram faazer ali perto.
This Christmas tree, which is about to be removed, was envolved in a polemical debate this month. This happened because of the costs of the ornament: something about U$2.000.000,00.
People have said it has the same cost of an Emergency Unit. But it´s worse than that. The cost was overpriced. The hired company (chosen without a public tender) outsourced the service to another 2 entertainment companies, for half of the capital invested... I guess this aim of mega parties in the island is not working out, as the Andrea Bocelli concert that would take place yesterday has been called off too. I got very very sad :(