Hi everyone, my name is Cristina, but you can call me Cris!
I’m a mother and wife based in Rio de Janeiro, with a passion for photography and all inspiring stuff!!
After an experience writing as a guest blogger for Notas in Fashion, my sister’s blog, where I used to post once in a week, I started feeling like it was time to have my own space.
So I started My Little Rio Journal to share with you my point of view of a life in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, through my photos and thoughts.
As a typical carioca girl (carioca is someone born in Rio)I love going to the beach and whenever possible I spend weekends by the beach with my family. But Rio, is much more than beautiful beaches and carnival!! There is so much to do around here!! And that’s what I would like to show you!! I will try to share with you my visits to museums, cultural centers, exhibitions, restaurants and bars.
As a personal journal, you might find in this blog a little piece of my quotidian life in Rio through my pictures.
By the way english is not my native language, and the reason I chose writing a blog in english and not in portuguese is that I wanna reach as many people as possible from the most different parts of the world !
So I apologize for my language mistakes and feel free to comment and to share with me some english writing tips.
Welcome to My Little Rio Journal and taste a little bit of a life in Rio de Janeiro, the Marvellous City!
I hope you enjoy it!
Cris
My Little Rio Journal 
Thanks for sharing you world. Truly inspiring with so much adventure and joy to give.
I’m glad you liked it! ; )
Thanks for dropping in! Hope to see you again soon, and good luck to you and your blog!
Christian
Thank you Christian! The same to you and your blog!
I love the name…Little Rio! It’s just kind of cool…rolls off the tongue! Thanks for the reply…
Christian
I am very excited to let you know that I have nominated you for “The Most Versatile Blogger Award!” You can check out the post on my blog here:
http://turquoisecompass.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Best, Jessica- Turquoise Compass
Thanks for becoming a Follower. Happy blogging.
Wonderful blog! I’ll be back for more.
Greetings from the North
Dina
I’m so glad you liked Dina! Welcome to My Little Rio Journal! See you soon ; )
Yes! ♥
I have nominated you for the very inspiring blogger award!
http://theadventuresofashygirl.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you found my blog inspiring,soon I wil publish the award post!
I do! You are very welcome! 🙂
Hello Cristina….your pictures of Rio are soo colourful!!….thank you for the like on my Izabel Goulart blog….xxx
You´re welcome! Thank you too, I’m glad you liked my photos!
Let’s keep in touch, I’d like to exchange news and views with you – as fellow expatriates 🙂
Lisa
For sure Lisa! I couldn’t find your blog Let me know if you are in the blogging world. : )
Hi Cristina! I just stumbled on your blog via a link from FoodishBoy who was staying with me a few weeks back. Now I’m all signed up and looking forward to reading your words and seeing your photos 🙂
Thanks Tom!! I hope to see you soon around here! : )
Congratulations for your blog. I were really curious about the blog that had commented and liked one of my photos. Now I found!
Very nice!
Thank you Adilson!!! Now we can practice our english here!!!!
More good news! Hey ya, I have an award nomination for you: Dragon Loyalty Award! You can view your nomination here: http://turquoisecompass.com/2013/12/14/dragon-loyalty-award/ Congratulations. It’s been great connecting with you.
-Jessica
Thank you so much!!!! For the nomination and for all the support!! I feel the same about connecting with you! : )
🙂 Happy to hear it.
Hey! Congratulations, I have an awards for you: Blog of the year 2013 award”! I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do! Exciting isn’t it! You have been one of my favorite blogs this year! http://turquoisecompass.com/2013/12/17/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/
-Jessica
Girl, thank you so much!!! I’m so happy with so many awards!!! Thanks for all the support!! I’ve been really busy lately and couldn’t answer all the award posts yet, but I will do it soon! Congratulations for yourself too! Your blog is such a success!!
I can’t wait to read your award posts when you have time!
What a sweet and charming About page amiga! Looking forward to reading more of your posts! 🙂
Obrigada!! Welcome to My Little Rio Journal!!!!
Hi! I stumbeled over your blog while doing research for my trip to Rio, that I just came back from. What an amazing place! I totally fell in love with your city. Your blog is now helping me mend my post-vacation sadness and longing to go back. Just wanted to say thank you!
Hi Therese! Thanks for visiting the city and my blog!!! I ‘m happy that you fell in love in Rio. It is not a perfect city, as it has many problems, as you might have seen, but I’ glad that you brought home only the good memories. Hope you can come back soon !! : ) Cristina
Hi Cristina, I really like your blog and I am nominating you for the Liebster Award. I hope you will have time to participate and join in the fun.
http://msdiplomacy.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/ms-diplomacy-nominated-for-the-liebster-award/
Hi Ms.Diplomacy!!! Thank you so much for the nomination! I’m so glad to know that you like my blog !! I will participate the fun for sure. Thanks once more and congratulations for your beautiful blog!!: ) Cristina
thank you for following my blog! happy that you like it 🙂 what an interesting blog you have ! for sure will be back here 🙂
You`re welcome and thank you for visiting my and following my blog too! I love Italy and your blog have plenty of information about one of the cities I would like to visit in Italy!!! Keep blogging and Happy Easter!!!
Great idea, great blog. As a native English speaker I would not have guessed it wasn’t your first language do no worries there. It will be interesting following this in the run up to the World Cup and beyond 🙂
Welcome to My Little Rio and thanks for the nice comment! I hope to see you soon around here! ; )
Thanks for the follow and the good wishes.
Cris, gostei do seu blog e de seu ponto de vista sobre o Rio. Será que vc nao toparia dedicar parte do seu tempo para receber pessoas que vem ao Rio e que gostariam de mergulhar um pouco do que é ‘ser carioca’? Dá uma olhada no nosso site (nomaders.com) e entra em contato comigo pra gente conversar um pouco mais!
Grande abraço!
Oi Leo, obrigada pelo contato! Vou dar uma olhada com calma sim, e entro em contato por email. Tem algum email específico que possamos falar? Abraços, Cris
Hey Cris,
I stumbled upon your blog while doing some research on Rio. We’re heading that way next week!
Cool photo of the bears at Leme Beach 🙂 Can’t wait to explore your city.
Hi Nick!! Great you’re coming to Rio!! Are you planning to attend one of the games? Are you visiting any other cities in Brazil? If you have any doubt about Rio don’t hesitate to send me an email! Have a nice stay in Rio! ; )
Cristina,
Amei o seu blog. Tomei conhecimento atraves do Jack Palfrey. Lembra-se dele? Ele lhe entrevistou ha pouco tempo atras. A proposito gostaria de lhe convidar a conhecer a minha revista chamada Discover Brazil. Ela e produzida e distribuida no Canada. Todas as edicoes
podem ser lidas tambem online atraves do meu site http://www.discoverbrazil.ca. Espero que goste. Vou deixar aqui o meu email. leilamonteirolins@gmail.com. Gostaria de manter contato com voce. Sucesso com o seu blog!
Obrigada Leila!!! Vou visitar o seu site sim! Vou enviar um email para você para mantermos contato! : )
Hello.
You wrote: “I chose writing a blog in english and not in portuguese is that I wanna reach as many people as possible from the most different parts of the world !”
I am not thinking this way. My blog have been in three languages and since half a year in four languages. I added Portuguese it after learning it three months. By doing so I must learn Portuguese and get more visitors from Your beautiful country. I visited it thrice in the 70s, in Rio and Resende.
Sartenada’s photo blog.
About me
Well, personally I would be happy if You write also in Portuguese!
Saudações da Finlândia!
Hi! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us!! Writing both in english and portuguese is something I’ve been considering for a while, but I still have to organize the blog layout for that and I just didn’t have the opportunity yet! Maybe soon I will be posting in portuguese too and you will be able to practice your portuguese. Thanks once more and welcomd to MyLittle Rio Journal!!!!
Que fixe! Muito obrigado.
Hello Cris, I would like to invite you to follow my new blog http://thatphotothingblog.wordpress.com/ replacing the old that photo thing. Thanks and best regards.
Hello Cristina, my name is Carmen. I am from Bolivia but I live in Houston, Texas. My husband and I used to live in Rio, and then we had a beautiful daughter (and by the way she is my little Carioca). She was born in Rio de Janeiro in 2003 and she’s very proud to be brazilian! I wanted to let you know how much I love your blog. My dream is to be back in Rio and live there with my family. My husband is American but he really loves Rio. I will be waiting for your reply. Hope you have a great weekend.
P.s: English is my second language, just like you.
Hi Carmen! Welcome to My Little Rio Journal!!! I got so happy to know that you are following my blog and liking it. Interesting you have already lived in Rio and that your little girl is a carioca! Well I hope you can taste a little of the life in Rio through my blog. I haven’t been blogging too much due to some personal matters but this week I intend to post something. Have a wonderful week! : ) Cristina
As an educationist, am saying that you have prooved that you have been learning and that you have not stopped learning.
Learning is a continous act which you have demonstrated. Keep doing what you know how to do best. Thank you for shairing your world with us
Thank you for the kind words!
I’m a travel blogger too (a new one) and I’m looking for some infos on Rio. I will happily follow your blog! Thanks for sharing tips on your town!
Hi Annie, thank you so much for visiting and following my blog!!! I’ve been a little away from the blog lately, but I hope to be posting more frequently with Rio tips soon!! : )
Thanks so much for the follow on my travel blog. Rio is such a great city. Your posts bring back such great memories.