A little travel is always good!!!

Finally the world is smiling again!!! This is all because I have an air ticket in hand and plans for traveling! Tomorrow I leave Curitiba with my parents and dear brother for a night in Sao Paulo. Afterwards we head down south to Santiago de Chile and the Chilean Patagonia! On our way back to Curitiba a short stopover in Buenos Aires!

It was about time! I thought I would never leave Curitiba again! On the other hand yesterday I started packing and it really felt odd! I remember in Dubai that my suitcases were always so easy to pack. Maybe because I was so used to it. Now it took me half an afternoon and I had to put a lot of stuff. Maybe I am also getting old since half of it was pills, cream against hair loss, etc.

Will tell you more about Chile later! Now I still have a lot to do!

What am I doing here?

This is the title of one of Bruce Chatwin's novels! It is also a question I ask myself a lot these days!

However the answer is simple: I came back to Brazil looking for some stability and for a new challenge! In less than 3 months I have opened, together with two old time friends, a Branded Content Agency called Pulp Idéias e Conteúdo! In English it would be Pulp Ideas and Content.

Since day one we have all been working like mad! We have been lucky because in such a short time we already have customers, make money and became quite famous in town! My two partners are called Fernanda and Patricia. Fernanda is a journalist and Patricia is an art director. Together we are Pulp and we do everything related to being creative. From magazine design, corporate newspapers, logos, brand launching, fashion catalogues, and so on and so forth!

We have been so busy that we havent had time to prepare our website but soon it will be online and you will be able to check it out!

Why?!

Why is there a need to change? Life was moving so smoothly in Dubai, everything was going well... but Vicente wanted to change, to move, to look for something new to do! It is a 'viral' effect that takes hold of me every 2 to 3 years. From Brazil to Switzerland, to Florida, back to Switzerland, than to Brazil, on to Guatemala, briefly to the Maldives, years in Barcelona and London, a stint in Berlin and 3 years in Dubai!!!

Being free to change your life is quite a liberating feeling. However changing is not easy. Moving from one country to anther, changing the language, the habits, friends, currency, work takes a lot of effort. This is why it has taken me over 3 months to come back to a blog and write!

Since leaving Dubai my mind was busy with thoughts, feelings, there was just too much going on inside and outside. I just lost control of it all. Little by little, day by day life starts taking shape and we get used to a new reality. I always say that I have had so many reincarnations in one life and this is just another one! And knowing me it is a fact that in a few years I will be changing again!

So now I live in Curitiba, where I grew up. A city in southern Brazil. By no means a small town. With almost 2 million people it is far bigger than Dubai, twice the size of Zurich. But life here is not as cosmopolitan as over there. It is a place settled by Europan peasants and later from new rich people from the countryside. Therefore the mentality is quite 'close minded' even though it is a reasonable city to live in the chaos of Brazil. The garbage is collected, the clocks work, traffic is still acceptable and the place is green. When I start craving for civilisation I fly 45 minutes to Sao Paulo and once every 3 months I want to go abroad to breath fresh air.

With this blog I want to keep you, my friend living abroad, updated with my life and to tell you more about myself, my experiences in life and plans. Hopefully this will be a tool to keep us closer!