Brazil

2019 - Visa required for U.S. Citizens to travel to Brazil

How does one get a visa for tourism travel to Brazil?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Brazil.html

https://brazil.vfsevisa.com/brazil/online/home/index

In these times of rest, I find myself planning my next adventure, my next escape. I must stop and walk the dog.

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/places-to-visit-in-brazil-architecture

https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/brazil-10-buildings-rio-de-janeiro-unesco-first-world-capital-of-architecture/#s-cust0

https://www.archdaily.com/577579/spotlight-oscar-niemeyer

Cali Dreaming, Utah Scheming, Colorado Leaving - Summer Road Trip 2019

This has already been done. Pause - open - copy - paste - review.

So we are planning to fly out from WAS to DEN on Tuesday 6/18 p.m.

We would like to adventure the next day. We are hoping to fly back on Tuesday 6/25.

Campervans require a 7 day rental. The Escape Mavericks

www.escapecampervans.com

How do you think we can break up the trip?

How much time should we spend?

How long does it take to drive?

Sites and food?

What else do we need to consider?

COLORADO

• Dinosaur Ridge http://dinoridge.org/visit-dinosaur-ridge/plan-your-visit/
• 
  
• Chipotle
• 
  
• Colorado National Monument
• Rimrock Dr, Fruita, CO 81521
• 
  

UTAH

• Canyonlands National Park
• 
  
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
• 745 U.S. 89, Kanab, UT 84741
• Horseshoe Bend
• Horseshoe Bend, Arizona 86040
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Zion National Park

NEVADA

• (DROP OFF CAMPERVAN)

5875 Service Ct, Las Vegas, NV 89122 USA

• Gordon Ramsey’s restaurant in Vegas

CALIFORNIA

• Death Valley National Park
• Badwater Basin
• Zabriskie Point
• https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/visit-badwater-basin.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/camping.htm
• 2h16m from LAS to Death Valley
• https://www.escapecampervans.com/itineraries/death-valley-national-park/
• Yosemite National Park
• Yosemite Falls
• El Capitan
• https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/nrcamping.htm
• 
  
• 7h 44m from Death Valley to Yosemite
• 6h 22m from LAS to Yosemite
• https://www.escapecampervans.com/itineraries/san-francisco-to-yosemite/

• San Francisco
• DROP OFF CAMPERVAN 8:30 -10 a.m.

22990 Clawiter Rd, Hayward, CA, USA

• https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232491
• https://www.tripsavvy.com/san-francisco-camping-4067471
• https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/upload/sb-camping.pdf
• http://www.dot.ca.gov/maintenance/crystal-springs-n.html
• http://www.dot.ca.gov/maintenance/westley-n.html
• http://www.dot.ca.gov/maintenance/h-dana-bower.html
• 
  
• SFO
• 4h from Yosemite to SFO

1/21/2019: MLK Jr. - 3/21 Sping Equinox Reflections

Upcoming events and dates:

February 2 - 4: Christina Time in MD
February 17-18: NYC - Frida Khalo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving @ Brooklyn Museum

March 22: Haywyre @ USt Music Hall
March 22: Gogol Bordello @ Ram's Head
March 24: Homeshake @930 Club

April 6: Beats Antique @ 930 Club



Art Lessons:
5- Linear name Design - Mas Paz
5- Painted paper - sensory print satisfying surprising ~Jackson Pollock
1/2 sketchbook - 1/2 to share for Left/Right Brain portraits
5- Quilled Quotes Sculpture - Think about your art - What are you making? How?
- on your index card, write one quote from your experience on this project.

5- Left/Right Brain Portrait




School wide
#WhatLiftsYou
AllWoundUp


Personal - Work that documents time and functions in place.

Functional - What is your function.
Purpose - Do it on purpose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9dPJp315cM

Happy New Year 2019!

Friday 1/11 - DC, 9pm, $10
https://www.ustreetmusichall.com/event/1802843-bowie-ball-washington/


Saturday  1/19 - NYC, 6pm - 2am, $55
https://goldenfest.org/event-schedule/event-schedule-2019/

https://sites.middlebury.edu/individualandthesociety/files/2010/09/jackson_lottery.pdf

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/stained-glass-windows

Lavender Cookies for Christmas 2018!

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/lavender-cookies/

Yummy. I did a variation with white chocolate chips. Pretty good!

https://thebeachhousekitchen.com/2017/03/20/lemon-lavender-shortbread-cookies/

The dough didn't feel quite right. I added extra almond meal to help thicken the dough and get it less sticky and more cohesive. Pretty delicious. More lemon zest in all these lemon recipes.

https://avirtualvegan.com/lemon-lavender-shortbread-cookies/

Fun to make. I wish I had used granulated sugar on top. Salty, like a biscuit. I like how there was little wait time from mixing to molding to baking.


Upcoming...?

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15542/mexican-wedding-cookies/

https://breadboozebacon.com/vanilla-almond-snowball-cookies/

9 julio 2018. Picos de Europa, Spain

https://www.asturiaspicosdeeuropa.com/tourism/picos-de-europa/tourist-atractions

https://www.turismoasturias.es/en/descubre/naturaleza/reservas-de-la-biosfera/parque-nacional-de-los-picos-de-europa

http://www.vvww.net/articles/fuentedespain.html

Estamos en las montanas.

We woke up behind a bakery in a small little village 45 minutes from the entrance to the lakes in Picos de Europa, lagos de Covadonga. We woke up early before they close the roads to only shuttle buses and tour taxis. Everything was closed and I still had not found a bathroom to use. I was uncomfortable. Everything was beautiful. We hiked up a trail to view both lakes and see the clouds over the mountains. By the time we came back down again, the bathrooms were unlocked. We were let down that the lakes were not for swimming. The person in the info booth recommended that we go visit Fuente De and take the cable car up. In order to do that we had to drive all around the Park to get to the other side. We were both tired. Carla found hot springs to stop and rest at La Hermida. Unfortunately, the river was strong and had risen above the area. We were tired and spent the entire afternoon sleeping. We tried to bathe in the cold river wary of the current. Eventually, we got up and started driving to make it to Fuente De before the last rips. It was stunning. It would have been a 4.5 hours hike and 15 km to the bottom. If we had more time and were in a better headspace, it would have been good. It only took 4 minutes to get down in the cable car.

We decided to drive to Leon to sleep there. That was a journey as you can read.

8 julio 2018. Laredo, Santander & Comillas, Spain - El Capricho de Gaudi

Amanecimos en la playa.

No idea where we were going to sleep. Carla randomly picked Laredo. We discovered it was beach town. We parked n a side street by the beach next to a white camper van. When we woke up, we explored the beach and walked before deciding to go in for a morning swim. In hindsight, I wish we had spent more time there. Our camper neighbors had spent months traveling around from the UK.

We left and began our mission to Santander to complete the business of adding my status as a driver to the rental at the airport kiosk. We reported the broken trunk lock but decided to keep our spacious caravan SUV. We intended to find a beachside to pull over and enjoy lunch but we were unlucky. I decided to pull over on a random country road by the fields. I don't like traveling aimlessly without parking security. Cities are more stressful. Roads are narrow, parking is limited. The next stop was el Capricho de Gaudi in Comillas. This made me really happy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD#Personal_life
https://www.elcaprichodegaudi.com/descubre/el-capricho-de-gaudi/
http://www.antonigaudi.org/maximo-diaz-de-quijano-160.html

It was Sunday and there was entertainment in the plaza that we could hear but neither of us was interested in exploring. We began driving West.

We went to the Mirador del Fitu and stopped by a Roman Bridge after. It was getting late and we tried looking for a place to sleep. Eventually, we came across an empty lot next to a pharmacy, bakery, and inactive info kiosk. I chose to stay in the car and not see the river nearby. Mosquitos are the worst.

I was sad we did not get to Kaos Temple in Asturias.

https://ablanosdeaymar.es/nuestro-entorno/mirador-del-fitu/