🇬🇧 Cultural nomadism - a lifestyle

We can move from a place to another for various reasons. One of them is to know better other cultures, to become a global citizen. Other is also cultural, when you move from a place with very limited cultural options to another with more resources on the matter. I experienced both. Culture was and is my fuel.

I was born in a middle-sized city in Brazil, called Montes Claros. Once I read a quote from Plato about global citizenship and I desired to be a global citizen. I loved to read, to listen to some music and to see movies - the cultural options more accessible in that city.

Some months after I move to Uberlândia - other middle-sized city, bigger than Montes Claros -, I started using the internet. It was 1999. Through Napster (do you remember it?) I discovered music (and advertising videos) from the whole world! I had a teacher who worked renting movies, that time, and she had movies which were not american blockbusters. Can you imagine my happiness walking through those corridors full of movies never exhibited in my native town? If you have this lifestyle you can.

One year and a half after to conclude my bachelor degree I gave a step further and moved to Porto Alegre. One of the biggest cities in the south of Brazil. The other cities are in the southeast, in the state of Minas Gerais. Porto Alegre is the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The first apartment I lived there was just a few meters distant from a kind of pub where local bands and foreign metal bands used to play. I had a lot of fun there and I met many bands from various countries. I must say my main goal in Porto Alegre was to have access to theatre and to international shows. I didn't enjoy theatre there, maybe because I was too enchanted with all those bands I didn't knew (and many others I loved!). During the time I was there I also knew a bit about the local culture, traditions and local music. I learned to drink chimarrão! Some day I'll learn to prepare it! It's a kind of tea without sugar, worthy trying!

Four years later I came to Curitiba. Here I enjoyed theatre, opera, international shows, cinema (blockbusters, classics and cult movies), museums, I had more time and will to read a lot (in Porto Alegre my rhythm diminished)... I'm almost a specialist in Brazilian culture, and I'm considering next destinations, probably abroad.

During all this time I also practiced cultural tourism, traveling to other places for cultural reasons during some days.

One of my recent birthdays I planned to celebrate in Maldives, but as I couldn't find information on local culture, even asking the hotel manager, I gave up. Beautiful beaches I can find in Brazil, with rich local gastronomy and culture. Have you ever visited the state of Pernambuco? Or Bahia? Fabulous food on both! Splendid beaches and rich local culture too! Recife, Olinda, Cabralia and Salvador are some places you'll find this marvelous combination of great food, rich culture and beautiful beaches. Eat "bolo de rolo" in Pernambuco and "bobó de camarão" in Bahia.

Now you know a bit about my experiences as a nomad, share yours with me. If you're not a nomad, tell me about the place you live, the local culture, local food and natural beauties.

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Nycka, the Nomad