26-09-2007, 12:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-09-2007, 09:04 PM by glen.)
Hello everybody!!!
I'm Brazilian and I live in Melbourne. My boyfriend is Australian and has Australians friends. I like them but, you know, I miss having my friends... I'm 28 years old and I'm from Curitiba. I would like to meet Brazilian people. If you think we might have something in common, Don't exited in contact me! camipvasquez@yahoo.com.br
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Sure hope you find someone fast to find things in common. Is there a big Brazilian community in Australia?
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Curitiba (Portuguese pronunciation: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Portuguese"][kuɾiËtibÉ][/url] or [kuɾiËtÊibÉ]) is the capital city of the Brazilian state of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_(state)"]Paraná[/url]. The city has the largest population and also the largest economy in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Region,_Brazil"]Southern Brazil[/url]. According to the American magazine [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest"]Reader's Digest[/url], Curitiba is the best place to live in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil"]Brazil[/url]. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.8 million people (7th largest nationwide) and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$17 billion (ranking 4th nationwide) according to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBGE"]IBGE[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#cite_note-0"][1][/url][/sup]
Its metropolitan area comprises 26 municipalities [sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#cite_note-1"][2][/url][/sup] with a total population of over 3.5 million (IBGE estimate in 2006).[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#cite_note-metropop-2"][3][/url][/sup] Curitiba is an important cultural, political and economic center in the country. The city sits on a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau"]plateau[/url] at 932 metres (3,060 ft) above sea level. It is located 105 kilometres (65 mi) west of the sea port of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranagu%C3%A1"]Paranaguá[/url] is served by the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_Pena_International_Airport"]Afonso Pena International Airport[/url].
Growth was based on the cattle trade, being half way between cattle breeding country to the South and markets to the North. Waves of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Brazilian"]European immigrants[/url] started arriving after 1850, mainly [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Brazilian"]Germans[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Brazilian"]Italians[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Brazilian"]Poles[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainians_of_Brazil"]Ukrainians[/url], contributing to the economic and cultural development of the city.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#cite_note-3"][4][/url][/sup]
Currently, only small numbers of foreigners migrate to Curitiba, and these are mainly immigrants from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East"]Middle Eastern[/url][sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#cite_note-paimeas-4"][5][/url][/sup] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America"]South American[/url] countries, but there is a substantial inward flow of Brazilians from other [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Brazil"]States[/url] of the country (it is estimated that nowadays about half the population of Curitiba was not born in the city).[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#cite_note-estra-5"][6][/url][/sup]
Curitiba hosts the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_University_of_Paran%C3%A1"]Federal University of Paraná[/url], the first in Brazil, established in Curitiba in 1913, the same year in which electric streetcars were first deployed.
Altough I am from China, I love football of Brazil. one thing in common, haha.
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Woop Woop... Rio will host the summer games in 2016â¼
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Camila...Como estas?
Soy Juan Pablo de Argentina, I am soon to move to Australia and I am looking forward to make some friends from south america before I initiate my trip to the ISland.
I am currently living in Argentina but just moved back from USA after 6 years, now in 4 months I´ll be in Australia and it would nice to have some local friends that can show around and share the same culrure.
Eu te adoro!
Bye
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