In October I wrote a post about my new found affection for São Paulo, during which I compared my new home with the town I went to uni in: Hull. It seems my efforts caught the attention of the Hull Daily Mail (the city’s daily newspaper), and they subsequently published an edited version of it in November. Below are PDF copies (I’ve only just received them myself).
For pure amusement (at my expense) check out the fresh-faced young man in the photo, an archived snap from an article I featured in with my refugee football team in 2006. I look about 12 (I was, in fact, 24).
Congrats! It must be very rewarding to see your blog picked up by the media.
Thanks Andrew!
My compliments! This is something you deserved. Your articles are great.
Regina Wielenska
Thanks Regina, your comments and recommendations have very much helped!
Cheers for the mention on the newspaper, men! As for Hull, this is an ugly city! I have been there on business, and it sucks. England as a whole is full of well-organized and well-functioning, but also industrial, lifeless and black-and-white cities, without any color or life. And i think that this reflect on the behaviour of english people, who tends to be humorless, grumpy, full of prejudices and misconceptions about the world outside the island (i don’t know about the other countries on the United Kingdom, i heard that the scots are more friendly). I hope i’ll never have the misfortune of returning to England, but as i work for a company with subsidiares there, ii think that i’ll have to pass trough all that suffering again. As for the rest, this is a good blog, and i expect to here more from your adventures in São Paulo, my home city!
Humourless? Perhaps you just didn’t get it.
I’m glad you’ve treated my home country with as much respect as I have yours (ps. that’s called sarcasm).