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Oi gente!

I have been travelling for several months in Brazil (I’m loving it) and finally made my way to Rio.

I’ve been here for the last week and though I’ve had some great moments and met some great people I’ve been struck by how, in general, it feels like Cariocas are a bit distant or less immediately warm?

I speak Portuguese fluently, and have both done the tourist thing and also ventured out to less gringo areas. But compared to many other places I’ve been, including the infamously “cold” South, and hustle-bustley Sao Paulo, I’ve had a hard time making good connections here. Everywhere else I’ve been making friends on the street, out at parties, at the beach… but here I approach peop

Honestly, I’m probs gonna come across as a bit of an idiot, but I’m back in Sydney after a good 10 years of living abroad (in Europe) and I’ve forgotten how we actually function when it gets this hot.

Is it normal to leave the house if you don’t have to, or is everyone just cooped up in air con?

Is it weird that I’m contemplating going down to the beach to jump in the ocean, is this only a thing a tourist would do in almost 40 degrees?

I have been gone for too long and don’t remember what the accepted game plan is for Sydneysiders 😆 Help!

Hey folks,

I’m back home in Sydney after ~10 years abroad, mostly in Europe. Usually when I have visited I’m doing family stuff and don’t have much time to eat out, but now that I’m back I’m looking to rediscover the Sydney food scene.

What are your “must-do” Sydney food experiences? I’m based between the inner west and North Sydney but I’ll happily go anywhere for a good feed. If you had to recommend one restaurant or food in the city for someone who’s been away for ages, what would you choose?

I’m pescatarian so slight preference for places that aren’t fully meat focused.

Thanks! :)

Me and my boyfriend have been together over a year. We met in the same city and then I began to move around for work so a significant part of that time has been long distance and during long distance we were in an open relationship, which worked well for us both. Now we are both back living in the same city and are largely monogamous - we've agreed that we are allowed to send nudes to people we sext with online if we want and allowed to kiss someone at a club if the opportunity arises. We've talked these rules through a lot, have experimented with them successfully and generally I feel good about them.

My boyfriend told me this morning that last night, a friend of mine (not enormously close

I've just woken up because of jetlag and can hear kookaburras squawking and have come out and sat on the balcony to enjoy the back garden.

I know the case numbers here are concerning and I know it's not the best of times but it's been three years since I've been gone, two years of which I was locked out of the country while my dad was going through cancer, and I'm just so, so fucking happy to be home and with him and together celebrating the holiday season.

I made it. He made it. I'm so grateful.

Happy Boxing Day!!

I'm going to write this in French so all the beginners out there can get some reading comprehension practice. I'll try to be as grammatically correct as possible! Also, keep it up, French is awesome.

Bon, alors je sais pas s'il y a d'autres gens qui ont eu le même problème mais j'ai ras le bol de ce French Tree et carrément je suis sur le point de l'abandonner.

Je suis anglophone mais je me considère quand même assez fort en français vu que je l'ai appris quand j'étais étudiant au lycée en Suisse. Alors je dirais pas que je le parle couramment mais je me débrouille pas mal, je me socialise facilement, je lis sans problème etc. Bref... J'utilise le french tree des fois pour me rafraîchir l

Salut à tous,

J'ai croisé ce mot pour la première fois il y a quelques jours, et j'ai décidé de faire une toute petite enquête autour de son usage dans la langue française. J'avais l'impression que peut-être ce concept de 'dépaysement' était négatif, étant donné les definitions que j'ai trouvées dans certains dictionnaires bilingues (uprootedness, disorientation, feeling culturally alienated, defamiliarised, unbelonging)...pourtant quand je cherche des articles de presse, je ne trouve que des exemples plutôt positifs. On voit 'dépaysement agréable/total/garanti/assuré', comme c'est bienvenu et tant voulu.

Alors ma question - qu'est-ce que ça veut vraiment dire, 'dépaysement', et diriez-vou