Hi all,I have finally decided to take the plunge and move from Belfast to Brazil,me and my fiancee (Brazilian) are getting married in Brazil in April and we have decided to live in Brazil instead of Ireland,with a bit of luck I should be there in about 4 or 5 weeks time.
There has been a lot of soul searching about this but I believe it is the right move,I’m both excited,nervous and a wee bit scared lol,but you are only here once so what the heck!
I’ll be taking my whistles,guitar and banjo with me,so if anyone has any tips on taking instruments onto planes please feel free to share them…obrigado.
Not that Norn Iron isn’t a nice place these days, but anything that gets you away from Belfast is a good thing in my book.
I understand Eunectes murinus can become irritated with banjo music, who knew snakes could even hear.
Best of luck with the whole effort! I hope you find it the best move of your life. Congratulations!
Fair play to ye boy..a huge move is an understatement.
I thought that “From Clare to here” was bad enough but there is a new song in the offing now.
Best of Luck Bro..
Slan,
D. 
Thanks for all the kind words,it’s the third biggest city in Brazil and it doesn’t even have an irish bar!,will have to play a few tunes in a couple of botecos 
Congratulations and happy expatting. I took the relatively easy route and didn’t have to change language 
Much, anyway.
Advice: don’t pee in the water. There are invisible fish in Brazil that will swim up the stream of pee and get into your man organ where it chews at your insides and gets you infected.
(I’m not making this up.)
Come on! these are cute little guys.
I’m sure you’d change your mind if you’d had one in your penis! That picture must be greatly magnified because the fish are so tiny they’re translucent and invisible to the naked eye.
Ah ha! The infamous bloodsucking catfish! Look up “candiru” in Wikipedia for some excellent links.
This one . . . http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2288/can-the-candir-fish-swim-upstream-into-your-urethra-revisited . . . has a link to photos of one. Which will convince you that they’re not necessarily “invisible.”
“Belfast to Brazil” trumps them both.
Been a while since I heard Galway to Elvis…great as it is.
That version was a bit..well..ye know..
I’l leave it to you to sort out the first verse…and the structure, of Belfast to Brazil.
FFS..No Jazz…
No marching rhythms.. and if I hear a Lambeg…
Slan,
D. 
Drat! Another heroic effort to change the topic foiled! 
I wish y’all well on the big move. Gee I can’t even imagine something like that.
RT
You surely have the heart in the right place 
and I wish you two all the luck in the world!
Your love for her will overcome the things you will have to face on this move.
Be blessed on this trip.
berti