Stuff Gringos Should Know #1: List of Stuff Gringos Should Know About

This is a bullet list of topics we are going to cover on the blog between now and the wedding. I'll try to address each one in a complete post. Feel free to add content in the comments or to send email to our wedding archive email at "casamentogringo (at) gmail (dot) com"

• air logistics
  
• hotel logistics
  
• visas
  
• vegetarian food (and the lack thereof)
• things that are cheaper in Brazil / things that are more expensive in Brazil
  
• why the city of Sao Paulo is wonderful - but hard to explore
  
• the killer local foodstuffs: acai, pastel, hot dog, paulistano style, bacalhau, carne seca, mortadella sandwiches, cheese bread
  
• food you'll recognize no matter what: steak, chicken, fish dishes
  
• insanely good fruits
  
• chowhounding: comida mineira, feijoada, vatape, acaraje
  
• drinking in sao paulo: caipirinha, beer and wine, cachaca
  
• non alcoholic beverages: sucos, vitaminas, guarana
  
• shopping in sao paulo: havaianas (flip flops), shoes, clothes
  
• why people from Rio and Sao Paulo don't always love each other
  
• beaches in Sao Paulo state
  
• coffee
  
• tourism in and around Sao Paulo
  
• neighborhoods in Sao Paulo
  
• Brazilian BBQ: churrasco
  
• words you need to know in portugese
  
• a calendar of key times and events
  
• printable sheets with instructions to the key places of the wedding