Speaking Portuguese around the World
When you learn a foreign language, you become a citizen of the world.
Planning a Trip to Salvador
Since Salvador is the origin of so much of Brazilian culture, especially music, the site would be of interest to anyone thinking about visiting Brazil. Take a look.
Other learning sites of Portuguese
Brazilpod
Here is a site that presents Portuguese exercises in video format with PDF transcriptions and translations. The material is free for use by anyone.
Semantica-Portuguese
Here is a link that in my opinion is an excellent supplemental site for learning Portuguese with Maria.
Sites for Brazilian music
Here is a online app that will boost your interest in the Portuguese language. Bossa Nova, Brazilian Jazz and more contemporary artists will guide the way.
Traveling to Rio de Janeiro
Here is a place to begin. I have not yet used this site for a visit to Rio. If you use it to visit Rio, please tell me what you think
Extended Reading
Opening a newspaper in Portuguese is an excellent daily exercise even if at the beginning you have to limit yourself to the headlines. El País, elpais.com, has an excellent, award-winning, Brazilian edition. The most prestigious newspaper in Brazil is: Folha de S. Paulo, folha.uol.com.br. It is a subscription site but you can read the headlines. Carta Capital, cartacapital.com.br, a weekly magazine, is always worth a look and the articles are free to read. Of course, there are many other news and opinion sources in Brazil, Portugal, and the other Portuguese speaking countries.