Guests of the Month (December 08)

Katja and Ariel are our Guests of December. They are living in Buenos Aires as Katja is representing SLOvenjia( one of Europe smallest country) in its Embassy of Argentina.
After a visit to the Slovenjian community in Sao Paulo, they spent almost a week in our little castle and had a wonderful time. Ariel is a magnificient guitarist from Havana and was so pleased to meet our little acustic guitar here that he never left her alone..
We are sure K&A will be back very soon, if not we ll have to visit them in Buenos Aires..



Thanks to all our guests of December, we had so many nice and interesting people that has been a very though choice. Starting from next month we ll be dedicating more posts to our precious GUESTS than we ve done untill now, as we ve realized our important C38 has become thanks to all of you that share your time and experience with us. May 2009 be a fantastic year for all of us!

France in Brazil

It might be a coincidence but lately even the French President and his famous Premiere Dame Carla Bruni have spent some time in Rio. Among other business the French Cultural Year in Brazil has been officially opened by Niko Sarko.

The niceset part for C38 has been the encounter with the very special family H, with little Elias running around and playing as home, and the sisters Alma & Marcia manouvering a Macbook like experts. Claire asking for the bakery receipts (banana cake and mango crunch have been on the top of the list) and Prince Arthur H having a sigarette on the terrace-bar.
Arthur H has performed with Lenine in a special event of music for the Brazilian & French Cultural partnership


Another VIP guest has been LOUNA, a young but very experienced traveller and blogger, that has come twice in C38 with her parents Carlos & Cat and we are sure they will be back soon as they are very brazilians and perfectly felt at home with us. Check the VOYAGE of Louna to know their next adventures on the way to Patagonia.

Vive la France au Bresil 2009!!

Merry Xmas folks!

Castelinho38 team is wishing Feliz Natal to all our...present, past and future guests. Have a great Holiday Season, full of joy, happiness, love, peace, harmony and health. Watch your diet then..

Morro de Sao Paulo

RR38: Tango

Salvador by the sea

Many of our guests after visiting Rio de Janeiro decide to go to Salvador de Bahia, former capital of the country in the 18th century, Salvador has a lot to see and to experience.

Beeing the second biggest bay in the world, the sea is always one of the best way to understand the city and its unique location. The ferry terminal, in front of Mercado Modelo(handkraft centre) is a very busy place.

From there you can visit the other islands inside the bay like Ilha de Itaparica and many others destinations, but most of everything it s a perfect way to get away of the crowd and caos of the big cities like this one.


Our recommendation is to stay in the neighborhood of Santo Antonio, just above the port area and practically the natural extension of Pelourinho. Pousada das Flores manager/owner Eric, has just opened a new space called Pousada des Arts, that really worth to be checked out!

From Salvador Ferry terminal the top destination is Morro de Sao Paulo also know as Ilha de Tinharè, just a couple of hours away from Salvador and a confortable (depending on the sea conditions) Catamaran ride.
We ll tell you more about Morro on the next post, now enjoy the views of Salvador by the sea.

Carnival 09 - Sambodrome Rehearsal

Museu Casa do Pontal

With a live performance of Nicholas Krassik in a beautifull garden decorated with wooden furnitures by La Vereda and many important people and authorities presents, was opened last saturday a new area at Museu Casa do Pontal, presenting an amazing exhibition of ceramics from Vale do Jequitinhonha(north of Minas Gerais) called " Afluencias"

The Casa do Pontal is situated on a 12,000 m2 plot of land in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes, near the Barra da Tijuca, between the solid granite stone, Pedra Branca, and Prainha. Approximately 200 folk artists from every region of Brazil have their work covering the second half of the XX Century, represented in the exhibit.
Almost the entire collection is the work of the man who created the Museu Casa do Pontal, Jacques Van de Beuque. Since his death, the collection has continued to be expanded, through its research and travels around the country for the acquisition of new works of Brazilian Folk Artists


The collection of the Museu Casa do Pontal, in public view or stored in a climate controlled environment, is made up of more than 8,000 works of Brazilian Folk Art, counting sculptures, figures, wood carvings, models and mechanized and articulated sets. The works were produced using various different types of materials, such as clay, wood, cloth, sand, iron, aluminum, bread dough, straw and wire.

The star of the night was the 86 years old artist Isabel Mendes da Cunha, a living reference for her art work in Brazil and world wide. The Exihibition will stay on till the 29th of March 2009, to know more about the museum: www.museucasadopontal.com.br

World Water Council

The World Water Council was established in 1996 in response to increasing concern from the global community about world water issues. The Board of Governors of the World Water Council met in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, on November 26-27, 2008. Hosted by the Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA), the meeting focused primarily on the preparations for the World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, March 16-22, 2009.


Mila(in the picture together with Chris) and Carine were key elements for the summit and before going back to Marseille they joined C38 for a few days of rest….even if with the buzzing night life of Rio and Marina s Vernissage they didn t sleep a lot.
It has been a pleasure having you here with us, looking forward to have you again soon, we wish you all the best.
To know more about the water council and its commitments: www.worldwatercouncil.org

Dissolução e Precipitação

A exposição de Marina Marchetti - "Dissolução e Precipitação", que inaugurou no dia 29 de novembro aqui no Castelinho38,vem dar um novo gás a este olhar artístico através da fotografia, como explica a própria artista.



"Esse trabalho enfatiza muito o nosso impulso de ver imagens figurativas em formas abstratas e como cada pessoa vê uma figura diferente, deixando aberta a questão de onde vem essa nossa condição. Será condição ou necessidade? A abstração dessas imagens nos deixam num espaço vazio, sem chão e por serem fotográficas (imagem de um objeto real) isso se torna um incômodo. Ao ver fotografias temos a necessidade de saber 'o que que é isso?', diferente de uma pintura abstrata".


"Dissolução e Precipitação" é uma série de fotografias enigmáticas. Mostram espeleotemas, feições subterrâneas, petromorfos, salares tais como são. Porém, na forma de objeto artístico, toda a rigidez da matéria faz-se parecer abstração permitindo o observador enxergar apenas o que a sua essência tem a mostrar. Variações que dependem de um processo onde em primeira instância ocorre a dissolução da imagem (soluto) na mente (solvente). Em seguida, a fase de precipitação: a solidificação de um significado.


Fotografia e artes plásticas estão caminhando cava vez mais próximas. As galerias cada vez mais têm aberto espaço aos fotógrafos e muitas vezes o valor de uma foto já equivale ao de uma obra. Onde está a fronteira? Marina Marchetti vem dar a sua contribuição para explicitar essa questão tão evidente na arte contemporânea.


Marina Marchetti é pós-graduanda em arte e filosofia pela PUC RJ, graduada em cinema pela Universidade Gama Filho, estudou fotografia na SVA - School of Visual Ates, em Nova York e no ICP - International Center of Photography, também em Nova York. Já participou de 13 exposições individuais e algumas coletivas. Foi assistente do artista plástico Tunga. Teve suas fotos publicadas na capa do livro "Arnaldo Antunes Antologia" da Editora Quasi, Portugal.


Apesar da chuva muitas pessaos illustres do mundo das artes plasticas prestigiaram a abertura da exposicao da Marina. Em destaque a impecavel Sr. Marisa, mae da Marina que nao fiz faltar nada aos convidados e visitantes. A noite foi acompanhada pelos sons dos DJs Alquimix de SP e Nepal do RJ e pelas batidas do barman Franco from Argentina.



"Dissolução e Precipitação". Até 19/01/2009 -Visitação das 11h às 20h

Dia do SAMBA

Hoje e dia de SAMBA! Nossa linda cadela Samba esta de festa..mas a cidade do Rio de Janeiro tambem!!

O cantor Paulinho da Viola vai ser homenageado pela 37ª edição do Dia do Samba, que será comemorado nesta terça-feira (2), partir das 17 horas na Praça Municipal. O evento contará com a presença ilustres sambistas brasileiros, como Benito de Paula, Nelson Rufino, Edil Pacheco, Tuninha Luna, Paulinho Boca de Cantor, Gal do Beco, Viola de Doze, Margareth Meneses e Diogo Nogueira, filho do sambista carioca João Nogueira, entre outros personalidades do samba.

O Dia Nacional do Samba é celebrado dia 2 de dezembro em homenagem ao compositor carioca Ary Barroso, autor da música 'Na Baixa do Sapateiro', e que nesta ocasião esteve pela primeira vez na Bahia. A data foi instituída nacionalmente, já que o gênero musical é considerado o mais popular do Brasil. Aqui no Castelinho38 estaremos sambando.