Where better to watch your team play in the Round of 16 than in Salvador, the birthplace of Carnival, where the party never seems to cease. We were up against the...

I crashed a Mexican fiesta my first night in Recife, Pernambuco in northeast Brasil. They were celebrating their victory over Croatia and advancing into the knockout round. 7 of us piled...

Charles Miller introduced the game of Footbol to Brasil at the end of the 19th Century and its popularity spread quickly. Futebol, as it is written in Portuguese, is a source...

Chris and I baked 2 apple pies to thank our gracious hosts and in the spirit of The World Cup shaped the top crusts as the US and Brasilian flags. Jesica...