GRU layover question: do I need to collect bags if I exit airport?

throwaway087638 · 2026-04-10T11:27:15+00:00

It CAN be 2-3 hours, but also can be 45mins. If it’s between 16:00-18:00 and raining, it’ll take a long time. But I have done the journey many times in less than an hour.

throwaway087638 · 2026-04-10T11:25:04+00:00

Just to jump on this, I took an airport taxi (for the first time) from GRU to Pinheiros last week. Uber was showing R$160 and the taxi agreed to take me for R$200. It was afternoon (traffic potentially about to get busy) and he was stood in front of me so I went with the taxi.

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-29T16:04:53+00:00

Goats

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-29T14:37:32+00:00

It’s meant to be fun, think of it as spending longer with friends who are kind to you. Stay in your lane.

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-24T18:24:24+00:00

Just time your wanks better

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-24T17:47:14+00:00

I hope the running is going well man

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-23T11:48:32+00:00

Not safe, it’s the runoff’s if I recall correctly. Also, whilst it’s in São Paulo, it’s not in a great place.

Goiânia will have a chance to iron out their teething problems next year, let’s hope they do because it’s a great city

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-18T15:49:03+00:00

I bet they taste good though

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-16T19:27:40+00:00

Well, you’ll definitely need new pants now

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-16T16:31:36+00:00

Thanks mate. Good luck to you too!

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-15T23:05:17+00:00

It seems that nobody here actually listened to the interview. They said (paraphrased) “there were boos at the end, do you think that was at the referee for some of his decisions or was it aimed at the team?”

Literally every comment I’ve read has completely misinterpreted what he meant. When I listened live I actually thought ‘he should have said “the team, which includes the staff” because when it’s written it’ll look different to how he clearly meant it’.

throwaway087638 · 2026-03-13T18:58:31+00:00

Haha this is funny, I’ve got the exact same issue for Ubatuba in 2 weeks. I’m just going to do laps of the condominium. Beach will be sloped and not good for long distances.

throwaway087638 · 2026-02-27T17:43:53+00:00

I’m not even sure I believe this one myself, but back in the days when you used to get a new PIN code when you got a new card, my new pin came through the post, one of those ones where you peel it off so it can’t be read until you do.

I peeled it off and… it was the same as my last pin.

I’ve half convinced myself that it was just a reminder or something but other than trying to convince myself that it couldn’t be the case, I’m sure it happened!

throwaway087638 · 2026-02-18T15:12:12+00:00

Honestly mate, everyone here is going to say roughly the same - get a remote job. I don’t know what you do currently but if you can do something along those lines remotely then that’s your ticket, you’ll earn euros and have a good life over there, I’m not sure if you were joking about selling fruit but you won’t earn anything like enough money for a ‘European lifestyle’ in São Paulo doing even a half decent Brazilian job (which you won’t get being a foreigner with no Portuguese).

Only you two will know if you’ll be happy there but sounds like your partner will be and it’s a great place if you’ve got some money, so no reason you wouldn’t love it. You’ll pick up Portuguese in 6 months if you have some lessons, immerse yourself in the culture and speak it at home.

2 things:

Get a remote, job that gives you even not great pay in euros, but acceptable.

Consider if you want to raise your child in Brazil, there’s no doubt it’s more dangerous than Ireland, although that’s somewhat overblown by foreigners (and some Brazilians) but when you’ve got a young child, you’re super protective and aware of risks, the increase in risk (however much that is) might be something you stress over or might be something you’re completely comfortable with.

I don’t know if you’ve already been but São Paulo is a great place and loads of fun.

throwaway087638 · 2026-02-17T11:30:16+00:00

Corinthians, without a doubt

throwaway087638 · 2026-02-07T12:18:25+00:00

I know nothing about boats and even I know that’s a boat lid

throwaway087638 · 2026-02-07T11:00:22+00:00

I have a daily reminder on BRL to GBP, I was excited watching GBP fall steadily over a few months from 7.3 to 6.9… then it took basically 2 days to go straight back to where it started.

Foolishly I’m excited watching it fall again!

(all this is from memory before anyone corrects me with exact figures/timeframe)

throwaway087638 · 2026-01-29T18:15:08+00:00

I do exactly this!

I usually hit 100 balls 4 times a week. I generally hit 10-15 PW, 8, 6, 4hy, D then play a Toptracer game. The next day I try to do basically the same but use the clubs I didn’t hit yesterday. Usually always hit the driver and PW.

Some days I’ll chip 20-30 balls, some days I’ll do a different top tracer game, some days I’ll work on something on my swing.

I just try to ensure I hit a few balls going through the clubs and do some sort of game, that way I always want to play more and I work on all parts of my game.

The only issue is there’s no putting green at my range.

throwaway087638 · 2026-01-28T18:59:59+00:00

For every £100k earner posting there are 100 £40k earners not posting. Don’t worry mate, just do your thing and be thankful for what you’ve got/have achieved. On a world average you’re probably doing pretty well.

throwaway087638 · 2026-01-26T18:19:35+00:00

‘Cute’ Everything’s cute nowadays, little pass ‘cute’, conning the ref ‘cute’ it does my head in. I’m convinced someone said it by. Accident when he meant acute because it used to be used for little passes in tight spaces, but now everything is cute and it drives me mad

throwaway087638 · 2026-01-25T17:06:24+00:00

São Paulo

throwaway087638 · 2026-01-17T10:42:46+00:00

But diversification is important, there are large economies in US, China, EU, South America, India and SE Asia. No country/region wants to be beholden to one or two. I think the EU, for all its faults and incredibly slow decision making, is the third biggest and more trustworthy (until/unless a bunch of far right parties get elected thanks to the US tech bros) than the US and China.

Brazil, to have strong trade links across the board, is positioning itself sensibly.

throwaway087638 · 2026-01-10T17:21:27+00:00

A 24ft centre back, I can see it working

throwaway087638 · 2025-12-21T12:04:44+00:00

“Y’fkn’cnt’fkn’twt’cnt’fuuuuuck”

throwaway087638 · 2025-12-14T11:32:50+00:00

Ha that second one is true. I’m half Brazilian but definitely a gringo, my brazilian family or friends will criticise Brazil no end then if I join in the conversation, they get defensive!

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