Five Signs that You've Adapted to Nordestina Life a Little Too Well

5. Urban cows do not make you blink.
4. You've started calling everyone querida and amor.
3. You are not surprised that there are forty-two different ways of cooking manioc¹ and you love every single one of them.
2. You take road signalisation Very Liberally.

... and the number one sign that you've adapted to Nordestina life a little too well is ...

1. You tend to find 25°C "a little chilly".


¹ fried; boiled; puréed; floured, toasted and on its own (farofa); as tapioca pudding; as tapioca pancakes; as ice cream; baked into cakes, cookies, and breads; as meringues and no doubt thirty-one additional ways.