ExPatNoBrasil · S1 Ep. 01
Mercadão
The big municipal market: the famous counters, unfamiliar fruit, and what a first visit costs.
Chapters
One place at a time.
Past Customs is built in chapters. Each place gets its own series, its own guides, and an honest look at what daily life involves. Chapter 1 is Brasil, filmed as the series ExPatNoBrasil.
Chapters
Chapter 1 · Now showing
Brasil
ExPatNoBrasil · Seasons 1–10
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Chapter 2
The next chapter
To be announced.
ExPatNoBrasil · Season 1
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ExPatNoBrasil · S1 Ep. 02
A Supermarket in Bela Vista
Aisle by aisle: what is cheap, what is imported, and what I gave up looking for.
ExPatNoBrasil · S1 Ep. 03
Lunch on Faria Lima
The business-district lunch. Plates, prices, and the office crowd at noon.
ExPatNoBrasil · S1 Ep. 04
Padaria Italianinha
An old-school bakery in Bixiga. Coffee at the counter, bread, and regulars.
The format
Every chapter, the same promise
Part 01
A series
Episodes filmed on the ordinary days: markets, rent, lunch, errands.
Part 02
Real costs
Cost breakdowns from receipts, dated when they are published.
Part 03
The basics
Getting around, paying, eating, and the small systems that run a place.
Part 04
Looking back
What I would do differently, written down plainly.