Brazil is one of those countries that I fully intended to go to. I even learned quite a bit of Portuguese. Strangely enough, a close Brazilian friend living in the U.S. talked me out of it. He knew me well enough to know that I would be like a fish out of water there. Instead, a free trip to Germany changed my focus completely. From that point on, I only visited Europe. There are still things about Brazil which get my attention, though.