Why Brazil and not somewhere else?

Through my daytime gig, I've seen beautiful beaches in Costa Rica, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Nice, Mexico, Venice, and Cape Town, and its not just the beaches.  I've gone to wonderful outdoor markets, in each cities and many more but its not just the markets.  I exhale in Brazil, I forgive myself, and let go of the control and expectations that I've tortured myself with for much of my life, and I can just enjoy.  Control and expectations are a part of any upwardly mobile civilization, however in Brazil, and Rio specifically for me, I seem to be able to slow down.  As my "PAPA" (my mother's father) would always tell me, "Rita! hurry up and slow down."  Even to monitoring how many sheets of toilet paper I use in the bathroom; instead of in typical "Ugly American fashion" rolling off as much as I feel entitled to use...I slow down and appreciate many small things that I enjoy in Brazil.