Brasilia

Greetings from Sao Paolo!

After a pretty uneventful 10 hour flight, I arrived safely in Brazil and was able to breeze through customs. It made me wonder why customs was so difficult in my home country. No one even asked if I had anything to declare or what I was coming in for. It was another fun experience, this time with friendly Brazilian faces welcoming me into the country.

First thing Nil´s family wanted to do was feed me ... it felt like I´d come home. After repeatedly telling them that I wasn´t hungry after South African Airlines food, they went out to Habib´s and brought food back for me to taste. I thought it was fun that my first meal in Brazil was from a fast food place called "Habib´s".

Nilceia´s family is great ... I feel so bad for them (and myself) because they want so bad to communicate with me, but my Spanish is rusty and when I´m tired Portuguese is really difficult to understand. Nil´s niece Estér doesn´t quite understand that I only understand a little Portuguese. When I answer her questions in Spanish it fuels the fire. She's a cutie who asked how to say "can I give you a hug?" in English so she could do it.

I´m at the beginning of three weeks in this beautiful country, and am glad for the opportunity to step out of the frustrations of South Africa for a while. Ahhh, holidays!