Ola, I´m back. So here´s the skinny: We´re in a town of 600,000 people called Sorocaba. These pictures tell the story of the beginning. We got the whole voltage/plug thing figured out for the most part because they have multi region plugs. Skol is one of two beers that I see all over the place. We were greeted at the airport by two of the greatest ladies on planet earth, Andrea and Delma. You´ll see them pop up in pictures in future posts. When we got to the hotel, we took a quick tour of downtown Sorocaba including a visit to a church. I think it was Catholic because they were saying the Lords Prayer (you know, the one that starts, ´´Our Father who art in heaven...´´). Some of us took a quick nap and some of us took longer naps (not calling out anyone who might have been still sleeping while we were supposed to be meeting with the Rotary District Governor. :-) After dinner, we got some help from Andrea and Virigiana with our Portuguese grammer and then it was off to the mall where Melissa´s host has a fruit juice shop in the cafeteria.
For our first full day in town, we visited a newspaper/radio station that is a foundation for a hospital and school. I was hoping to see what happened when I shouted ´´ Stop the presses!´´ but they weren´t running at the time we were there. In the afternoon, we were greeted warmly by the students at the school which the foundation supports. This was my first emotional moment on the trip as it was clear how many people were doing what they had to, to make us not only feel welcome, but special.
Hey... I recognize that beer! Did you try any Chopp (sp?) yet? Ask to try some... I really enjoyed it! :-)
ReplyDeleteNo Chopp yet. Today we had Brahma. I think that the beer drinkers agreed that it had a little more body. Gustoso!
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