After a breakfast of papaya, today we walked through the neighbored to a street fair that is held every weekend in Campinas. There were lots of booths with handicrafts, artists, food and music. I did some good shopping and bought some typical Brazilian flip flops for myself - unaccountably called ´Hawaiians´. The straps are very decorated with beads and sparkly things. Lindemberg says they make me look like a native. Picked up some presents for some of you and enjoyed the mood and the weather. The weather here is very much like winter in Phoenix, with less pollution. The skies are bright blue and there are few clouds. Since the apartment is on the tenth floor, we have a good view. It is a lovely home with four en-suite bedrooms and many balconies.
We also visited a typical grocery store Paõ de Azucar, which means sugar bread. The grocery store was very similar to stores in the states, but the packaging were much smaller. Beer and coke are purchased by the can or the bottle - which is a nice sign of moderation after our meat binge yesterday.
Nanda is napping, Thiago is playing his hand held Pokeman video , Monica and Lindemberg are making salmon for lunch. Lunch is the main meal of the day. This afternoon, USA (the underdog, of course) is playing Brazil for the World Cup in soccer and we must watch. We are having a very relaxing time and enjoying the pace of life here. Tomorrow we fly to Rio (pronounced Hio). My Spanish is hopelessly scrambled with Portuguese and it should be an adventure.
Tchau.
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