...and, by extension, my home. And Azul´s, of course.
I leave Rio early tomorrow morning bound for San Francisco. Unfortunately my trip will not be very efficient in terms of travel. I have an 11-hour layover in Guarulhos (ticket booked purposefully this way due to recent chaos in Brazil´s air traffic) but have convinced friends from São Paulo to come out to the airport and keep me company. Then I fly via Miami, which nobody bound for the west coast deserves. Oh, well. I am flying on a free ticket so I´m not going to complain further.
My time here has been great, but I am overwhelmed...by the city´s social differences, by the violence (which thus far I have escaped), by hanging out with street kids at Praça XV as part of Jenna´s outreach work, by seeing old friends from business school and seeing how our lives are increasingly different and lack common ground, by the heat, by the casa rosa and all the attention it needs, by our caretaker who has multiple health problems, by how much I love it here and am still, perpetually, leaving.
Phew.
Rico´s mom is taking me to Barra Shopping in a bit to get my sized-wrong engagement ring fitted so that it doesn´t slide off my forefinger. After that, I plan on checking out for the night and watching the novelas with Rico´s mom and grandma.
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O dia 25 de Abril de 1974 foi o dia do derrube da ditadura fascista em Portugal, a chamada REVOLUÇÃO DOS CRAVOS, e a queda do (poder) dos inimigos do povo. 25 de Abril, sempre.
Day 25 of April of 1974 was the day of it knocks down of the dictatorship fascist in Portugal, the call REVOLUTION OF the flowers, and the fall of the power of the enemies of the people. 25 of April, forever!
يوم 25 نيسان 1974 كان يوم تقرع عليها من الديكتاتوريه الفاشيه في البرتغال والدعوة للثورة الزهور ، وسقوط سلطة أعداء الشعب. 25 نيسان ، الى الابد!
День 25 апреля 1974 года, в день он постучит в воздухе фашистской диктатуры в Португалии слово О РЕВОЛЮЦИИ цветы, и падение власти враги народа. 25 апреля, навсегда!
Le jour 25 d'avril de 1974 était le jour de lui frappe vers le bas du fasciste de dictature au Portugal, de la RÉVOLUTION d'appel des fleurs, et de la chute de la puissance des ennemis du peuple. 25 d'avril, pour toujours !
Tag 25 von April von 1974 war der Tag von ihm klopft unten vom Diktaturfaschisten in Portugal, von der Anruf REVOLUTION der Blumen und vom Fall der Energie der Feinde von den Leuten. 25 von April, für immer
25天41974年的一天,它拍下來的法西斯獨裁政權,葡萄牙 號召革命的鮮花,秋天的權力得到人民的敵人. 25日,永不停息
I hope you continue to travel well...
Glad you had a nice time in Rio.
Your plan of watching novelas with you future mother in law as insipred me to do extra arabic study so I can do the same with my M.i.L.
Have a safe journey.
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