Day 6

First inventory in Brazil = serious unpleasantness. Good news is, room for improvement. I didn't blog last night because I worked until 10pm. Slept till 11 this morning then went to a food and drink festival "Festa da Cachaca" with the Todd family. Food was good, I had what I think was lamb with rice, pineapple, sautéed onions, star fruit,  and potatoes. It was challenging to order at the booth I was at because no one working there spoke English and my Portuguese is sad at best. But, I successfully got food. I saw a flock of parrots fly by but it was too fast for a pic. I enjoyed until what I'm guessing was a traditional Brazilian music act started... It kind of sounded like they were playing together for the first time. Pics of festival below.

Did my first load of laundry tonight... In my head I was going to do all week's today. Um, that doesn't work without a dryer. I will be doing at least one load in the middle of the week going forward. I'll have to come up with a system to be sure I don't wear the same thing twice in one week :)

Soooo it's really, really hard to not speak the language y'all! Every little thing becomes difficult... Shopping, eating out, getting internet service installed, using the washing machine, working... EVERYTHING you do at home without missing a beat becomes a challenge. I am speaking a teeny tiny bit of  Portuguese but when people are talking I generally have no idea what they are saying other than catching a few words. Fortunately, Brazilians are really really nice and as soon as I say I don't speak Portuguese they slow down and work with me. And thank the lawd for Google Translate!

Festa da Cachaca

I've never seen actual growing poinsettias

News interview in progress... But really pic of these chicks in their spike heels in the sand

Avery cheesin' it up

The Todd's who have been so nice to me

And the first laundry experience

Aye aye aye...

Like my fancy new dryer??