Two Beers and a Pretzel

I took a long exposure of Porto Alegre at night with the G9:

Then my aunt’s younger sister came by after midnight to take me out for a few hours to a live music Samba bar with her friends.  They all spoke some English, so we could communicate pretty well.  We got the fundamentals down…

hello  =  olá

beer  =  cerveja (cer-vay-cha)

thank you  =  obrigado (ob-ree-ga-do)

bathroom  =  banheiro

I’m sorry  =  desculpe

you got your chocolate in my peanut butter  =  tens o meu chocolate em manteiga de amendoim

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Tonight is the big Christmas party, then tomorrow we’ll be on the road all day to Florinopolis.  I’m not sure about out web access, so if I don’t get online….

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

My Christmas present to myself..  I’ve already lost 16.5 pounds since I left home 6 weeks ago and more than 22 pounds since I quit work!!  At this rate, by the end of this trip I may hit my college weight from back when I was on the University of Cincinnati rowing team.