Two Beers and a Pretzel

Goodbye Brazil!!  I’ll be back – there’s so much I haven’t seen, and I made way too many friends.

Lat night we made Grandma’s recipe Lasagna at my uncle’s house, then went out for a milkshake.  Julia met me at the cafe and took me out for a last night on the town with her sister-in-law, her brother Rafael, and another friend who was already at the bar.  We went to Rafael’s house first so Julia could have some dinner, and I got to play his guitar – satisfying a fix I’ve had since the hostel on Ilha Grande.

I have no idea why I’m squinting in that pic, but it’s the only one I got last night, so here you go…

I flew back to Buenos Aires this morning and I’m going to a tango show / dinner tonight (one of the things I didn’t see last time).  I’m currently trying to book an overnight bus to Puerto Madryn (leaving tomorrow) for some whale watching and hiking (and a slim chance of actually seeing orca pods hunting baby seals).

My weight is about even for the last 2 weeks, having eaten a lot of great food lately.   All that food in Gramado, the best Thai place in Porto Alegre (actually ranked the best restaurant of any kind in the city), a few “barru” sandwiches, sushi, etc…  I guess that comes with settling in to a routine tht involves staying up until 6 am every night, and the fact hat there was ice cream in the house.  The next few weeks of travel will include a lot of time on busses, sometimes 2 days on a row, so I should get back to losing weight – simply from not having the opportunity to overeat.

I’m not sure how often I’ll have internet access, so FYI, there may be a few days between updates.