The family all loved their gifts! It is funny, Auguste (I think that's how you spell Ze's brother's name) is really like him. The puzzles where you try to get the small silver balls through the maze and into the correct spot that we gave both of them, aparently last night the whole time we were bowlling he was trying to finish the puzzle! I gave both of the other presents to the family. They really liked them and put them in a display case with all sorts of other things from other countries.
The tour was nice, it wasn't really informational, it was more just a walking tour so we could see the city. I'll have to ask about those questions, how many people, main source of business, etc.
Each day I am a little more comfortable with the family and the house. I am kindof starting to learn the ways of their household and how to kindof live like they do and fit in! I have had some nice discussions with Ana. Marcelo doesn't really speak any English but he is nice and I have tried to talk to him a little bit. I have a book on Brazil but I haven't really had any time to look at it, I've been really busy!
On the calling card, I was dialing the same number you dial with their phone to get out of the country, but I guess once you are in the calling card you dont have to dial all that, just the long distance number.
On the city tour we walked through downtown and walked through some local markets and saw where most people who live here shop. Then we walked to the big city park and had lunch and chilled for a while, then walked around the park some more. It was fun, we found an empty swimming pool and we all would start at the shallow end and run to the deep end and then try and climb out. We walked down to a nice lake and saw this strange bird who swam underwater and stuck its head out of the water. I have a picture and it could totally be the lochness monster! We saw a peacock and took pictures of some nice trees and flowers. You know how I like to take thos super close-up ones almost in the flower, I have taken A LOT of those. From there, we walked to a famous house that is kindof modern and rich, and hung out and played some games in the shade on the porch. Then, we walked back to the entrance and the parents picked us up there. We drove back to Quiririm and we are going to swim some and get some ice cream and drive back. We are all meeting for pizza tonight. Tomorrow, we are going to go shopping, hopefully be able to meet up with some other people, and then I believe that we are going to head for their beach apartment. I hope that we can get some fake shopping in. You may be asking what fake shopping is. Well, I will tell you. Fake shopping is when you buy knockoff stuff that is a look alike of designer fashions or expensive stuff. Personally, I want to go fake sunglasses shopping, but hopefully find some fake Diesel (a designer brand like American Eagle, but the stuff is like a 300 bucks for a pair of jeans) while we're at it. I hope that I can email from their beach house, but we'll see about that! More to come soon...
On the calling card, I was dialing the same number you dial with their phone to get out of the country, but I guess once you are in the calling card you dont have to dial all that, just the long distance number.
On the city tour we walked through downtown and walked through some local markets and saw where most people who live here shop. Then we walked to the big city park and had lunch and chilled for a while, then walked around the park some more. It was fun, we found an empty swimming pool and we all would start at the shallow end and run to the deep end and then try and climb out. We walked down to a nice lake and saw this strange bird who swam underwater and stuck its head out of the water. I have a picture and it could totally be the lochness monster! We saw a peacock and took pictures of some nice trees and flowers. You know how I like to take thos super close-up ones almost in the flower, I have taken A LOT of those. From there, we walked to a famous house that is kindof modern and rich, and hung out and played some games in the shade on the porch. Then, we walked back to the entrance and the parents picked us up there. We drove back to Quiririm and we are going to swim some and get some ice cream and drive back. We are all meeting for pizza tonight. Tomorrow, we are going to go shopping, hopefully be able to meet up with some other people, and then I believe that we are going to head for their beach apartment. I hope that we can get some fake shopping in. You may be asking what fake shopping is. Well, I will tell you. Fake shopping is when you buy knockoff stuff that is a look alike of designer fashions or expensive stuff. Personally, I want to go fake sunglasses shopping, but hopefully find some fake Diesel (a designer brand like American Eagle, but the stuff is like a 300 bucks for a pair of jeans) while we're at it. I hope that I can email from their beach house, but we'll see about that! More to come soon...
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