Word from Lisa
Okay, I am gonna type some musings first and add the pics in another blog so that if one messes up it doesn't affect the other. SO, we are in Apucarana. The city is on a steep hill. It reminds me a bit of San Francisco, and the views at any given intersection are gorgeous. That said, all my photos that I will be posting are mostly face shots with little actual Brazilian background. Because you know how I like to pose.
When we first arrived in Apucarana we visited the newspaper, and our photo was published the next day. All of you who know about our myspace paparazzi phenomenon will find it humorous that the next day photographers actually showed up to photograph me trying on shoes at a local shoe store. (I bought two pair. They are awesome. And Val talked talked them down to $145 reis instead of 175.) At any rate, the photo appeared in today's paper. Hilarious.
Last night we did another presentation at a Rotary meeting. Since the meeting was on a Saturday night, they had a dance after. SO, I got to practice my Samba skills some more. Fun, fun. Also during dinner, Roz and I took inventory of all the nicknames we have given people here. So far we have The Man, El Presidente, Willy Wonka, Mr. Soprano, Meg Ryan, David Hasselhoff, Michael Jackson's lawyer, El Meshicano, and Jude Law (the mayor's son, whom we hope to see again).
We are also starting to keep a list of silly things that have come out of our mouths, like "Um, did you guys come in the VW bus?" and "I just took a shower in glacier melt." Some of the others aren't fit for publication.
Okay, I will now attempt to post photos. The house I'm at right now has a super fast connection, so hopefully this will work. And then I am going to chill in the sauna. Oh, this is the life.
When we first arrived in Apucarana we visited the newspaper, and our photo was published the next day. All of you who know about our myspace paparazzi phenomenon will find it humorous that the next day photographers actually showed up to photograph me trying on shoes at a local shoe store. (I bought two pair. They are awesome. And Val talked talked them down to $145 reis instead of 175.) At any rate, the photo appeared in today's paper. Hilarious.
Last night we did another presentation at a Rotary meeting. Since the meeting was on a Saturday night, they had a dance after. SO, I got to practice my Samba skills some more. Fun, fun. Also during dinner, Roz and I took inventory of all the nicknames we have given people here. So far we have The Man, El Presidente, Willy Wonka, Mr. Soprano, Meg Ryan, David Hasselhoff, Michael Jackson's lawyer, El Meshicano, and Jude Law (the mayor's son, whom we hope to see again).
We are also starting to keep a list of silly things that have come out of our mouths, like "Um, did you guys come in the VW bus?" and "I just took a shower in glacier melt." Some of the others aren't fit for publication.
Okay, I will now attempt to post photos. The house I'm at right now has a super fast connection, so hopefully this will work. And then I am going to chill in the sauna. Oh, this is the life.
posted by Doug Risser at 1:43 PM
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