After a (relatively) short 10.5 hours in the air, which consisted of Texas Hold'em, Sudoku, and chess (which I kept losing at miserably) half of the new Robocop movie, and the entire "The Breakfast Club" movie we landed at the oddly built Sao Paulo airport, where we had a 5 hour layover (which included a horrible hour and a half in a baggage claim line) in which we sat, talked and rested in this awesome little restaurant called "Balloon Comfort Food" and while I didn't eat anything other than an Animal Cracker given to me by Colleen, the food one of my other group members ordered smelled amazing. Around 11 am we checked our bags (horrible hour and a half of hell) and then headed onto our small plane to Navegantes, which is about a half hour outside of Blumenau. We were greeted by loud cheers and smiling faces in the form of some of our Brazilian students, and the lethargy we had only minutes ago been feeling disappeared amidst joyous laughter and hugs. I finally met 5 of my awesome Brazilian students, one of which gifted me the coolest Brazilian Soccer styled scarf (which I am sure will make many an appearance on this blog soon) and a chocolate~cashew candy bar, which I am super excited about. After about 30 minutes of hugs and photo's we got into our van, and headed out.
After a small tour of Blumenau with our awesome Brazilian coordinator Susana, and our futbol crazy driver we arrived at our hotel. We decided to clean up and unpack a bit before having a group dinner in the Hotel restaurant, which while overpriced was quite nice. My Filet Mignon sandwich was very good, and the fries were very fresh (fyi: Brazilian Ketchup, spelled catsup, is delicious. It isn't as sweet as our familiar american Heinz brand but it tastes of fresh tomatoes and has a very nice tart ending). After our group dinner we headed our own ways, ready to rest up for a day of fun in Blumenau tomorrow! Boa Noite everyone!
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