We have touched down in the lovely Rio de Janeiro airport. Nothing out of the ordinary has happened as of yet except for the fact that we are thousands of miles from home in a strange foreign country. The flights here were pretty easy this time as opposed to the 20 hours to Thailand last year. Slept most of the way. We aren’t done yet with planes yet though.
Going to hang out at the airport for five or so hours and then catch a plane to Salvador. According to Peter Robb, author of the book A Death in Brazil, Salvador is the most African city in the western hemisphere. This is because it was the slave trading capital of Brazil, supplying workers to the sugar cane plantations until slavery was outlawed in 1888.
So far, just from hanging out and ordering beers in the airport, we have learned that people don’t speak a lot of English here so it is very important to learn some Portuguese. I have learned “Queria Cerveja” or “I’d like a beer.” I got a beer called Brahma.
First impressions of Brazil? Probably shouldn’t base them on the airport, but so far I know the beer tastes good, malty, light, and very carbonated. Haven’t seen very many muy bonita senoritas yet but we’ll see how it goes.
Going to hang out at the airport for five or so hours and then catch a plane to Salvador. According to Peter Robb, author of the book A Death in Brazil, Salvador is the most African city in the western hemisphere. This is because it was the slave trading capital of Brazil, supplying workers to the sugar cane plantations until slavery was outlawed in 1888.
First impressions of Brazil? Probably shouldn’t base them on the airport, but so far I know the beer tastes good, malty, light, and very carbonated. Haven’t seen very many muy bonita senoritas yet but we’ll see how it goes.
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