Another Day in Paradise

So anyway, yesterday I mentioned that I'd been into the center of town and visited this huge cathedral, ultra modern, and said I'd add a picture or two.

Well, I forgot the pics so here a couple are. You can get a sense of the size, and then when you see the interior, you realize just how big it is inside. A LOT of cement.

I guess God invented cement too.

NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T

So as quickly as I got a Portuguese Tutor, I lost her. My first lesson was supposed to be today, but se cancelled, saying she got a full time job and good luck.

Well, I'll show her good luck. :)

It's back to the LOOKING BLOCK...or maybe I just dedicate MYSELF to finding Brasilians friends that will correct my speech...that's always an option--and cheaper.

BRAS-ODITIES

1. In the US it's Uncle Ben's Rice. Here it's Uncle Johns. Why, who knows?

2. Almost every fruit here is bigger than the US, EXCEPT bananas. They are 1/2 the size, and not as Perfect in color as in the US. And not any more tasty.

3. In NYC, there is a nail salon or a bank on every corner. Don't ask me why. HERE, they still have a lot of banks, but instead of nail salons, there's a mattress store. There are more mattress stores than people to sleep on them, I think. I find that VERY humerous. What kind of a distribution strategy is that?

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

I took MEG, the resident Dog of the house for walk today along Copacabana Beach. Paulo, her owner was sick in bed, so I helped out a bit. She's so cute...a Jack Russel, and smart, yet obedient. She's like 10 years old, but still appears like she's a puppy, so lots of cooing by the ladies that walk by.

She's fun-- BUT SHEDS A LOT...ugh, thank God for vacuums.

CHANGE THE CHANNEL

So our TV ONLY gets Portuguese speaking stations. I'm forced to watch them or nothing, and some shows I get like 80 percent of what's going on...Others, less. But the news, I can get pretty much everything. I think it's true the world over the TV announcer anunciate VERY WELL.

God bless em.

Chovendo hoje a noite.