Random Thoughts

Random thoughts on the way home.

When you factor in airplanes, airports, cabs and time changes it will have taken us 29 hours to get home - Rio to New York to Toronto to Wpg with 5-6 hr layovers in both New York and Toronto - will be about as sharp as a bowling ball by the time we make it.

It took 1 hr and 15 minutes to fly from New York City to Toronto. It took 1 hr and 40 minutes by cab to get from our hotel in Rio to the Rio airport. Big city.

Went looking for Havianas  (Brazil's popular beach footwear) - found a store that had them up to size 27. I have snowshoes smaller than that!

Temp when we left Rio +38*C - approx temp when we get home tonight -20*C. That's a 58 degree difference. I suspect that will get my attention as soon as I set foot outside the airport. I can feel my tan falling off in fright.

Noticed that generally Brazilians have not embraced body tattoos. Most of the ones you see are on tourists.

Brazil will host both the World Cup of Soccer and the summer Olympics in the next 4 years. They have a lot of work to do. Stunningly beautiful city and friendly energetic people but crazy traffic jams and inconsistent signage with little translation to other languages.

We have been away for 30 days and whenever we come back from major trips like this Margaret and I are always struck not only by the amazing new things we have seen and learned about but also by the people we have met. Looking back on it there is probably nothing we would have changed.

Margaret & Harry