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... Regierungspalast des Bundesstaates Pernambuco, Rathaus von Recife, das alte Kino São Luiz und das Denkmal von Castro Alves (?). Zum Abschied haben wir am letzten Abend im Restaurant Barretos in Jardim Paulista bei Pizza und Bier noch mehr Fotos geschossen. Vater Breno, Tante Nise, Cousine Carlinda + Tochter und die gesamte Familie aus Jardim Paulista haben uns am nächsten Tag zum Flughafen begleitet, wo wir einen netten Abschied hatten.

... half measure.. Anyways I didn~t want to add to the confusion that was already there so it´s easier this way. Anyway.. The next day Tracy and I sat outside the pousada, got drunk on Caiperinhas and watched the carnaval go by. It was amazing. We had a blast, interacting with the vendors, playing volley ball with baloons. A lot of the vendors gave us stuff for free as they said we were fun to be around and we just accepted gracefully and stuffed our faces with more ...

... cute. I also called this entry the empererors new clothes as our price with chameleon keeps going up, ´oh no´says Sylvia the costume mistress ´that price was without the shoes´... and we pay $R20 more. `oh no´ says sylvia again ´the shoes are not $R20 they are actually $R28´ and so it goes. Tracy and I just take it and pay it. They~ve had a really hard time recently and have lost their studio and actually are working out of sylvias house... We got our costumes today ...

Woke up to another gorgeous, sunny day in Olinda. We had breakfast downstairs and pondered what we were going to do today...not much different from yesterday. Olivia was going to sit in the sun in the morning! Taj on the other hand was determined to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art...and luckily it was open! Although Taj was semi-interested in the art, he was more concerned with the very old bars on the windows and massive ...

... sees the sun. Read for way too much info re the process. So excellent I have had it twice since. That night, I checked out Negra Terca (Black Tuesday), a weekly event of free, mostly African (as this is the area of Brazil most influenced by slave immigration in the 17th and 18th Centuries) based music held at a large square downtown, with cheap drinks and food being sold at stands and bars surrounding the plaza. A good idea, if I ...

... mentioned. Oh, and Louise started teaching me to drive a stick last night. This is something that I have always wanted to learn, but have never really had the opportunity. I hope to be driving her around soong. I feel bad with her driving me everywhere. However, I will have to step up my toughness to drive on Brazilian roads. Drivers here are nuts. (Written in Louise's handwriting because she was sitting next to me as I was writing and wanted to ...

... like movements, so I just made them punching and defending movements!. It worked a treat and I got in a few good ones, (very liberating). At one point the crowd turned and we went from a parade of 200 strong to one line, with the security guards either side. I have never been so squashed in my life. The security guards did very well, and our group bonded well, keeping connected and upright, but at one point I was so squashed I ...

... and it was good to complete my promise. Last year I did a ceremony in Australia for Iemanja - in the ceremony you basically manifest your year, what you ask for the year to come, what you promise to give back in return, and how you will know it has arrived. Last year I asked to come to Brazil safely and to meet the right people, to have the experiences I´m having and to be welcomed as a local - it is so, it is what is happening for me. So because my wish was granted ...

... Crow's Nest to have a Wang Wang or six - a variation on a Long Island Iced tea. Edith joins us in sufferance. Irene surprises us by having a Wang Wang as well but only manages half before Edith dragged her away. It's been a really stressful day, I haven't handled it well, and somehow Al has managed not to hit me. I believe we had some words and I headed back down to the room and wake up out on the verandah covered in one of our deck blankets ...