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Visiting Brazil 2
Seeing some of Brazil (Brasil) . . . at Recife
Recife is in the state of Pernambuco.
two, 4' x 8' attached display boards downtown
highlighting culture
Preparing
Before this trip, we'd been seeing photos for almost 4 years already of the Brazilian places our son had already traveled to. COVID-19 locked the country down in his 1st year, & he could cross no country borders for the next years except to come back to the U.S. But he could travel throughout Brazil (an unplanned travel goal) & therefore, has now gotten to a special site in over half of the 26 Brazilian states, plus the capital city, Brasilia (since 1960), which is in a federal zone like the District of Columbia.
As a result, our son prepared all the schedules, places, & travel. By cell phone (w/a Brazilian chip) he ordered all Ubers (less cost, but there's no shortage of taxis), & made all payments with his Brazilian bank account bank card. (Note for travelers: Try to know ahead of time if there will be a fee with your U.S. bank account card or credit card for each transaction you'll make in a foreign country. Ask people you know who travel as to what card they use, costs, etc. Those extra fees add up quickly!)
For many, Brazil & Carnival (the week before the 40 days of Lent) go together.
For Brazilians, the R$-reais (hay-eye') has not been good these past few years. And for Americans working in Brazil & getting paid in "hay eyes," if the employer doesn't keep readjusting to pay the contracted "USD" amount (meaning more R$ to pay out on their part), you're getting short-changed! 2023 is a good time to travel to Brazil because the USD goes 20% further than it did pre-COVID-19, & until October there is no additional Visa.
Planned Collecting
Encourage & compliment your children if it can help them learn.
It's probably been at least 20 years since I began seeing Coca Cola cans "growing" on a bedroom shelf. You never know what might click with someone, but as a history teacher, our son could teach an entire high school semester of world and event history (plus geography) just based off of his Coca Cola cans! It's become a very inexpensive collectible, & I'm amazed that they make it home in great condition in a backpack!
Before You Leave Home
If you're "traveling with a purpose," & by air, many times I suggest packing a cardboard core/tube incase you find a poster or other paper item to roll & get it home in perfect condition. Also, a dozen various-sized plastic zip bags, a box of Kleenex without the box (in a zip bag), rubber bands, bandaids, paper clips, a small spiral notepad & pens, sticky notes, a great book . . . essentials you learn to pack in zip bags for ease of traveling.
Circling the Globe
outside the apartment building in Recife
"Share a Coke with America" . . . should be "Sharing a Coke with the World."
And along came others . . . following the leader . . .
Outback Steak House - Rio
McD's - Recife . . .
with a drive-thru
Coca Cola ad & Subway
We also had Dominoes Pizza and Taco Bell in Rio, plus I saw a Starbucks. In Recife I saw a Pizza Hut, Popeyes, Dunkin Donuts, & KFC in a mall food court.
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