It´s a Small World After All

Mia and I safely arrived in Sao Paulo after almost a full day of travel -- it would have been a lot less but the universe thought we needed to circle the city 4 hours before arriving. No worries; it gave me a chance to take another nap!

We both are pleasantly surprised by the city. Beautiful and interesting architecture, plenty of trees and parks, and friendly people. One of my favorite parts so far is that people don´t speak English to us (the slightly obivous foreigners -- is that an oxymoron?), thus forcing us to practice our ever evolving Portugeuse.

Yesterday and today was spent attacking the city with our feet -- we must have walked 20 miles in the past two days. We went to the MASP (an art museum), rented bikes and biked around the big park, went to the Mercado in the city center, and gossiped our hearts out. It certainly is nice to travel with a girlfriend.

We´re staying in a lovely little hostel. There have been a steady influx of travelers to chat with, including someone who went to Mia´s high school in Hawaii (hence the title of the post). I stopped an intense game of Frustration to write this (Mia was kicking my behind -- I was almost happy to stop. Almost.).

But things are good so far. Tomorrow we hop an 8 AM bus to Parati, then off to Rio the next day. We both are very much looking forward to relaxing on the beach.