The drive down this morning was pretty uneventful - took about 3.5 hours and we didn't hit too much traffic. It was a beautiful day pretty much until we got here, at which point some clouds rolled in. With only a few days here, that wasn't going to stop us. Four of us headed to the beach while one, who got home at 6 am and was in the car with us at 7:45, stayed behind for a nap. I fell asleep on the beach :)
We're all back just relaxing tonight before we head out for, what looks like is going to be, a big night tonight. Hanging in a hammock listening to Jack Johnson. Ahh.
Had a good week in Rio this week. Still enjoying my team and my case. We made some really good progress on the work we're doing and the team dynamic seems to be working well still. Rio is a really beautiful city, though I realized this week that I'm only seeing a pretty small portion of it. Our hotel is in Ipanema and the office is in Jadim Botanico - they're only a couple kilometers apart and Rio is a pretty big city. If we manage to secure a flat for me in Rio (an extended stay type deal where I'd have the place for a month) I will end up spending a weekend or two up there which will give me a chance to explore the city a little more. Looking forward to that for sure.
I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but I've been getting into the habit of jotting notes in my BlackBerry of things that I find interesting, funny or entertaining. I'm glad I'm getting into that because some of my observations provide a lot of entertainment. Either the moment was genuinely funny and I'm happy I captured it or I read it the next day and laugh/wonder what I was thinking writing that down.
One in particular that is very much the former and borderline the latter is:
- "It is like the fifth or sixth gait of an icelandic horse. I just don't have it." I wrote this down in reference to Brazilian dancing.
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