From Alberto, April 12, 2000 |
| Greetings, Here are the photos I promised recently. Cachaca plantation (sugar cane), us drinking cachaca and then following will be some pictures of another day. The pictures are - after 7 shots of cachaca, Johanna, and Lee. Recently, I went to a museum with my mother. Rocks of the mines of the area, big mining state, and also a huge exhibit of bones and skeletons and oil drilling. Also, that set me up for our visit to a local university later in the day where I saw many different schools. The most interesting were the school of dentistry and the school for surgeons where I saw my first cadavers in a while and then many body parts lying around in various states in various rooms. Ugh! We had a lovely dinner last night at the home of Luciano Alves da Nobrega - Deuse who is the past governor of this district. He offered me some cachaca which is 70 years old and we ate and drank and were merry. It was the first time I got to play music for the team the way I usually do - song after song. Also, the Brazilians contributed their songs as well and we ended with some stories. I told my first story in Portuguese (with the help of Irene Aquino) and what a struggle it was! Today we head to the dunes with beach buggies. I hope to overcome a little cold I have due to not sleeping well for a couple of nights. The dog population here is something like todos santos and I have been dreaming of how to kill them all! Hope all's well on your end of things. Alberto |