In the Dallas Airport
2019年9月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Oh, this (relatively new) American flight from Champaign to Dallas is great. Quick, no mess with O´Hare, and we get to Dallas in time to make lots of international connections. Today’s will be toもっと詳しく
Back in Sao Paulo
2019年9月3日, ブラジル ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Our flight was 90 minutes late, which was actually not such a bad thing, since we could sleep a little more than if we had left at 7. There is a new spiffy and very large international terminal at theもっと詳しく
Cold and cloudy but a fun day
2019年9月4日, ブラジル ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Katy arrived this morning, just as we were going into a late breakfast. Once she was all settled, we headed out to walk for several hours, back to our old apartment. This time the “zelador”もっと詳しく
All over town
2019年9月5日, ブラジル ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Another cloudy drizzly day. We decided to go to the Oscar Americano Foundation, the estate of a business magnate who donated his modernist home to the city for preservation as a garden and museum. Weもっと詳しく
USP and MASP (oospee and maspee)
2019年9月6日, ブラジル ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today was the trip to the university. That’s where Katy’s school, Joe’s department, and my institute were. We made it to the first two (my choice).
After all the visits we headed to the mainもっと詳しく
Parks and Markets
2019年9月7日, ブラジル ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Well, last night someone came up to me in a restaurant and asked if he could take a picture with me. He thought I was the Brazilian women’s soccer team coach. My kids think we are dopplegangers, Iもっと詳しく
On to Rio
2019年9月8日, ブラジル ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We sadly said goodbye to dear daughter, who is staying another day in Sao Paulo to see friends, and hopped on a short flight to Rio. At the airport, a group of about 5 was obviously talking about me,もっと詳しく
Sugar Loaf and being a beach bum
2019年9月9日, ブラジル ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Joe’s rich pasta dish last night must have not been the best choice, or maybe the tap water did it, but for whatever reason, we had a very late morning start. I took advantage and walked a few milesもっと詳しく
Back in full tourist mode
2019年9月10日, ブラジル ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Last night I was once again mistaken for the women’s soccer coach. I looked her up and see that she was a very controversial hire and has not done anything good for the Brazilian team. Currentlyもっと詳しく
Downtown Rio
2019年9月11日, ブラジル ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We had a vague plan when we left this morning. First stop, the Museu do Arte do Rio, in an old train station, Interesting collection, fun to visit, and with a great view from the sixth floor rooftop!もっと詳しく
Folklore and Presidents
2019年9月12日, ブラジル ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We had a really nice combination of things to do today. First to the folklore museum — nice artifacts, but for me the highlight was the cute groups of school kids. Then a short walk to the formerもっと詳しく
Feijoada Flop
2019年9月13日, ブラジル ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Joe kept insisting he had to have a feijoada. It’s the “typical” Brazilian meal, a pot filled with all kinds of meats, surrounded by plates of mantioc flour, collard greens, orange slices,もっと詳しく
Time to head home
2019年9月14日, ブラジル ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
We had one last walk on Copacabana beach, time in the fitness center😄, a visit to the Museum of Modern Art, and a stroll around the WWII monument and the yacht club, with a cloud-covered Sugar Loafもっと詳しく













































































旅行者Excellent!! Looking forward to following your travels on Penguins, and especially to *finally* meeting up for lunch when you get back! Have a wonderful time!!
旅行者Happy Birthday!