Brazil (I)

Oi gente!
Yep, I still exists :)
So I arrived in Rio two days ago and unfortunately I'll have to leave this beautiful place in two days. But until now I've seen the beautiful beaches of Barra, Ipanema, Copacabana, Prainha and others of which I cannot remember their unpronouncable names.

But first things first: I dont have any pictures in this post to prove my words, but they will follow later :) I bet some guys are waiting for pictures of Brazilian girls, I would, hehehe.

Where was I? Ah yes, the beaches... the girls, ahhh. Imagine to live here! Also, here, I am an outstanding person... why?... because I look like a white sheep within brown and black sheeps hehe, yes my skin is still very swiss-cheese like, but I hope that changes after my trip to Bahia next Sunday. Tomorrow I'll see the Christ himself at Corcovado and today I climbed the 'Sugar Loaf', well that's not quite true, it was it's brother the 'Dog Face' (I hope that's right). Hm, writing this is not as much fun as I imagined, because I'd need some pics to show since not everyone is familiar with faces of dogs :)
Before Rio I had a short stay in Sao Paulo, but soon after my arrival me and the family of my half avocado went to the beach in the state of SP. Caraguatatuba, if I remember right. Followed by a short visit to Ubatuba and an intended visit to Parati, which unfortunately miserably failed. We tried it three times and each time something happened, like forgetting the purse of someone etc. I guess it wasn't meant to be :(
After the beach trip, which was quite rainy but still lots of fun, we returned to Sao Paulo, where I stayed for a couple of days. They have the most amazing Pizzas here! I guess better than in Italy (sorry Carloi :)) and the best thing is, they are open until 3 am or even later! We went there at 12 and stayed until 2 am... impossible in Switzerland. Why we went at 12 o'clock? well remember, I am in Brazil, so people are late and slow. And some of them very slow. But I don't mind... I met the nicest people here and I have to admit, the idea of giving 'the living' here a try has crossed my mind (Strange sentence...). Although communication is not always very easy, my acquired Spanish at CERN is enough to understand the basic written Portuguese - speaking is another thing :D

This must be enough for now, gotta go. Boa noite.

Circle of Secret Friends

The Secret Friends had a gathering in a Korean restaurant... and I got my first Christmas present ever! A bit late, but still... cool-e-o! Thanks Marcelo!

A little note: Don't take that "strong, fierce, blabla" soup menu, it doesn't really taste like anything... well it did, after I threw pieces of every other dish I had on my tray, but I don't think that was the idea of it.

Cheers!