Easter in Brazil, 2003 / Trip to Brazil, Easter 2003 118

4/20/2003

Trip to Brazil, Easter 2003

Trip Summary: By Tatiana Cardoso

After 4 months since we last saw each other, which was for Christmas, finally I was going to see Abram again. Now, we are two days before Easter and I wonder what kind of egg he is bringing for me! =)

On my way to the airport I have this great feeling that I always have when I know I will see him again. I think it is a mix of peace and happiness. So, I get to the airport and start looking for him, at this time I always kind of freeze myself, hahaha I dont know exactly how to explain it, but it is like I don’t want to move much, so I just sit there and wait, but then.... to my surprise, since I was looking at the gate to see him, I see Abram looking for me, walking near the gate hahaha, then I go after him and ‘knock’ on his shoulder hahahhahah wowwwwwwwwwwwww that was realllllllllyyyyyyy cool seeing him!

Then we come home and just spend some time together when finally i get to see what he brought for me this time, he always bring something, soooooo cute! So, I got my Easter Egg.... wow that was delicious.... just the way i asked, half white and half black chocolate, also a box with some chocolates for me and for the babies, a CD that he made for me with songs that I like, an Easter rabbit made of jelly..... hehehehe it is gonna be hard eating it, it is soooo beautiful!! His mom sent me a very very lovely handkerchief..... and..... wowwwwwwww he brought me a stuffed Lilo..... wowww that was soooo nice! The thing about Lilo is that once, my boss Alexandre, watched the Disney movie, Lilo and Stitch, and said that Lilo was just like me, I don’t know exactly why, maybe cause she was a bit stubborn or something, then I told Abram about this and he watched the movie too, and agreed with Alexandre... so..... cool..... Now I have two Lilos..... my boss had given me one too!!! By the way, watch the movie, it is really neat!

The next day we go to Guarujá, a very cool beach place near São Paulo, about an hour and a half outside the city and the sunset there was amazing... and.... to my surprise...... you gotta read it ..... HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM!!!!! Oh wowwwwwwwwww, I expected it to happen someday, but I really didn't know it was going to happen THAT day.... he was soooooo cute.... that moment I will keep in a very safe place so I never forget it. Then, while I am still calming down after what happened, we went and each got a henna tattoo.... hehehe cool, i got a boy and girl on my neck and he got a paw on his hand.... cool, uh?!?!?!

After that, we enjoyed the fishes in the Aquarium and then went for dinner and to the chocolate party that was going on there.... Mmmmmmmmmmmm =) we had chocolate-covered strawberries on a stick! That night, instead of coming back to São Paulo, we decided we would rather go to Adolfo (where my brother was having his wedding engagement party) straight from Guarujá, since we found out that there was a bus that could take us there during the night.... so we would ride it and get there in the morning, but... we had not planned for this, and had left all of our things at home... we had no extra clothes, no address of where the party was going to be, no phone numbers, no anything! But.... we both like adventure, and Adolfo is small, so we went anyway! So, first our bus took us to São José do Rio Preto (check out the picture of the sun rising there), and then we got a bus to Adolfo. On the way to Adolfo, we got to see many farms and cows ... cool! When we got to the city, we asked the bus driver where the hotel was (we knew the city had only one) and he said: “It is this building on the corner”.... so we were there already!!!

After a few hours we started walking around the city, trying to find my brother, Guilherme, or Regiane, his fiancée, or someone who could inform us of something.... The city is small and people there are really nice, but we didnt know the name of Regiane’s grandmother, who lives there and everyone knows her, so we just had a hard time trying to get information, when, all of the sudden, we saw Guilherme’s car near the market! hehehehe cool! We found them! They were like only 1 minute from the hotel.... and later we went shopping to get clean clothes for the party... so everything worked great!

Then, after the party where we had lots of fun, on the next day, we had lunch with Regiane’s family, played some volleyball and then left to São José do Rio Preto in the evening. We went to the mall, watched a movie (it was the first time we went to the movies together!!!), and then had a pizza and some ice cream and faced another over-night bus ride to São Paulo.

So, folks, I guess that is it.. It was an amazing time and now we are waiting for the next time we will see each other!!!!

Tati & Abram