I figured, in the Dallas Airport as I was getting ready to fly from Dallas back to Sao Paulo that it wouldn't be a bad idea to keep a little journal during my travels... so I did, and I tried my hardest to keep it up-to-date. So the rest of what I write about Brazil is kind of an edited version of what I wrote in my journal. Its red by the way. ... so here we go. Some of its real cornball , so prepare yourself. Cheers!
I have such a long 24 hours ahead of me, Im in Dallas waiting for my flight to Sao Paulo- with only 20 minutes left to wait... I think.. I hope. Im saving my IPod battery for the 10 hour layover I have in Sao Paulo before my flight leaves for Salvador. Carnaval starts tomorrow in Salvador !! 24 hours and I'll be at one of the biggest festivals in the world! How do you even prepare yourself for that? I think my excitement and tequilla intake in the last two hours has shadowed my fear of flying because right now I'm feeling good, not too afraid. I set up shop at a mexican taco grill for a little bit, hoping to calm my nerves with a few doses of Herradura and a last fix of a chicken fajita taco before I left. This crazy geologist guy sat at the table next to me and immediately sarted talking to me when he saw me reading a book on Brazil... kind of had this crazy silent laugh like Harry from Dumb & Dumber. Real odd guy. He kept insisting that I take his "Eating the Dinosaur" book, so I took it.. I figured it'd be more of a battle to say no than to just take it. So now I have a book with a triceratops on it... cool. Its by the author who wrote, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs which I heard was good, so we'll see. Not something I'd expect from a geologist. (I actually ended up reading the entire book, not too shabby actually ... and I'm not a reader, so that was huge.)
I feel like my trip just shifted into "real mode" after walking up to the waiting area and hearing portuguese everywhere, even the PA announcments were in portuguese.. in Dallas! I'm ready to conquer this trip! (probably shouldn't have had that last margarita.. "ready to conquer this trip"...really? .. oh it gets worse..) Beaches, nature, fruit, hiking.. bring it Brazil, Baros is Back! haha. Up up and away, they're calling my group!
So Im sitting in my seat and the alcohol is starting to ware off because Im starting to freak. But Im sitting next to a really nice lady from Sao Paulo who seems like shes got a good vibe going which is so nice because sometimes you get stuck next to some pretty interesting characters- like this one time I sat next to this odd Canadian man.. they really do say "Eh!" .. all the time. Ok, the engine's starting! Here we go! Norah Jones has this line in one of her songs that says, "Our fears are only what we tell them to be." So Im just going to keep telling myself that. It's- all- in- my- head, -everything-will-be-okay. deep breath. See you in Sao Paulo ;)
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