Arrival in Brazil 

Arrival in Brazil

Carlos, and his wife Carmen, met my plane when it arrived in Sao Paulo on the morning of Oct. 27. The reunion was nice and they seemed genuinely happy to see me, and I was very glad to meet Carmen for the first time.
We immediatetly left for their beach house on Forteleza Bay, near Ubatuba. Since it was my first time in Brazil, everything was new and exciting as we drove through the mountains and headed down to the ocean. We going through the Atlantic Rain Forest, so, everything was lush and green and looked like a jungle (like I'd know what a jungle looked like, anyway, after spending my whole life in Michigan).
Along the way we stopped at a restaurant in the countryside and had a nice meal. I don't recall what I ate, but, it had chicken in it. I was still a little nervous since it had been more than 36 years since I'd seen my friend Carlos and I didn't want to do anything embarrassing.