Embraceable You

HarleyDad is back from Brazil. They spell it Brasil. I was in Sao Paulo. It is a very large city with about 21 million people.

A few words about Brazil. Brazil is about the size of the continental United States.

Sao Paulo is one of the highest crime spots in the world. A person can expect to be held up about one time per year. The advice that is given is make sure that you carry "Hold Up" money -suggested amount about $50 so that the person gets cash and can run away.

But there is much, much more than that to Brazil. The people are by nature a warm and loving people. They are very family oriented. The people are a passionate, touching people. They hug when they say hello and hug when they say good bye. They embrace one another. They may even say goodbye 4 or 5 times. When you leave a store you might even hug the sales person.

HarleyDad finds that he does not have much to teach about life but instead is a student constantly being surprised by life and hopefully continuing to learn. The Brazilians are warm and wonderful.

Their paperwork and rules and regulations are outrageous. It is said that there are on average 17 new tax laws per day. The traffic in Sao Paulo is horrible.

There are a multitude of races in Brazil. Brazil is known for its beautiful women and handsome men; although Argentina proclaims loudly that there men are more handsome and their women more beautiful.

Brazil has many tropical fruits and so breakfast is always a delight. There is wonderful mango and delicious pineapple.

Also Brazil has great steak. If you are ever in Sao Paulo go to the Barbicoa restaurant for some of the best steak of your life.

Well enough of Brazil, it is time to go to Switzerland. I wonder how I can get my Harley on the boat.

I will be back to blog more when I return from Europe.

HarleyDad