After what seemed like an eternity travelling, I finally arrived in Campinas. My flight was cancelled before I even left Kansas City, so I took off a day later than I had planned. Nearly six hours in Washington Dulles airport, then an overnight flight to São Paulo, where I was trapped for two hours with no access to internet, nor access to a cash machine so I could buy breakfast, then to Rio, then back to Campinas which is only about an hour from São Paulo...it was easier to fly to China! Anyway, I made it, and Pedro and his dad were waiting for me, and they took me immediately to their house and fed me feijoada...mmmmm. Since then, i have been here in the Casa Pontes with the whole family, who are really funny and
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