Georgia on My Mind

Monday
The plans for the day were to return to Minas for some sun and another massage. Jackie wanted to have her "maos e pes" done too. That's fingernails and toenails, or a manicure to you. Plus, it was time for a trip to the Laundromat.

So, we walked a couple of blocks to a nearby laudromat and washed all of our dirty clothes in 90 minutes. It cost $17BRL or about $9US. Call me cheap. But with the savings I can pay for a full massage every day for the remainder of our trip.

Later in the morning we took a taxi to Minas again. For the first day since we have been here it was cloudy. The spa opened at 3:30pm so we had a couple of hours to wait. In the meantime we went to the office to get tickets for a concert on Tuesday evening that is sponsored by the tennis club. The attendant knew not one word of English and I thought we would not be successful unless I could reach Maria quickly on the phone to discuss with her. Unfortunately, Maria was busy and I had to go it alone with my Portuguese. And I was successful! Each day my language improves and I'm getting back into having longer conversations. Jackie is impressed. She still has a good ear for the language but hasn't really tried to talk to anyone.

After getting the tickets I noticed that the sky was getting more ominous. So, we decided to skip the manicure and massage and leave early and return to the hotel for the afternoon. We had plans for a romantic dinner at the Restaurant Vecchio Sogno. This is the most upscale restaurant that we know in Belo. There was a pianist there that always remembered us before by playing “Georgia” whenever we entered. Unfortunately, he is no longer there. We did get the new guy to play for us. Maybe we’ll start a new tradition with this pianist.

So, that’s another quiet (spelled correctly this time Patty) day in the life of Tom and Jackie.

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Part of trip: Brazil 2009

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