2014 World Cup - Day 7 - Travel to Blumenau

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Today was our last day in Porto Alegre, and it rained most of the day albeit very lightly. We hung out at the hotel until noon as I was booking the remaining flights on my itinerary. Now that I know where I have to go, I decided to get this bit out of the way. I also emailed my hotels in Brasilia and Sao Paulo asking for a date change and cancellation respectively. The last little bit I have to do is find a place to stay in Belo Horizonte, and I'm hoping the email I sent will do the trick.

Once we checked out, we walked to a nearby restaurant and ate is really nice buffet lunch while watching the USA vs Germany game. Even though a tie would satisfy both teams, it turned out to be an interesting and eventful game. Germany won 1-0 , finished tops in the group and are now on Brazil's side of the bracket.

Once the game was over, we took a bus to the airport. Finding the bus turned out to be a bit tricky as the instructions we were given were a bit vague, but once we found the right bus stop, it was a piece of cake. We were the only ones on the bus and we chatted with the driver all the way to the airport, mostly about the World Cup. I think he was quite happy to have some company. Haha

At the airport, I ran into a friend of my cousin Marco's who I hadn't seen also since 2001, so we chatted for a bit before boarding our flight. The 1-hour flight back to Navegantes was a bit turbulent due to the rain that was coming down in the region. Things calmed down half-way through the flight but they cancelled serving drinks and snacks. Luiz and I laughed when the pilot announced that we were going to land 20 minutes early...seems like he turned on the jets and left them on for a bit looking to get as far away from the turbulence quickly. It's all good.

We took a bus back to Blumenau but had to wait an hour at the airport for another flight to arrive. I'm now at my aunt & uncle's place and will have a busy day tomorrow renewing my Brazilian ID, having lunch with friends and seeing my grandmothers.



My flight out of here will leave on Sunday afternoon at 5pm, so I have about 2.5 days down here to see everyone.

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