To sum it up - long, long 10 hour flight from Atlanta and São Paulo. Hint if your airline offers something like Delta's Economy Comfort it is worth the extra bucks...more leg room, better service, no one's seat back in your face. Enough said. After we connected with all the folks from Friendship Force MI we were on a lovely very comfy bus for a 5 hour ride to Araraquara a small city of about 200,000 in Southwest Brazil. Even though we were 3 hours late in arriving all the hosts families were waiting for us with welcome signs and smiles. We were welcomed at a small ' chacara' or farm which had a huge, no really HUGE terrace with a pool, two bars, an outdoor kitchen, covered porches, many tables and chairs. Picture the most
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