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a dream
Overheard yesterday, hiking to a waterfall to go swimming-- J: Is this a dream? Dan: No. Not a dream. J: (sighing) Because it's amazing.
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Lesson #3: Things usually work out (see lesson #1).
Lesson #3: Things usually work out (see lesson #1). We were supposed to have to pay a multa (fine) for missing our bus, but Nina took us...
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Lesson #2: Nina is rich.
Nina, our former next-door neighbor and the boys' surrogate vovo, refused to let us pay for anything--breakfast, dinner, lunch the next...
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Brazil: first lessons
Lesson #1: Be flexible. We arrived in Salvador on Thursday morning after an overnight flight, planning to catch a 1:00 bus at the bus...