Day 1 in Campinas

The outside of our building (previously posted, but...isn't it beautiful?)

It's hard to believe that we have only been here for a little less than 3 days. We have barely had time to breathe, which I think is actually making the transition easier for me. When I last left off with my play by play, we were driving from the airport in Sao Paulo to Campinas...

When we got to our apartment, the director of our school and his secretary (who are both fantastic and super helpful) met us to help unload our bags and give us the keys and a little tour of the building. You may have seen the pictures I put up of the apartment a few months ago, but I have to take new pictures and post them for you to see. There is totally new, very nice furniture in here. Brand new pretty much everything. We feel incredibly lucky and spoiled. By American standards, our apartment is very small. It's 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, but they are all tiny. However, by Brazilian standards, our apartment is huge and ridiculously nice.

To our surprise and delight, the school had already set up our wireless internet, land line, and cable. There are lots of American channels that can be un-dubbed, so that helps. But, we've been watching a lot of local TV too. I think it helps a lot with the Portuguese. Okay, back to the day. The school stocked our apartment with flowers, fresh fruit, a basket of snacks, and even beer in the fridge! Amazing!

We got settled for awhile, and then the stream of family began arriving. Brian has 3 aunts, 2 uncles, several cousins, and friends here, so we all had to see each other as soon as possible! His Aunt Katia took us out to lunch and then we took a good 2 hour nap. After that, Brian's good friend Thiago came over for awhile. Pretty soon after, the director of our school picked us up for dinner and ice cream. We got to meet the other new teacher as well. She's fantastic. After all this, we gave many many skype tours of our apartment, haha.

Alright, I'll leave it there. I need to work on getting less long winded! Will continue updating soon...miss everyone!