Brazil Trip - Day 6

Day 6 – Thursday
Travel to Campinas/Rehearsal for the United States weirdo's

Once we arrived at the airport that morning and were checking in we found out that Jeremy and Lynnette were upgraded to First Class! Way to go guys!! And since Jeremy is the nicest cousin EVER, he gave me his seat so he could go sit in coach with the boys and be manly and watch Troy. I think the boys were more excited about this than they let on. Lynnette and I were living the good life in luxury seats. It was the best 58 minute flight ever! We arrived in Campinas and met Mimi and her family and just relaxed for part of the afternoon. Then we hopped in the van and went to eat a Brazilian snack of Acai fruit with granola, honey and bananas. It was SO delicious. I’m so very very sad I didn’t take a picture of it!! After our snack it was off to the church for a rehearsal for us Americans. Evidently in Brazil, there are no rehearsals necessary, they all just kind of know the drill…..hmm….smart cookies, eh!

Once rehearsal was over, we headed out to have Brazilian hot dogs. I’m pretty sure every man in the United States would fall in love with these things; the jury is still out for me. It was weird….so the hot dog is layered from bottom to top like this:

Bun
Hot Dog
Mustard
Mayonnaise
Ketchup
Chicken, Pork or special cheese sauce
Peas (what they call green beans)
Corn
Crunchy fried things
Mashed Potatoes (yes, you read that right, mashed potatoes on a hot dog)
(I’m pretty sure I’ve missed a few of the ingredients, but you get the idea)

Here’s some pictures in case you don’t believe me:





Steven enjoyed it (of course); I ate 1/3 of it but am still not sure if it was good. It was just so many things mixed together and if you know me at all, you know that was somewhat stressful to try and eat. What a fun experience though!

After dinner, we headed home. Steven and I got to stay with the nicest couple that attend Mimi's dad's church so it was fun to get to experience culture at someone else's house as well. Here's a great pic of Steven all snuggled in his twin bed for the night (he must have known at that point that we were having a little girl)!