One Thing Brazil Does Right

Only one thing? What does Brazil do right? Well, even native Paulistas (people from Sao Paulo) will tell you the list is not extensive. Something always gets screwed up. I will give you an example. While driving down the Marginal in Sao Paulo there is a very beautiful building. It is the tallest building across from the Jockey Club. It is white with a black rounded top. It has been there for ten years - unoccupied. Why you ask? Because the guy who built it bribed the city officials to get it built. Then when the inspectors came along they said it was too tall and in the flight path of the regional airport and due to safety reasons and height requirements, he either has to take off the top three floors, with a bread knife?, or leave it as is and not be allowed to rent it out. Local Paulistas view this building as what is wrong with here because it is still there taking up space.

So what is one thing they do right? They have the best juice I have ever tasted. Was it Homer, the writer not Simpson, who's quote "Nectar of the gods" is famous? Well, he must have traveled to Brazil and had a glass of juice. Imagine any juice, Banana? They have that. Strawberry? Try Nectar of Strawberry. It is like drinking a bunch of squished up fresh strawberries and my boys' personal favorite. Pineapple juice and apple juice are actually cloudy because they come from the fruits and not concentrates. The apple juice tastes like you went to the local orchard and had fresh pressed apple cider. There is acai that is so much tastier than the stuff you get in the States. There is maricuja - extremely delish, guave, pear, mango juice so thick it is like sucking down pulp. And none have preservatives so you have to drink them fast before they spoil.

When we go back for the holidays I need to bring back Popsicle sticks and ice trays to make frozen juice pops like the Kool-aid ones we made as a kid. I don't think I will need to eat anything all summer, just snack on those. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Something they do right. And I will definitely miss it when we leave here.