Sao Paulo 3

After a few weeks in Sao Paulo, Scott and I are getting ready for another bout of transcontinental traveling. We plan to leave Friday, heading south, no destination in particular, just south, and, south and west and around. Hopefully this War won´t affect our plans, hopefully the dollar stays strong. I´m really tired of the whole mess; just being American gets exhausting and stressful in times like these. I really wish the political climate were different, on the international level (I´m more worried about North Korea than Iraq). Staying at Helen and John´s has been such a privilege because we´re not only stuffed with food, but we´re stuffed with media, TV, newspaper, internet, which is nice in keeping informed. We spend a lot of time discussing the situation; Helen and John are very well informed, especially on US news. I just want to travel, see the pretty places, people and listen to the music and eat the food and drink the wine and go to bed wondering what kind of pleasant surprises the next day will bring. I still feel strange about leaving the guitar behind, though I probably should. I´ll see how it goes during this next trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. I´ll decide what to do with it when I get back to São Paulo.