back from brazil

what a fantastic trip! although it turned out to be more of a busy vacation than a relaxed one, my wife and i were able to see her whole family, spend two different christmas celebrations with her paternal and maternal sides of the family, spend new years in the state of rio de janeiro and i was even able to make a trip to visit my host families in campinas, são paulo. well i took forever to post this, but hopefully i'll catch up back into the routine of posting. i have something else to post, we'll see if i don't post it today.