So we got to Philly international airport, checked in...the woman at the counter took forever...similar to the SNL episodes. But it was all good. Then we sat in our terminal for a bit, relaxed, had something to eat, and drink, and our flight slowly got delayed more and more. Eventually it hit us that we were going to miss our layover in Miami, and thus would not make it to Sao Palo. So we left the terminal, went back downstairs to check in(because of course American Airlines has a policy to not have representatives at the gate, or in the terminal for that matter). They told us the next flight wasn't until the following day, and we would not make it to Brazil until Sunday. Well...when traveling with Greens, most of you know, we don't take no for an answer. So mom played good cop(i know, surprising, right?), and after about 45 minutes, we got the dude to put us on a Continental flight that was departing in 3 hours. Yeah, seemed ideal, right? It was even direct! Okay, so the setback was...our direct flight was departing from Newark NJ, which is about 2 hrs from philly, when there's no traffic. Man, we rushed our toushies. We had a nice cab service drive us to newark, we put no pressure on him, but let him know if he didn't get us to te airport by 8, we were screwed...so we drove fast, got there with 5 minutes to spare, and got the last 4 seats on the flight. Yeah...we were assigned middle seats...except for Aaron, because he has -elite- status. yeah, whatever, i know, he must have kicked some poor old lady out of her spot just so he could get a window.
Okay, so we arrived to Paraty, beautiful and scenic drive. We are staying in two homes. One happens to be the home of the Portugese royal family. They have pictures of themselves all over their walls, it's a bit creepy, but they have a gorgeous garden, and a beautful beach front view, which should be fabulous for new years firework watching. We are staying in another home that is more modern, with an unbelievable garden and pool. We'll post pictures later, as soon as we figure out how technology works.
Today we took a boat and traveled around paradise. We jumped out of the boat into the bay and swam. The water was warm, and clear. We saw amazing schools of yellow and black fish, and also saw a ginormous lizard. We pulled up at bloody mary's beach headquarters for lunch, had passion fruit caprinias and fresh fish. We''ll make you all this drink at our party...that we'll host one day, it's that fantastic, and they also had their sugar cane alcohol in the drink, which can be substitued with Vodka!
Alright, gotta go to find more liquor. (yeah, that's how the green family roles...righghght?)
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