Two packed days of lectures and a slight jet lag can easily be handled if you are among good people, and I am! New friends from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela and Brazil make me very happy and I feel really privileged to be able to be here and do what I do. Last night we all went for dinner in a Brazilian stake house called " FOGO DE CHAO" - Fire from the floor, a great name for a place with fantastic steaks and salads. Just have to make sure to sta...

This fantastic skyline is of the buildings along Paulista avenue, the main artery in the city. I was on the roof of the former Art Center, now a restaurant serving dinner with a view! S.P is special in many ways: it has the largest Italian population outside Italy, the largest Japanese population outside Japan, the largest Spanish population outside Spain... No wonder it has grown to 23 million!

Ok, so here I am, in one of the world's biggest cities. Got a two hour nap this morning and feel fine now. This is a city of huge contrasts between the poor neighborhoods I passed through on the 2 hour drive from the airport, to the Funchal business area where I am now. Here it looks like Europe and it is nice to be outside in a cafe drinking Brazilian coffee. I realized that imported goods are extremely expensive, so Brazil in consequence, has it's own productio...

It is cold on this plane and the lady behind me is kicking on the seat. The guy in front is throwing himself on the seat back, it is no place to sleep...food last night was good though. Now 1 hour to landing in Sao Paulo, I am looking forward to get to the hotel!