After a nice Sunday lunch with the family in Brasilia, it was time for packing and moving on with our 'round the world trip! We had to leave two bags behind - one for Sis to take to Sydney within a week, another one for Andre and Callum to take at Christmas time. We're so lucky they could do that for us! :)) The bags basically had our New York shopping and wedding gifts. Our next stop is our beloved Rio de Janeiro! Thanks to my dear friend Nayara and her mum w...

The wedding day! So, this is it! No more sleeps to count, it's time! A day of make up and general grooming is all that's in the agenda for the bride. Paul woke up to a Portuguese speaking home with no Katie in it - thankfully he was able to get dad to drive him to Shepi/Luke & Ellie's hotel, where he was to be getting ready. :-) of course 'getting ready' includes a couple of beers and lots of coconut water (the new beer!). Thankfully again, Paul is feeling ...

Wedding part 2! Our first meal in Brazil (São Paulo airport): Bob's Ovaltine thick (make it extra bold thick, creamy and crunchy) shake, with two toasted sandwiches! Yeeeeaaaah! Connexion time in SP went by quite quickly and customs didn't ask to check our bags (phew!). What took really long was for our bags to come out on the belt in Brasilia - ghee! Mum, dad, Sis and auntie Sueli were there happily waiting for us at the gate, the sun was shining really hot u...