Mr. and Mrs. Gus Gus

Two nights ago I met Gus's parents and sister. They are so cute and nice. Gustavo looks just like his dad. I think that his mom has special powers because she read my mind (since I can't speak portuguese). She whipped out old fotos of lil'Gus! Most of the pictures were when he was young. He was blond and had a sassy face in almost all the pics. But, there were some more recent ones as well. SWEET REVENGE! (side note, Hunter, my nephew, had shown Gus pictures of me when I was....not so attractive. I.E. 15, braces, zits and tomboy) I also got to see pictures like this. Gustavo, 6 feet tall, SKINNY SKINNY and braces. It was AWESOME! I laughed so hard I thought I was going to cry.

Today we went all over his city. It looks a lot different than I had thought. Almost everyone lives in apartments. So, downtown in kind of crowded feeling. He lives in the mountains so there are hills everywhere. Also, all of the streets are cobblestone. Pretty neat. I thought it looked like a mix of Europe and latin america. If you could picture that.

Something weird that I noticed about his city: there are more 60's VW bugs here than I have collectively seen in my lifetime....

His mom told me (via my interpreter) that a manicure and a pedicure together cost about 7$. I will be getting one of those. Also, a wax for both legs is 4$. I will also be doing that. Speaking of waxes....I am in Brazil....