Brasilia

Since we've been back in Brasilia, Yuri's rushed around trying to sort his passport (he still doesn't have one) and we've done lots of visiting family. We've sorted out one of our friends who was refused entry to the UK and sent back here, and seen more friends. Yesterday we went to the Feira do Guara.

Yuri was getting so frustrated at TB's lack of bargaining skills. Whenever he started trying to negotiate, TB would shout in his loudest English. Well, I found it rather amusing.

When we were last in Brasil, you could get a pair of Havaianas for R$7. Now you're looking at the best part for R$15, and that's if you're after a basic pair. I found them for R$10 and will be going back there before we leave to stock up on more! We'd initially gone out to try and find a new watch and some jewellery. I'd thought of going to the Rodoviaria as that was where I'd got my last watch, but grandma thought the Feira would be cheaper. Despite it's huge size, I was disappointed with what we found. If I was skinny and looking for clothes, it wouldn't be bad, and it'd be heaven looking for shoes, but there wasn't much else, and it wasn't as cheap as I'd expected. But then again, nothing is as cheap in Brasil as it was last time around.

Today we started off at the Rodoviaria:

Doing the 'free hug' with a group from Sara. Then we went back to C's flat for lunch. They have a pool in their block and TB was more than happy to play for a while with her sister and niece. Then we went back to church. TB happily played in the creche, despite there being no-one there who spoke English. Whilst we were waiting for L to pick us up, we saw A & R, two friends who moved to Finland a year and a half ago. They have family in the city who are heavily involved in this particular church and were here visiting. It was great to see them, and TB was impressed with their little girl who's 16 months old. Yuri got some very cute pics of them kissing!