Welcome to Blog # 2

Hi everyone. After the fun we had with the New Zealand Blog, Linda and I thought we'd try again. Since we are essentially sitting on a beach in Brazil for three weeks (as opposed to driving two-and-a-half thousand miles across sheep-infested countryside) be prepared for mind-numbing detail about food and drink, temperature and climate, and, oh yes, food and drink. We expect to astound you with all the different ways you can cook and present a prawn. How the shadows creep across the hotel pools in the afternoon. How many Caipirinhas we can drink in an average evening. How to say "two beers please", in Portugese. What page I am currently up to in the latest Dan Simmonds space opera. Yes folks, the fun never starts. As before, comments will be most welcome (unless they contain information about that four letter word beginning with "w"). Just click on the "comments" hyperlink at the bottom of each post, complete your words of wisdom, and select "other" under "Choose an identity" to bring up the field so you can put your name in. S'easy! We will start the relentless account of our travels (to the pool bar and back, probably) just as soon as we fly out in (count 'em) 11 days time . . .