One of my most memorable experience was the Folsom Dinner meeting. In our quest to expand our Brazilian Portuguese, we asked our new friends to translate various English words: earrings = brinca and ring = anel. Thelema came up with a neat way to remember "ring" -- ring on nail ("anel"). Brilliant!!
After much conversation, my bladder needed a break. I asked for directions to the restroom, in Portuguese of course, to which they replied esquerdo -- the right. My Spanish should have registered "red flag" but no, I continued walking to the right until I heard "LEFT." Lesson #1: Learn the basic important words: LEFT, RIGHT, YES, NO...and Lesson #2: Be cautious of handsome looking Brazilian men.
Fortunately, returning to the table was much easier. More learning, laughing, and promises of partying in Sao Marcos. At some point (I don't recollect how we arrived at that point), one of the guys shared a tongue twister with us. Here it is -- guess what it is? HINT: see diagram.
Ah...it was a great evening with great company and wonderful memories to whet our appetite even more. Oh, and there was another tongue twister...no drawings, though. And, no translation.
Tchau!
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Hey Guys! I hope your trip got off to a great start! I cant wait to start reading about it.
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