Through the international office at UT we signed up to host two Brazilians in our home for a weekend. They are English teachers and here for a six week training. The home visit was part about learning culture and they even had questions to ask us and homework from their time. So the plan was a typical weekend for us....I picked them up and we all enjoyed the Austin Friday evening traffic. We had a homemade meal of chicken and rice and brownies, then put the girls to bed in our room and played Apples To Apples which they really enjoyed.
The weather each day that week had started out cool and warmed up into a beautiful day. On Saturday we had a big breakfast and headed out to Zilker Park. It was cool and raining (they are both from the north where its always warm, but one from the jungle and one from the coast) but we still enjoyed seeing the pool, the Splash Exhibit, walking along the creek, feeding the ducks and they really enjoyed taking pictures of squirrels. We went to lunch at Shady Grove and it was still cool and raining, but we sat under the patio and enjoyed our big burgers and local atmosphere. Then Gloria and I took them to Wal-mart for a few things, as we walked in it was still cool and raining, but when we left it had turned into our beautiful day, oh well. Back home we rested, the girls played chalk in the front yard (one big difference they noticed was the openness-no gates and guards) and then got ready for girls' night at Jenna's (a monthly mostly ladies from the church plus a few other friends like Imane). It was perfect one was planned while they were here. We had a potluck and just sat and talked and laughed and told stories. They said that they had much to talk about concerning culture from the visit.
Sunday they took pictures in our cowboy hats and then loaded up to be taken back to their hotel.
Obragada! (thanks in Portuguese)
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