Sorocaba
The only "trip" I did while I was in Brazil and also the only thing I had scheduled while I was in Japan: go with Willian to visit Juliano and Simone. I haven't met for latter two since Florianópolis. Since then, they've married (I was asked to be a groomsman, but I was in Japan and couldn't go to the ceremony) and moved to Sorocaba.
So, shortly after returning to Brazil, from August 22nd to 25th I joined Willian and his family for a car trip.
The first stop was in Bauru, where a friend of Willian's family owns a Japanese restaurant in a hotel. We also went to a local shopping mall and a gym (someone's addicted... not me) before dinner... sushi better than those of kaitenzushi. Hehe!
Anyway, on the next day we went to Sorocaba to meet Juliano and Simone. And it seems he promised my mother that I'd put on some weight there... or so he said. I admit I lost weight compared to when I left Brazil last year, but I probably never ate so much like those two days...
Since Willian's father had been driving for two days (not all the time, but it's demanding nevertheless), we decided to give him a rest in a hotel recommended by our locals while we did some major catching up. Among chatting, joking and mocking we had planned to go to a LAN gaming center, like the old times. Unfortunately we couldn't find a suitable one open, so we turned to video-games instead. Warcraft would still have to wait...
August 24th. The only whole day we would have there. Someone had suggested going to Hopi Hari, but really... it's been years we haven't met and we would go to an amusement park!? Instead, our hosts suggested the Sorocaba Zoo to see some animals like the dancing elephant (!?).
Another special thing was the place where we went for lunch. All-you-can-eat restaurant, as expected from Juliano. Still, the food there was VERY good and had good variety. If the expression "eating until you explode" was ever accurate it was during that lunch.
We spent the rest of the day going to shopping malls, visiting the hotel where Willian's parents were staying, watching Juliano and Simone's wedding ceremony DVD (LMAO of a certain "compromising situation" someone was filmed at... hahaha! The eyes really look at things one think are interesting...), playing video-games and... eating.
On the last day, I was sleeping while Willian and his father went to a gym Simone knows and scaried the hell out of some people there as far as I've heard. Well, they're quite muscular... and it's not something common for Asian descendents. And when one starts lifting an absurd amount of weight and the other asks to punch him on the abdomen... I can imagine the scene. Hehe!
Why didn't I go together? First that beside those two I'd be less than nothing. And something weird happened to my right eye. Later I found out it was nothing serious, but when I got up on that day it looked like I was punched in the eye... We even told jokes that Willian wanted to go to the gym so badly that he was dreaming he was training and hit me in the eye while sleeping. I wouldn't doubt that... haha!
After they returned it was already time to go. We'll probably won't be able to meet again anytime soon, but this meeting, although short was well worth it. I'd say only those four days were worth already the whole trip to Brazil.
See you space cowboy!
So, shortly after returning to Brazil, from August 22nd to 25th I joined Willian and his family for a car trip.
The first stop was in Bauru, where a friend of Willian's family owns a Japanese restaurant in a hotel. We also went to a local shopping mall and a gym (someone's addicted... not me) before dinner... sushi better than those of kaitenzushi. Hehe!
Anyway, on the next day we went to Sorocaba to meet Juliano and Simone. And it seems he promised my mother that I'd put on some weight there... or so he said. I admit I lost weight compared to when I left Brazil last year, but I probably never ate so much like those two days...
Since Willian's father had been driving for two days (not all the time, but it's demanding nevertheless), we decided to give him a rest in a hotel recommended by our locals while we did some major catching up. Among chatting, joking and mocking we had planned to go to a LAN gaming center, like the old times. Unfortunately we couldn't find a suitable one open, so we turned to video-games instead. Warcraft would still have to wait...
August 24th. The only whole day we would have there. Someone had suggested going to Hopi Hari, but really... it's been years we haven't met and we would go to an amusement park!? Instead, our hosts suggested the Sorocaba Zoo to see some animals like the dancing elephant (!?).
Another special thing was the place where we went for lunch. All-you-can-eat restaurant, as expected from Juliano. Still, the food there was VERY good and had good variety. If the expression "eating until you explode" was ever accurate it was during that lunch.
We spent the rest of the day going to shopping malls, visiting the hotel where Willian's parents were staying, watching Juliano and Simone's wedding ceremony DVD (LMAO of a certain "compromising situation" someone was filmed at... hahaha! The eyes really look at things one think are interesting...), playing video-games and... eating.
On the last day, I was sleeping while Willian and his father went to a gym Simone knows and scaried the hell out of some people there as far as I've heard. Well, they're quite muscular... and it's not something common for Asian descendents. And when one starts lifting an absurd amount of weight and the other asks to punch him on the abdomen... I can imagine the scene. Hehe!
Why didn't I go together? First that beside those two I'd be less than nothing. And something weird happened to my right eye. Later I found out it was nothing serious, but when I got up on that day it looked like I was punched in the eye... We even told jokes that Willian wanted to go to the gym so badly that he was dreaming he was training and hit me in the eye while sleeping. I wouldn't doubt that... haha!
After they returned it was already time to go. We'll probably won't be able to meet again anytime soon, but this meeting, although short was well worth it. I'd say only those four days were worth already the whole trip to Brazil.
See you space cowboy!
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