Brazil Trip Day 7: The Move!

Well today was the big day that I moved to my own place. Although I will miss Carlos and Ana, I will still be seeing them for lunch and dinner(also miss the pets). Well currently, half my laptop is hanging out the railing of the second story balcony. The internet connections is so faint its the only ways I can get connection. I'n general the internet is slow in brazil but combine that with having bad signal it's nearly unbearable. Its the only thing that makes me want to go home(slow internet that is). I can't really make to large of a post since the connection is so sporadic but I'll try to load what I can. The apartment its self is very nice, it has a large living room with TV, DVD and fully furnished. Actually the entire apartment is fully furnished. It's really great. Also everyday a maid comes to clean the apartment, make your bed and every week or so change your sheets. If you give the maid your clothes they will wash them and give them back to you when they are done. We also have security 24/7 and a fresh water filter. This is were grad students and profs stay so its very nice. Carlos's and Ana's apartment also had this but their maid also cooks for them(she is a great cook). Also Carlos and Ana have been extremely nice and caring the entire time I have been here. They have treated me like a son and made me feel at home. They have encourage pantry and fridge raiding for food if I'm hungry, taken me out for food, and even stocked up my apartment with food so when I got here it was fully loaded with delicious treats. There hospitality has been great and they are really great people.

(Living room photo, Balcony photo night time, Another living room photo, Kitchen shot between the two fridges)

As I mentioned yesterday I will spend time talking about the projects I must choose. One per day. However, I will have to skip today because I did very little reading on the projects im choosing over. I had meets, computer problems(on there pc's, because APPLES and the best), and I was moving apartments.

I will get into what I saw Carlos doing today. We were meeting at 13:00 to get lunch and he was about 30 mins late so I went into his lab and I saw why he was so late. Turns out his grad students and him were working(more like playing because it was so cool) with a rocket drill. Its basically a rocket engine that they are trying to control with precision to make it into a drill for drilling rocks. And really rockets + blowing rocks apart = awesome*56

(student lighting the rocket engine, Carlos showing me the nozzle they will use to control the flame, Rocket drill in action!)

Here's a funny conversation Carlos and I had when driving away from his lab to get lunch.

Context: In his car, he got burned by the rocket motor and I'm asking if he is okay.

Ramses: Carlos hows your finger are you alright?

Carlos: Yes, no problem. I like to burn things. If its not over 1000 degrees(cellsius) it's for babies.

Ramses: How hot was the rocket motor?

Carlos: Over 2000 degrees. I'm not a baby.

Ramses: RICL(rolling in the car laughing)

I'd love to keep going on about the day as a lot happened. Met a few new profs, someone from the US embassy who is taking us out on his boat and ect ect ect. But alas this internet is so bad I can barely get the pictures up and the longer my post is the more it has to upload and the more it keeps failing. Tomorrow I will ask the building manager to fix the internet and hopefully I can get a good blog post up.

P.S. Ate Brasilian hot dogs: They consist of the sausage with tomato sauce, with a garlic sauce, corn and fried potatoes as toppings. Tasty but Very different.