Safe Arrival

I have arrived! All my travels went smoothly and both my bags arrived in tact. Dot & Caio managed to find me at the airport  and I´ve spent a very relaxing two days in their company. Although I was warned that it was cold and wintery, it´s been beautiful since I arrived. Yesterday we took a walk around the neighbourhood and I saw monkey and a teeny tiny baby monkey!  The weather has been good - I was anticipating a lot of cold rain but so far it´s been pleasant and warm. Had breakfast in the sunshine out on the veranda this morning - a little luxury before the hard work begins!

We dropped in briefly to see Robert & Silvana. Vinnie and Rapha (the boys) remembered  me from last year which was sweet, and Marianne has grown a lot! She can now walk and talk quite well. In the evening we had dinner at Caio´s parents house and we had lunch there again today. Great food and company though I can´t always follow the conversation!

Dot & Caio are away to church but I´m not feeling too well - think I have a cold coming on - so I´m resting up since we´ll have a 7am start for camp tomorrow! We´re hoping that the good weather will continue for the next week as we have lots of outdoor activities planned - camping, bonfires, adventure trails etc.  I will, of course, have no internet while I´m out there but I´ll be taking plenty of photos which I can hopefully post at some point later next week. My phone is working so I can send and receive texts before I leave but probably won´t have a signal out there.

Hope everyone back home is well.Thanks for all the messages!