It’s lucky I’m not writing this page to make money because if I were I’d need to go back to Key West and beg for my job back. I need better click bait titles. Living in an apartment even in an exotic (to us) location, Brasilia to be precise, is not that exciting. So here’s a picture of Rusty on yesterday’s morning walk.
By the time you read this I am expecting we shall have taken the long awaited city tour starting at 9am Atlantic time on Thursday. And I am also hoping it will be good. Have you ever seen a police station that looked like this?
Layne glimpsed it from our Uber as went into town to look for a vet. Rusty’s fine but we need to give him his monthly Nexguard anti parasite pill. In these countries it’s critical so we carry several in the van but GANNET2 is in the shop getting a new alternator. The first vet we went to gets 5 stars on Google Maps but doesn’t sell medicines. She directed us to another place. Layne called an Uber and we sat in the waiting room.
Across eighteen countries and that’s including the US I’ve never seen a dog bed in the vet waiting room…
Five minutes in the second Uber and we were in something that looks like a Pet Smart with a 24 hour veterinary surgery attached.
I trust it is apparent that medicine for humans and services for pets are as modern here as you might find at home.
It had a self service shopping area for birds, fish, cats, reptiles and dogs. We chose our pill, took the card to the cashier and walked out with three Nexguard for the low, low price of $80 (400 Reals) but fortunately Rusty is worth it.
Now we have a new Fiat Ducato windshield installed on our Promaster we need to seal the lower edge to prevent raining dripping on the engine. Castelo Forte to the rescue.
They sell sealant and I bought a large tube of silicone, not the adhesive but sealant, and an applicator. I last did this in Ecuador 18 months ago and it works quite well. We’ve been living with cracked windshield since Manaus but decided to replace it in Brasil after we had finished with dirt roads in the Amazon region. Then we took an Uber to go food shopping.
Layne wanted to check out Bellavia supermarket as an alternative to our usual Carrefour (the French chain prominent t in Brazil. I liked their dog holding station while you shop:
We are invited to our RV mechanic’s Christmas family lunch but NewYears Eve we have a special event thanks to Layne.
But we did want to try some Brazilian wine. I’ll let you know if Chile or Argentina should be anxious but I doubt it.
The Garibaldi white is 81 Reals, or US$15 which I figured should give us a decent chance of enjoying the stuff. I also came across the fire water they use to make Caipirinha, the national cocktail. It’s sugar cane alcohol…
And in a corner of the store they had everything you need for Churrasco which is grilling, the national pastime in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. We are going to collect our Scotti gas grill from GANNET2 so as an experiment Layne bought some Brazilian dry rub.
And in case you were wondering, Hershey has a factory in Brazil. That surprised me:
And that was our morning down the drain.
I snagged some pictures from the Uber on the twenty minute ride home loaded with groceries. It’s not all bad being a passenger.
A cathedral, Our Lady of Health, below. Not exactly soaring Spanish colonial architecture.
Chinese JAC compact:
I’d like to think the tricycle below is Hollywood inspired. At least in the movies we will I hope continue to reign supreme…
And then the rain set in for the afternoon. Predictable Brasilia.
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