It gets dark around 5:00, but it’s 80°. I’ve never known a winter like this.

Ivald Granato.

Successful conversations we’ve had in Portuguese.

1. Can we get these keys copied?

2. Are photos without flash allowed?

3. Yes, he is two meters tall.

Antonio Manuel, again.

Antonio Manuel.

Things we’ve managed to do.

5/23

Get rent.

Copy two keys, one of which manages to unlock.

Buy groceries.

5/24

Hail taxi.

Take metro.

Visit o Museu de Arte Moderna.

Take bus.

5/25

Visit o Museu de Belas Artes.

Be confused in National Library foyer.

Take train the wrong way.

Miss bus stop.

Get home anyway.

Get phones!

5/26

Dip our legs into the Southern Atlantic.

5/27

Eat at a restaurant.

Visit the Escola de Artes Visuais de Parque Lage.

Have coffee with friend.

5/28

Have two coffees at two cafes with one new friend.

Re-copy key.

Recharge phone minutes.

We can’t seem to get a phone, but maybe it doesn’t matter.

We can’t seem to get a phone, but maybe it doesn’t matter.

Initials.

It’s very humid.

There’s more than the eyes can see.

Pinky summers in Michigan.

Pinky summers in Michigan.

School ended and we ate bagels by this wall.

School ended and we ate bagels by this wall.