how did you spend your summers as a kid
when i was little before i understood the whole concept of dates and years and all that i would ask my mom every week how long it would be till summer. during the summer i would go to my grandmothers house in sao carlos, a city 3 hours away from sao paulo and my parents would come down during the weekends to visit but they spent the week in sao paulo working. so basically i was really spoiled during the week because i was the only grandchild and my aunt and uncles still lived in the house. my aunt would teach me how to cook and we would always make chocolate lollipops which are sooo good. my uncle would throw me in the pool and teach me how to do flips. one summer he taught me how to ride a bike too. i was also really good friends with the maid's daughter who was a year older than me. when she lived in the house we would spend all day in the pool and wait until 7 when our favorite tv show would come on. some weekends we would go to my grandmas beach house in guaruja which is a beach city about an hour from sao paulo. the waves are HUGE and there are men who sell everything you can possibly imagine. they cook everything right in front of you too. its great. i havent been there in more than 8 years though and i heard that its getting really really dangerous. but when i was a kid it was really fun.