Differences

Every morning, Greg has started out day with a question.  "What differences do you see between Brazil and the United States?"  We thought it would be fun to share some of those with everyone.

• Toilet Paper:  must be thrown in the trash, not down the toilet
• lettuce must be washed with vinegar water because there is an insect that will bore into your brain
• the moon is a smiley face instead of being a crescent
• the roads are spaghetti, there is no direct route to anywhere
• VW owns the road!  There are so many old slug bugs
• Speed bumps are everywhere
• Street Sweepers are humans
• Trash people run down the road and grab trash out of a basket everyday
• people are very friendly and welcoming!  They will hug you when you first meet them and every greeting includes a hug or an air kiss!
• Traffic cones are shaped like tiered cakes
• Guarrana!!  (soday)
• Full Service Pizzaria
• Full service gas stations
• "r" is pronounced like an "h"
• tiny coffee
• No one eats or drinks on the go
• Very few automatic cars
• hammocks everywhere, most houses have built in hammock hooks
• gates everywhere
• no screens
• everything is open, dining outside
• better orange juice
• Meat all the time
• French fries, rice and beans at every meal
• Fresh meat and bread everyday
• The coolest automobile ever, AKA:  The Kombi!!  (by VW)
• warm weather all the time
• 70 degrees is cold
• things are more expensive, but manual labor is cheap
• People are more important than being on time (time is not important)
• Hot Dogs!!  They have mashed potatoes, corn, salsa, and more!
• Big lunch, small dinner
• There are no driving laws if there are no cameras around (police don't pull you over)