Here I am again, on my 4th day in Brazil.
Yesterday was spent primarily eating and attending talks. And then eating and having the poster presentation. (It was fine, but the space was too crowded for my comfort.) Then eating and attending more talks. Here’s a look at what the schedule has been like:
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7:00-7:45 eating (breakfast)
8:30-11:00 talks
11:00-11:30 eating (coffee break)
11:30-1:10 talks
1:10-2:30 eating (lunch)
2:30-4 posters
4-4:30 eating (coffee break)
4:30-6:10 talks
As you can see, there are some opportunities to eat. And I have been doing my duty. Tonight there is the banquet, which will take place at an old coffee farm. So we can add the following to the schedule:
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7:00-?? eating
Last night, I was determined to see more of Campinas than 3 corners of this large traffic circle (hotel, conference motel, and mall), so I went with some folks to dinner downtown. My goal was accomplished, though I still didn’t see much, and it was too dark for pictures. Also, the food was pretty mediocre and overpriced. (It was a Japanese restaurant that the cab driver knew, and I think he was getting a kickback.) But I had fun with the people I went with.
Internet access has been a bit sporadic. At the hotel, we have to pay for wireless. At the conference, there is internet access via ethernet cables, but you largely have to miss talks to get a chance to use one of the connections. I’ve decided to skip the last session of talks for the day to put my feet up and sit here like a lump. (My ankles are are swollen up like sausages.)¹
Oh, and I do have reservations for a hotel in São Paulo tomorrow night. I’ll be taking the bus along with a student from São Paulo, which is great.
I have a couple of pictures, have even gotten them onto my computer by various means, but can’t seem to get them up on WordPress. I will post them when I can. However, I can almost guarantee that you will be underwhelmed.
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¹Also my brain is full. Actually, I’m just generally full. Why in French, you could even say I’m pleine.²
² Now the question is, am I really just full of it?³
³ Please don’t answer that question.
collecting tokens 
Creative footnoting.
Conferencing – no matter how much eating is involved – from 7:00 am to 6:10 pm is a looooong day. Especially for a woman with sausage ankles.
I hope your trip becomes a little more whelming.
ta cheia?
oooh… swollen ankles. when I was pregnant I called it “cankles” – because the calves and the ankles just blended into one swollen mess. good times. ;)
I, thankfully and for some reason, was not “blessed” with swollen ankles during pregnancy. Of course, throughout the entire thing I had either morning sickness or preterm contractions/labor…so I think I paid for my not-swollen ankles.
I really did not mean to go off on that tangent! Anyway…hooray for Brazil! I know you said we’ll be underwhelmed, but I still look forward to pictures. I’ve never been to Central or South America, although I hope to someday. I have a friend who recently moved to Argentina..maybe I’ll get to visit her one day. :)
Nice footnotes.