So I'm finally back from vacation (ok so I got back 3 day's ago), and I have to say, it was a lot of fun, but a lot of it also really sucked. Take just getting there for example. We got to Miami just fine, but after waiting at the airport for our transfer for 5 HOURS, the stupid people say that they sold our seats, so we had to wait for the next flight. Mind you we got there at 5 in the morning, and I for one hadn't gotten more then 3 hours of sleep in 48 hours (I don't sleep well on planes). So my dad had to keep at them for an hour before they gave us a hotel room to stay at till the next flight (which was at 9 that night). After that you'd think it would get better, but no, after we reach Sao Paulo, our next transfer flight gets delayed for an hour. Not fun. When we finally reached Rio de Janiero everything was good.
The acutal trip was a lot of fun though. It rained the second day we were in Rio, which was really unfortuante, especially since I was the only one in my family who brough an umbrella with me. And it's a single person umbrella too. My mom bought another umbrella, that she and my dad shared, and I was nice and gave my sister mine. I had a sweater with a hood, and I like the rain, though it probably wasn't that smart, considering I'm sick now. -__-'''
We went to Igwazu (E - wa- su) Falls next. We only stayed there for two days, but it was still fun. Finding dinner was impossible though, my parents insisted that we walk around the town for what felt like hours. Seems like every restaurant in Brazil stops serving actualy meals after four o'clock. The Falls themselves were really cool. Aparrently they're at an all time low for water though, so they didn't look as beautiful as they sued to. The only really annoying thing was that I got attacked by evil mosquitoes. If your mother ever tells you to NOT bring but repelant on vacation with you, DONT listen to her.
The last place we went to was Buenos Aires (in Argentina for the geographically inept) It was pretty fun, we did a lot of shoping there. We went to the Sunday flee market though we really didn't buy anything. We also went to see a tango show, which was amazing!! Fortunately we were able to take a tour throught the famous Colon Opera House (5th best opera house in the world). And like I said earlier, lots of shopping. I got a leather jacket, and so did my sister (...if your against the wearing of any part of an animal I deeply apologise). My sister also bought 2 pairs of shoes. My mom bought a leather purse, and my dad bought a really nice (Christian Dior...I think) suit, and some nice leather shoes. Bought presents too, though I really couldn't buy as many as I would have liked, actually, I don't think I have enought things. We ran out of cash and you wont' believe how hard it is to find a Wells Fargo down there.
On the way back, we stopped in Miami for a day, which was kinda pointless cause all we did was stare at the beach, pretty boring. And of course the morning we were goinging to fly back to California the new airport security measures were instated. They looked throught my carryon because I had so much crap in my backpack, they couldn't figure out what anything was in the X-Ray thing. In the end they took away this anti-ich spray I had for my mosquito bites. -__-. We got home safely tough, as you can see, considering I'm posting this, and therefore am very much alive.
