January 28, 2006

Things I Didn't Expect

Life is full of surprises. Here are three things that took me surprise this week.

1. I was driving on one of the main avenues of Juazeiro do Norte, and found myself behind a truck with a French license plate. There has to be a very interesting story there. How did a French vehicle wind up in the middle of the Brazilian sertão?

2. I was at a parent's meeting yesterday at my son's school, and I introduced myself to a man sitting near me. It turns out he is from Cape Verde. How he ended up in Juazeiro do Norte must be as interesting a story as that of the French pickup.

3. By far the most unexpected thing I came across this week was a guy decked out in cowboy garb and singing "Way Down Yonder on the Chattahoochee" in English--sort of. Alan Jackson would probably have been appalled.

Posted by Andrew on January 28, 2006 2:41 PM.