Water, the Fountain of Life
We now are into our second day without water at the office. I imagine that it would have been our third day, except we had the day off on Monday for Thanksgiving. Apparently the water will be back by the end of the week.
Since we are a small office, being waterless is a liveable if not particularly enviable situation. However, seeing that today is a holiday in Brazil (Nossa Senhora da Aparecida as well as Children's Day), the waterless situation worried me a little more than it did yesterday. On holidays, much of Brazil shuts down and services which are normally available (e.g.: lunchtime restaurants with washrooms) remain closed. Last time we were open on a Brazilian holiday, I had to buy my lunch at a nearby gas station!
Well, when early afternoon arrived, my colleague and I plotted a strategy for finding a restaurant which would be open and which would hopefully fulfil our food as well as water needs. We chose carefully and strategically and headed on our way. As soon as we were out the door, however, we discovered that the restaurant around the corner was indeed open. Hurray! We quickly ducked inside, took care of our water-based needs, and enjoyed a well-deserved plate of sushi!
posted by Karen @ 7:09 p.m.
2 Comments:
Sushi in Brazil? What a culture shock.
Glad that you found water!
M: Actually, there's lots of sushi in Brazil! São Paulo has the largest population of Japanese and descendants outside of Japan -- resulting in great sushi for us commoners!
M2: Yes, it was the sushi/chinese place down the street from the office. It's not as good as the buffet near home, but for R$8 (CAN$4) for a full plate of sushi, it's hard to complain! I probably eat there at least twice a week!
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