http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html Here are photos from my stay in Campinas (a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil) for a conference. (Also check out the pages "Brazil 2" and "Brazil 3" for photos from my brief visit to the city of São Paulo afterwards.) http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#0 b441740b-ca50-4447-9468-dec9ed907ecf http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3989.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3989.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">JFK tarmac sunset</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#1 b0172ede-d9e4-4362-8b3f-06fb50bc9e4d http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3993.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3993.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">behind our hotel, the view from our room</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#2 08f2a6a2-b488-40c9-8293-f1a3aa25907a http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3998.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3998.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">strange large dirt mounds</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#3 00e9945b-097f-4fb8-b8bd-becb887ade6c http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3994.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_3994.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">looking down from the hotel room</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#4 17e5c5fb-5c7e-4eb2-90c0-837fe4ab9810 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4020.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4020.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the pedestrian overpass we had to cross with our luggage upon arrival</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#5 62ec2b49-9602-46a2-9b97-4aa742af7fdb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4019.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4019.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">behind our hotel, ground level</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#6 b9fe8944-690a-4feb-9cc3-9941bd4b4677 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4015.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4015.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">part of the hotel buffet breakfast: caf&#xE9; and p&#xE3;o de queijo</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#7 df298135-7dad-45bd-bf02-66cb13ad1db9 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4016.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4016.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">hotel breakfast: romeo and juliet (Minas cheese and guava paste)</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#8 ed79a466-8b53-45c4-9f35-512b3b1f37ea http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4022.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4022.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">hallway in our hotel (I liked the shadow left by the round window on the red carpet.)</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#9 6d865df5-7e70-45c5-9d69-1eedc06a7fa8 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4023.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4023.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">hotel room with 3 twin beds, on departure</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#10 a36dbadb-8e77-46ef-81ff-f02e104b9234 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4017.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4017.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">passionfruit juice (I love passionfruit juice. Passionately, I suppose. Or maybe I just enjoy the taste.)</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#11 42d273b6-a907-460a-829e-b2d0eb967802 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4026.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4026.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">At the Royal Palm resort, the hotel where the conference was held.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#12 86bf9498-300c-414b-8d7c-7d232f1afe0c http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4034.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4034.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">bird of paradise at conference hotel</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#13 9d935063-d3c6-4ab4-b36a-caedbdaa842c http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4029.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4029.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">bromeliad at conference hotel</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#14 55cd8f2a-3b8b-4f1d-9889-3bb698a3096c http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4028.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4028.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">more bromeliads at conference hotel</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#15 7c6f978a-c328-4817-b440-e226d652ec85 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4033.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4033.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">swimming pool with waterfall. (it had blue dye in it, as reported by conference attendees with blue-stained nails or blue-tinged blond hair.)</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#16 93d2a274-7771-472f-bb0e-47fece54154c http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4035.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4035.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the kiddie pool</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#17 ca0150ed-ee42-4409-9fd3-daeca639cfef http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4047.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4047.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some stone floor tiles that I liked. (I don't know what type of stone has this sort of pattern.)</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#18 0116b331-26f0-471f-8a2d-1386a3c2dfbc http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4046.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4046.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Part of the gigantic playground at the resort. (I saw no kids, though.)</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#19 0248f957-f56d-42ae-95e7-d574e8c6cb35 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4041.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4041.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The resort had lots of people working to maintain the grounds.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#20 c1c51b17-0843-400f-a83b-d23085c150f4 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4048.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4048.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#21 db07627e-541d-4108-b2df-2ad36f41aaa8 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4043.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4043.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">More of the grounds. </p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#22 f25a9b73-2ad3-4c4f-b825-0685c4203c7d http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4045.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4045.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Even more of the grounds. I wondered if the row of trees there hid the favelas that I heard were just beyond the resort walls. </p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#23 6e0b3690-ed0a-43a9-9206-6119a8f27b3f http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4052.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4052.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Palm trees screen the view of the industrial landscape at the front of the hotel.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#24 a2596ac5-8019-49bf-9619-10546d1888c8 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4031.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4031.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">a display of shoes at the resort</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#25 57aa9571-fca3-4a37-b9ad-6fd60a21d3b2 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4070.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4070.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The meeting room, where I spent many long hours.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#26 da981ef0-2bf8-4cbf-97a5-5bc36290f02f http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4067.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4067.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The very confined poster set-up (less crowded than peak times...)</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#27 58a93789-e4ac-4865-939a-db492c79f8ee http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4005.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4005.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Snack table for a typical coffee break, such as appeared twice a day for the conference.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#28 87f5f920-08eb-40eb-bc65-8a1fff1b2a67 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4056.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4056.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Another typical coffee break snack table</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#29 c189a788-75c4-4258-b034-39fafa17ceb0 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4058.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4058.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Little sandwiches made on rolls colored with beets</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#30 b0238c16-ca79-44d5-8b74-b5e54cd2f46f http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4061.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4061.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">All coffee breaks offered bottomless baskets of pao de queijo.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#31 71d4a0ba-2623-4461-8822-ddd2680f5f0c http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4003.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4003.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The juices changed for each coffee break, too. Here's orange and pineapple with mint</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#32 943dcbf4-3980-44a4-944a-bdb484e0d88c http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4062.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4062.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Another break, another option: orange and orange with acerola</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#33 a4e71900-7698-4411-817f-f7797d924192 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4068.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4068.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Still another juice option: orange and passion fruit</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#34 1dbe0f36-7407-4000-8ca5-9e02adedf9df http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4065.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4065.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">desserts from the copious lunch buffet, which changed daily.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1.html#35 08495bb2-12fc-4546-8bfa-a910521f4422 http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4011.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/abrugos/alejna/Brazil_1_files/Media/IMG_4011.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_249_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">banquet dessert: Queijo Minas (cheese), pumpkin, orange rind, guava, doce de leite</p></div></div>