Here I go again...

I'm packing for "winter" a winter trip to Brazil. What? you say it's only August 1st. Yes, I'm heading to Brazil for a week of "meet and greet".

Winter in Brazil is a frigid 60 - 70 degrees farenheit. Ha! Lately, we're calling that temperature summer in Chicago. I've been told that although we may think of it as early summer temperatures not to dress like it's early summer. No sandals-boo hoo. I will comply as I don't want to stick out like a sore thumb.

I'm excited to be heading to the "B" in BRIC- the big emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India and China. As a business instructor, I spend a lot of time talking about these countries specifically Brazil. It will be interesting to see it first-hand.

What are my expectations?
- I expect that the Brazilians will be excellent hosts.
- I expect that I will probably be up late into the evening talking and enjoying the company of my hosts.
-I expect that I will get a little bit more for more money certainly more than what I did in Europe.