New Years at Guaruja Island

  I had a wonderful New Years celebration at Guaruja Island in the state of Sao Paulo. It is often refered to as 'The Pearl of the Atlantic". This was my first time to see the Atlantic Ocean, being a Cali girl all my life. The water was beautiful and very warm!
  New Year's Eve was a riot...at one point I really did think it was a riot....people go down the beach dressed in all white and try to jump over 7 waves and eat grapes and throw white flowers into the ocean before midnight...luck for the new year. It was interesting. There were also fireworks and people spraying other people with champagne. It was nuts!
  It rained all New Year's Day...
  I am now back in Brasilia and getting ready for the teacher work week to start....my apartment is in boxes. They took me to look at a few apartments yesterday...horrible. Better luck next time.
  Happy 2010! I know it will be!