[November 11, 2007] 4:00 AM is early, especially after going to bed at midnight. Either way, that's when lobby call was and we made it. We got to the airport on time for our 6:30 flight. Stopped in Rio...again. It's just about as pretty in the daytime as it is at night. The airport is nice too. We spent a couple hours there, mainly sleeping, and then it was off to Porto Alegre. By the way, it's really kinda funny seeing seven hand carts being pushed down the sidewalk at 5:00 AM. It's such a slow, half-dead, pitiful procession of luggage-toting zombies.
Anyway, we went to churrascaria number five. These places are doing some amazing things with food. It seems that I may have found a new favorite churrascaria dish. Roasted pineapple! I don't know how they do it, but they cut the skin off and roast it with cinnamon and sugar, and it's amazing! I can't even describe how good it is (and you know it's good if I'm blogging about it). If you haven't experienced it, you really should as soon as you can. If you have, I'm so proud of you!
Moving on, we hung out at the hotel for a little bit, then went to the venue for sound check and concert. We had all kinds of problems tonight. Bad frequencies, trouble hearing, batteries dying, potty breaks (or the need of them), quiet audience, and all kinds of other fun stuff. It was great, though. God delivered again and gave me a voice for the night. I did pretty well at not complaining. It's tough when I'm so tired, but that's the game. I'm fine.
After the concert, they set us up in a smallish room with sliding glass doors, our own "glass case of emotion" for all you Anchorman fans. They filtered people in and out for pics and autographs. It was kinda weird, but kinda fun too.
We got done there and now we're back in the hotel with some pizza, getting ready for bed. We may get a full six hours of sleep tonight! That's money right there. Much better than 3.5. Two more concerts left and then we come home! Outstanding!
Peace, Love, and Chocolate
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Hello, Robin! This is Newton, from Porto Alegre. I am really sorry you had those problems in Porto Alegre. The last time Acappella came to Brazil, the guys told me the concert in Porto Alegre was the best in the hole country. It seems that nothing worked as good as that time.
We had few people here, perhaps fewer than every other concert.
There were two big reasons for that: the price of the ticket (80 here, 18 in Belo Horizonte), and the fact that the concert was Sunday night. A lot of churches took off the advertisement of the Acappella concert, afraid of loosing people in their night meetings.
Here, I was not the promoter of the concert. Since I live here, Juvenal asked me to find a hotel for Acappella near the airport, to set places to eat, and to set transportation. We had problems with a car in your arrival, it should be 2 cars, one for people, one for baggage.
Anyway, it was wonderful to see Acappella again, and in spite of being tired fro the trip, you guys made a great concert. The 5 men combo is a good combination.
God bless!
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