The office is on Avenida Paulista, the main busines street so there are tons of restaurants within a few minutes walk. We are on the 15th floor with a great view. I had to learn how to say 15 in portuguese because here you can't push your own button on the elevator, you have to tell the elevator operator what floor you want her to push (and by "operator" I mean she sits on a stool in the elevator and pushes the buttons). Instead of the Kcup machine we have in the atlanta breakroom they have the Nespresso machine which is awesome!! and has made me a daily coffee drinker again. Seriously, I am buying one for christmas for our house :) Everyone in the office has been really helpful with my attempting to speak Portuguese. They correct my pronunciation and help with translating words. This once led to a 20 minute lesson on helping me say the "ao" sound (one of the toughest for non-native speakers to learn). I also had my first visit with Gol this past week, I met with the flight profitability team and we discussed how our systems are different. Pretty fascinating discussion! I will be visiting with them once a week to talk more in-depth. So that's some of the highlights!
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| view from the office |
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| Portuguese homework from one of the girls in the office :) |
That mag looks like a Cosmo, and awesome view!!!! I bet the Brazillian restaurants here have nothing on the authentic food down there!
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what's the ice machine situation down there?
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid you'd be disappointed...ice is rare here. Even at restaurants they typically just pop open a can of coke and put a straw in it. This annoys me, not so much for the lack of ice, just that cans are not meant to consumed with straws. Not to mention I haven't seen a single can of Dr. Pepper since I've been here...sorry Will!
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