Never a dull moment!
Every time we go out it seems that something happens. Is this the same in England? Perhaps it is but I have never noticed.

Today the car broke down - clouds of steam etc. etc. This was then followed by a whole load of wrangling with the people who sold us the car, who claimed it was no longer under warranty (not true and we have the documentation to prove it), but they had not reckoned with John at his most forceful. They certainly received a piece of his mind. However, despite this, the car is still in the garage and nothing has yet been resolved, although they do know in no uncertain terms that at least one of us does not consider them customer friendly!

Thank goodness for good Brazilian friends who have ferried us about and added their 'pieces of mind' to ours when speaking to the garage. I have mentioned before what good friends we have here! What would we do without them.

So, for now, we are without transport - but with the beach and everything else we need just five minutes away, things are not too bad. However, we will now need to go out for camarao (prawns) and caipirinha to drown our sorrows! :-)