And on the subject of Brazil
- they (the country this time) do have some pretty decent music! Caroline recently made me aware of the brilliant Brazilian singer who was Elis Regina. The last couple of days I’ve enjoyed listening to her - and today I discovered that her daughter too has a career as a singer. Although a bit more commercially, latino-popish, sounding than her jazz based mother, Maria Rita has some really catching songs - like this one:
Mum still has the reign, though. Listen to “Waters of March” (Ãguas de Março) and be convinced.
Other than that, today has been a day of serious shopping. My partner splurged out on a Nikon D40 for himself, now we are really becoming a family of photographers! Upon returning home from work, I found that my new DS game, “My Word Coach”, had arrived. Finally, I took the kids for the usual Friday afternoon routine of getting a small toy/figure (they’ve traded their weekend sweets for toys, not that I mind..!).
The camera is awesome, btw! They say it’s a beginners’ camera, but I found it really good, with intuitive menus and - most importantly, of course - great photos coming from it. I can’t wait to start photowalking, the whole family out looking like tourists..! 
