| Jan 17, 2001 |
Wow! almost two months without any news posted... sorry about that. I hope you all had a wonderful New Year. I had a great time getting drenched in Copacabana while watching the fireworks! A garrafa de champagne ajudou a esquecer a chuva forte que caia na nossa cara...
As usual our trip to Rio was intense and quick, just one week. Anelise and I spent a lot of time with our families and seeing old friends. We had a chopp with Frau Castro and her daughter, Maria Teresa (87) at Guimas at the São Conrado Fashion Mall. Maria Teresa is the Activities Director at EA now and she brought along her 3 month old (and very cute) baby. Ruth Castro (86) was also there and we got a chance to meet her daughter too. It was a fun and "relaxante" afternoon. I couldn't believe it had been almost fifteen years since I had last seen them... They looked pretty much the same and it felt like we had just seen each other a year or so ago.
I had planned on seeing Ursula in Rio, but we weren't able to meet. We'll have to try again another time. There was some sort of trend going on here. Upon arriving in NY, I got a call from Bruce, who was in Rio (!), and wanted to meet up... He was going to come through NY on his way to LA, but those plans also fizzled. Helene actually was here in NY for two days. We were supposed to get together with Bettina, but after a long and frustrating game of phone tag, Helene went back to Sweden without seeing anyone. :¬(
I was able, though, to go out to dinner with Rui and his wife, Lisa while they were in NY. They are enjoying their stay in London and are planning a few short trips throughout Europe. They recently went to Paris and had a blast.
As many of you know, Ulf recently moved to East Timor. He is working with an organization called IOM (International Organization for Migration) and is assisting the safe return of refugees to that devastated country. On his way there he stopped in Tokyo and got together with Pablo Kato and Jun Aoyagi. I'm waiting for the pictures to post them on the site.
I was also contacted by Bruce Stirling about a new Alumni Newsletter EA is going to put out. I don't have any details, but it seems that it will be a regular thing. I'll let you know as soon as I hear more about it.
Well that's it for today.
Abraços,
Mark
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| Posted by Mark on Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 12:49
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