Monday, April 25, 2005
A House to Die For!
We were supposed to breakfast with Ivan Sunday but he called at around 7.30am and said he got too much sun Saturday afternoon and wanted to do dinner Monday instead.
Thieny and I had a great day...breakfast with Israel at Paderia Ideal...that's an eat in bakery. It's said to be the best in town...been here since 1941.
After that, we took off to look around a little since the traffic was light.
Went out Washington Soares past Iguatemi to Agia Fria and cruised around. Driving down the street past my friend Vera's English School, we saw one of the houses was open with a sign that gave a phone number and other contact information, but no people.
We stopped and went in.
In a word, Gorgeous.
It was just what we would need. Right neighborhood, right size, 4 bedrooms, one for my office, great wood frame windows, well built with ceiling decoration and the whole works.
Later we came back and found a person minding the place who said the sale price was R$220,000 but it was possible to pay per month.
I should explain that in Brazil, most people can't afford mortgages in the North American sense but you can make arrangements to have a sizeable "deposit" and then make monthly payments.
Anyway, this house really got my attention.
In the future, it's just the kind of thing we need.
After that, to pick up Ajamila, Israel's cousin and Daisy's daughter, and then off to the beach. Spent most of Sunday afternoon and had amoso there. The kids had a great time in the pool and I went in the ocean for the first time in months.
Thieny and Ajamila went by taxi to Thieny's old neighborhood where she spent a couple of hours with freiends and I picked her up around 9.30pm.
All in all, a good day.
Thieny and I had a great day...breakfast with Israel at Paderia Ideal...that's an eat in bakery. It's said to be the best in town...been here since 1941.
After that, we took off to look around a little since the traffic was light.
Went out Washington Soares past Iguatemi to Agia Fria and cruised around. Driving down the street past my friend Vera's English School, we saw one of the houses was open with a sign that gave a phone number and other contact information, but no people.
We stopped and went in.
In a word, Gorgeous.
It was just what we would need. Right neighborhood, right size, 4 bedrooms, one for my office, great wood frame windows, well built with ceiling decoration and the whole works.
Later we came back and found a person minding the place who said the sale price was R$220,000 but it was possible to pay per month.
I should explain that in Brazil, most people can't afford mortgages in the North American sense but you can make arrangements to have a sizeable "deposit" and then make monthly payments.
Anyway, this house really got my attention.
In the future, it's just the kind of thing we need.
After that, to pick up Ajamila, Israel's cousin and Daisy's daughter, and then off to the beach. Spent most of Sunday afternoon and had amoso there. The kids had a great time in the pool and I went in the ocean for the first time in months.
Thieny and Ajamila went by taxi to Thieny's old neighborhood where she spent a couple of hours with freiends and I picked her up around 9.30pm.
All in all, a good day.
