So, I’m on mall wi-fi and in the process of buying SIM cards for the phones. Jon is a Português language champ!! So proud of his hard work and happy to have him with us. Not sure he’s happy to hear our “over tired” bickering, but his long-suffering is appreciated. Obviously we made it Looking forward to a meal, a shower and sleep. Air Canada was great, but they lost one bag - the one with our shoes and toiletries. Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow, but we have to get shoes for service tomorrow morning. Here’s pictures & video of our beautiful welcome!! It brought me to tears more than once. As BJ Lambus would say...more later...

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