On my way to Brazil, I was craving for some kofta, sushi, and my jalapenos pizza.  I was craving for the most important thing in my life chocolate. Oh I love Cholocolate .

  Once I checked in, in the MPLS airport,  I said this is not it because I will arrive at NJ and then I will have to stop at JFk international airport.   I was nervous because I was on my own. I took a taxi on my way to the JFK.  I saw the Washington Bridge and Manhattan as well.  To bad I did not have my camera with me or else I would of have taken pictures. O well, what I remember from that taxi ride was what my cap told me. He mentioned that in his tradition, everyone in the family has to sit on the table when is time to eat and that it does not matter if they are not hungry.  All the matter is that the family is together and show respect to the person who cook the food.   As I arrived in JFK I was surprised that there were not chairs to sit down like the MPLS-airport.  Luckily, I found a sit on the public phone; I had to wait there for at least 7 hours as far I remember. I felt so lonely so I had to bother my friends by texting them. All the sudden, a lady approached  me  by asking if I she could borrow the phone, she spoke to me in a different language  and point at my phone, so I figured she wanted my phone to call her family. While she was talking, I heard  her say,” spasiba (thank you) and paka ( bye).” So I figured she speaks Russian.  As a result, I spoke to her in few Russians words, like , “how are you doing ? and where are  going?”  that’s all  the Russian words I knew. Then, she started talking more than usual and I felt so lost. At that moment, I thought, this must be a sign. This sign is telling me that   I would feel the same way when I arrive at Brazil.  Although that lady and I spoke different languages, we were able to communicate with our hand movements. Ufff, it was tough. Moreover, I was checking in again this was it, I was finally going to brazil. When I check in, a Dominican lady saw that I was from Ecuador and introduce me to another Ecuadorian lady. LOl. I started talking about my travels, my interests, and how  long I had been in the U.S. Wow I took a while talking, but I love to hear and to be heard.  Yay, I was happy that I made it to the airplane since I had to wait a lot.   I was amazed that the airlines Tam  had an extraordinary service to bad I did not understand when they spoke in Portuguese to me or else I would asked for more food.