The first two members of our party left for Brazil this morning, and I have more or less finished packing to be the third member to depart. Most of the group have at least a day in Sao Paulo to relax and/or explore before we meet up on Sunday evening. Whilst I dont have an itinerary for this weekend, some colleagues already have leisure activities booked for our middle weekend in Rio!
We're not going to Brazil for a holiday, however. All six of our university visits have now been confirmed and we understand they all have a schedule for us. This will be quite some trip, there are some huge cultural differences between Britain and Brazil and I am intrigued how this affects higher education there. We have had a briefing already from the Brazilian Embassy so we aren't going into our meetings cold, but I expect there to be some significant differences even within Brazil that will defy some of our preconceptions.
Our next update should be from Brazil, so stay tuned!
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This is a test blog really to check out whether I'm connected or not. As one of the party bringing up the rear and not leaving until Saturday pm, I'm still in travel prep mode. Looking forward to setting off from the Gordon Ramsey Restaurant at T5 tomorrow with Helen and Caroline :-) See you soon.
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