My mother Nancy lives in Naples, Florida. Back in 2002, while she was living in nearby Marco Island, she volunteered as an English teacher at the local library. As she lives in a retirement community (hahahaha, just kidding ,Nancy!)…. As she lives in an area where the population explodes during the winters, many local hotels and golf courses offer students from South American countries (and elsewhere) the opportunity to intern during their summers.
Carolina lives in Canela, Rio Grande de Sud, Brasil. She and her family own and run a hotel in Canela. Following her graduation from college in Brasil, she interned at the Marriot in Marco Island in 2002. And to improve her already quite good English during her time in the States, she signed up for lessons at the local library. Nancy was her teacher.
As my luck would have it, Nancy and Carolina become quite good friends. So good, in fact, that when I fancied traveling to Brasil and Nancy mentioned this to Carolina, Carolina kindly extended the invitation for me to meet her in Florianopolis to stay at a friend’s condo and then to join her at her family’s hotel in Canela. And thus my visit with Carolina begins...
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