Monday, 14 July 2008

Saudade

Hello again!
Me and Diêgo went to Jardim Botanico the same day as the interview, it was very beutiful there. It is a really beautiful and exotic garden in the middle of the city. Later we went home to our room, we took the bus to there. I fixed my "personbevis" online and would get it in some days.
Next day we woke up early, and took ourselves to the Galeao Aeroporto were we took our flight to Brasília, the federal capital of Brazil.
It was Diêgo´s first trip by airplane, he thought it was fashinating at the same time as frightening.
The trip was fast and good, later we had four hours in Brasília till the next flight. We asked the woman in Webjet´s information disk if we could leave the airport, and she said yes.
In the horizon we could see the congress, we wanted to take a bus there. We missed the first bus but took the next, it would take us to the bus terminal and there we take another to the congress. Well, easier said than done, the trip to there took one hour and we never arrived. I got panic and feared to miss the flight, so we had to head back.
We ate at Giraffas, but it was less good here, the best Giraffas is after all in Shopping Boa Vista in Recife that is the best.
Later we went to our gate, it was difficult to avoid thinking about the coming day... the 12:th of july... we were sad...
Next flight took a longer time, and we saw Recife by night from the sky, then we landed n the very same place as my airplane landed six months ago when I first arrived in this city.
We took a taxi to Hotel Tivoli, the first place we slept in, we got a differenct room this time, but we felt at home. Once again I felt the sweaty and hot air that is special for Recife.
Next day, the 12:th of july, probably the most painful and sad day of my life was the last day of my time in Brazil for now. We both tried to avoid thinking about what would happen just in some hours, but it was almost impossible. We went to the beach and took the walk to Shopping Recife that still was closed. Hiper Bompreco opened soon, so we went inside and bought coffee to my grandmother, guaraná antarctica, four small bottles to me, my mom, Rebecca and my father. I also bought a box of Garoto chocolate and Nestlé chocolate. After this we walked back to Hotel Tivoli were we fixed our bags. Later we took a bus to Guararapes Aeroporto were we spent some hours. We ate at Bob's and looked at the airplanes flying away, the time passed even if we wanted it to stop, or better, go backwards, but it was impossible, and later the painful moment when I had to pass the gate came.
I went to the bag control, but got stopped, cause of a little seixer and a bottle of acai gel, I couldnt pass but had to go back and check in my luggage... I didnt wanna cause I have fragile things in it, and I didnt want to trash the acai. I walked out and could hold Diêgo, my beloved Diêgo in my arms again. We got some minutes of happiness, later I had to go again. I couldnt see Diêgo from a window or anything, I had to wait till my flight opened... and later it went off. It didnt take many seconds after the start till I could see the lights of Recife several hundreds of meters under me, and they came more and more far away, cause the airplane took me far out in the Atlantic Ocean. Soon see lights of my boyfriend´s hometown just was a little thin line far out in the horizon, behind me. The place that have been my home for a long time now was so far away, and more far away it would come. I didnt sleep anything almost that night, just looked at the screen showing were on the world I was at the moment.
At the brazilian midnight I arrived in Lisbon in Portugal again, were the morning already had come. I saw the very same gate I passed through to come to Recife six months ago.
I didnt stay long in Lisbon, two hours, then my next flight to London went off. As usual on arriving at Heathrow Airport my plane had to wait ten minutes before landing, at the airport I had to go and take a bus to Terminal 3 were the flight with SAS Scandinavian Airlines would take of in not less (but more) than eight hours.
After waiting some hours the terminal had problems and no plane would leave the building until the problem was fixed. My flight was delayed four hours, I waited and waited and got a cheque to by food from SAS. In the airplane we got informed that SAS had problems, the airplane was broken in Gothenburg so they had to send a new one from Stockholm, wich took some hours.
the trip to Gothenburg was short, and after the passport control we went to the hall to get the bags, the hall I only saw from a window last time being here.
I went out and meet my family who was awaiting me.
we went out in the relative cool climate and went home... to Gislaved...

Now 23 hours have passed since I came home, it is good to show the souvenirs and presents I boughts and tell what I have seen, but its painful to be back and so far from Diêgo again. i miss him so much already, and I will, till the day of the 3:rd of mars when he arrives here in Sweden.

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