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28 EVENTS AND PLACES VISITED
Date Dec. 27, 1962 Thursday
Place São Paulo
Weather Sunny & cool; a heavy rain, cloudy.
We went early to the Department of Zoology, & I looked thru the frogs in 1 of the 6 big storage cases with Dr. Vanzolini's servant to reach the high shelves. I had measured & made notes on all but a dozen or so by quitting time. At noon some of Doris' entomologist friends invited us to go with them to a tiny private house about half a mile away to have lunch. It was a tight squeeze  to get 9 of us in the little front room, with a Christmas tree, a sofa, a sideboard & a Pekinese in addition. A traditional Brazilian lunch was served by the lady & her 2 daughters —a green salad, then boiled beef (very good!), spaghetti, rice, oranges & bananas, with beer & something a lot stronger if we wanted it & a "small coffee" at the end. The younger daughter, a pretty & vampish young teen of 14 or so, played the guitar & sang the "Vanzolini Samba", by our Vanzo! It was very attractive, & she did it very well. The Pekse stayed by me most of the time, perhaps still smelling cat on my dress even after nearly 4 weeks!
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EVENTS AND PLACES VISITED 29
Date Dec. 28, 1962 Friday
Place São Paulo
Weather Sunny, then overcast; evening rainy
Vanzolini was away to-day, & not one person came in to see if I needed anything or even to open the window, which I cannot reach. I managed to open some of the storage cases & brought in 30 of 40 jars of frogs, but when I'd finished those & wanted to get more, a man was trying out a projecting lantern in the storage room so I couldn't get any more! I was good & mad at Vanzo, you bet!
The nice entomologist took us to lunch again at the same small house, & the lovely Peke was on the window sill, & stuck his head out the grill in his joy at seeing me. He was taken down & put in the kitchen when the lunch of green salad, chicken stew, rice & desert of mixed fruits came on (all for Cr.100, about $.15 U.S.). The girl played & sang some of the "saudades" for us, & one of the zoologists also sang with her, & played the guitar when she was helping serve. Everybody here is musical it seems!
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