I met a guy today named Walter Hessert. He graduated several years ago from Notre Dame with a Latin American political science degree and is currently “playing” in Brazil. He is a nice guy, but not unusually interesting. The reason I mention him is because of the job he had for the past two years. He was basically a “manny,” which is a male nanny for those of you who don’t know. Shortly after finishing up college he met an Austrian-born American who also happened to be a self-made billionaire. This gentleman was getting older, but he still had teenage sons. Thus, Walter was hired to travel the world with the family so that the young boys could have a younger male influence. In his job, Walter was paid to sail across oceans, camp in the Sahara, and fly in helicopters over New Zealand, among other things. I was awestruck by this story, so I thought I’d mention it. Talk about the best job in the world.
Also, tonight was my first night out in Sao Paulo. I met some Serbian students who are studying medicine here for a semester, and we decided to buy some beer and then headed out to one of the local clubs (Bohemia beer is probably one of the best beers I’ve ever tried. Not too expensive either. Haha surprised?) Anyways, we found a bar that looked pretty bumpin’ so we decided to check it out. It was expensive to get in (R$30.00), but it was worth the experience. We were there at 11:00pm, which is a little early in South America, but as the night went on more and more people flooded the floors of the club. Between the blaring techno music and not being able to speak Portuguese very well, it was very hard to communicate and/or dance with the Paulanistas (the local girls). I don’t spit game very well in Portuguese (I guess I don’t do very well in English either, haha) Oh well, I’ve got a long time here to practice.
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