Dull Traveler

I'll try to avoid scatalogical humor and inuendo, but it seems i am already snickering to myself...Maybe because on my trip to Argentina this year when the toilets seemed so normal i had given up on seeing new and interesting toilet fixtures. it's been years since i assumed the position and held on to the pole in the Dolomites and I quickly mastered the double buttons in Australia. But today, in what qualifies as the ugliest city i have ever stayed in, Belo Horizante, Brazil (Belo what?where? you might be asking yourself, exactly) the toilet in my hotel room has a pot filler on the wall, in the perfect convenient location. and we all know what for. i didn't realize this particular device was for filling pots until it was demonstrated to me back home. i thought it was for cleaning the sink. i guess my pots have always fit into the sink. you know that little spout that acts like a nozzle next to the spigot on your kitchen sink. at least on every kitchen sink i have seen on the east coast, i do not think they are as prevalent on the west coast. well, there it is right next to the toilet. it's a new one for me. it seems like a good idea and cheaper than a bidet...maybe i'll call the plumber when i get back to Bean Town.

this place is far from the pillow menus of yore. it's a budget friendly hotel. paying under 40 bucks a night for a hotel makes me worry. but this place so far is great. exactlly the kind of place i would hope to find if i were vacationing. it's got wi-fi :) :) :) in my room. before i traveled much on business i would have thought that kind of thing to be de riguer for business travel, but i think that's if you always stay in nice places. the holiday inns of the world (or at least those in florida) leave much to be desired.

wish me luck in this place, i mean brazil. my first run in with a charascaria has resulted in quite a bit of stomach discomfort. was it the salad bar or the meat? that funny little bitty hard boiled egg? the tiny chicken leg? the arugula?

i know nothing about brazil, but i do know that if you don't speak portuguese, it kind of sucks.