not your typical Father's Day

In case you don't recall, Mother's Day (in May) was very exciting here in Sao Paulo. There were bombings and shootings; just the usual family fun. So the authorities decided it would be a good idea if they let the petty criminals out of jail for Father's Day (today) and warned us to be careful out there. Oh, and by the way, they are supposed to turn themselves back in.

We were instructed by the consulate to stay around the hotel or at the site for Sunday and Monday and not to take any buses or go to ATM's in case there is violence. For me, I stayed at the hotel for the most part. Sunday seems to have been a relatively quiet day. Of course, there's always tomorrow and it's our day off so we'll have to figure out something.

Some people were really worried but we have some new Brazilian-Armenian friends who said we shouldn't worry too much. People don't like the police apparently; especially the criminals. These friends testified to having run-ins with the police. One guy was beat up by the police for no good reason. He says he is much more afraid of the police than the criminals. He says that you at least know the criminals want your money but with the police here, you never know.

So, I was expecting an adventure right?

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