"Oh my God! Gardo! Gardo is that you my brother?" Jenny in all excitement yelling, shouting and eyes widened as usual, looking for her Mom from the crowd.
"Where's Mom?" She asked without hesitation.
Gardo has that beaming cheerful face couldn't hear what she was saying, managed to approach them out from the noisy crowd, hugged her sister and embraced his cute niece. "Oh this is my precious niece."
Jenny introduced Arnel, Joan, Janice and Jeaneth to Gardo.
"Welcome to Brazil," as he looked at Jenny's husband and friends. "I hope you'll enjoy your stay in here."" Jenny, Mom is at home waiting for us.... all of us," he added.
Gardo ushered them to his red color van at the parking area. It was a Ford Minivan. 7 passengers and of course would fit all of them plus their baggages, suit cases and back packs. Good that Jenny brought the baby's carrier that can comfortably snuggled on the van's seat for safety.
Gardo: Okay guys buckle up good. Don't mind the traffic. Traffic congestion is a problem here in the city but the long travel is just as common in a big city. Everyday here is busy. Heavy traffic from dusk to dawn.
Jenny: (Sigh) That's why I preferred to live where I would like to raise my child.
Gardo: Ha! Let say Canada is a better place because of the population is low, clean air, rich country but it's livelier here. Brazilians are happier I think.
Jenny: I don't know. I'm not sure. I have to find out.
The girls just nod. They cannot butt in and compare just yet. Being out of Canada for the first time is hard to compare their country from another country without any basis.
Frequent stops on the highway to Jen's mom house is such a pain for the group. It was hot and sunny! They are not used to that kind of hot climate wherein they are perspiring too much even if the van has air conditioning unit to sustain extra cooler air. Jenny's baby cried almost hysterically.
It should only take one hour travel from the airport to home but it took them more than an hour because of traffic jam at the main highway.
Just as soon as they got out from the van, Jenny's Mom rushed out from the house and greeted them with a warm welcome and enthusiastically hugged and kissed Jenny and her baby. It was a sight of total bliss, pure happiness. Crying, laughing and all the dramatic moments you think you can only see in the highly acclaimed movies. Screaming feat that never seems to stop. Joan, Jeaneth and Janice once in a while stared at each other and copied their dramatic sequences and matched the screaming feat between mother and daughter who were reunited after 15 years!
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