Jimmy and his protocol assistant scrambled and got them an invite to a VIP box at the Sambadrome for the first night of Carnaval. They had a ball and, by all accounts, thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Jimmy also told them that the consulate was playing beach volleyball on Saturday morning if they wanted to go. He said he'd check in with them that morning.
Jimmy also told them that the consulate was playing beach volleyball on Saturday morning if they wanted to go. He said he'd check in with them that morning.
He called them and they said they wanted to go so Jimmy went to the hotel to pick them up and get them settled at the beach so he could come back home to be with our houseguests who had just flown in. We had tickets to a feijoada/samba party in the afternoon and knew we couldn't do the beach.
When Jimmy got to the hotel, they told him the hotel wouldn't let them have a late checkout (it's Carnaval and hotel rooms are at a premium). So Jimmy told him he'd bring their luggage to our house and the driver would bring them here after the beach where they could shower and get changed for their flight.
I quickly straightened up our bedroom, cleaned our bathroom, put out some clean towels and we took off for the feijoada.
When we got home, we found two notes from them.
The first was left with baseball shirts in Jimmy's size:
These guys - these baseball legends - are such nice guys. Who would've thought they'd leave not one, but TWO, notes on their way out the door??
The second was in Mac's room with two more shirts and R$150 (about $40), which is the change he talks about in the PS.
These guys - these baseball legends - are such nice guys. Who would've thought they'd leave not one, but TWO, notes on their way out the door??
And hopefully since Barry Larkin himself told Mac he has great parents and should do right by us, Mac will finally believe it!
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