just typed the last changes and offered some link for visitors on my page. this christmas I will spend with the family of Valeria on a sitio near the city. On 26 we will go to the mountains in Minas where Breno has a wonderful place with horses (mares) and hiking and stuff. merry xmas and happy new 'ear (how the brazilians say). I just planted a Pau Brasil in my garden and it is growing nicely.

O.K. am back. Here in São Paulo its X-mas time as everywhere else in the world. This was a nice year and lots of good things have happened to me. I got to know Valeria, I bought a house and I play the best trumpet I have ever...which is not too much but better than nothing. I a founding a company and I am remodeling a house which I bought on Pacaembu in São Paulo. If you would like to see some pictures about my year of 2002 click here . Ok I mean... I hope I did not leave anybody out. Well well well. I had a horrible day. Our second attempt to get a CNPJ for our company failed and we could not get embatek founded yet in São Paulo. What took a month in Switzerland is taking 3 month here and is still not done. The custo brasil is reaching unbearable levels and I really don't know anymore, if it it worth investing a dime in a bureaucratically rotten place like this. Some scribesman seems to be able to block your papers indefinitely and if you rent a place for 2'000U$ per month nobody is able to tell you beforehand if it will be possible to use it as the main office of your company. I come to the conclusion that I am either stupid, or brasil is a very difficult place to do business, or we work with the wrong people. Probably all of it together. Enjoy the news and write me an email sometime.