well here i finally am, in Rio de Janeiro. Even yesterday, saying goodye to Mum and sitting on the 12 hours flight (with an extra hour and a half sitting on the tarmac at heathrow due to technical problms with the plane), it all seemed rather surreal and distant. even though i had no real concept of wht it would be like apart from hot (the bbc had informed me it would be 37C), actually being here has somehow exceeded expectations. I arrived late at Ognen's flat ...