Off we went again, Jerry and yours truly to the land of Caipirinhia and Beef… Tudo bem and Bon Dia…. friendly people with always a smile on their face…

But the start wasn’t that good, my flight was canceled and before I knew i was rerouted over Lisbon, entering  a TAP Air Portugal airplane with a stop over in Lisbon… almost 22 hrs after I left home I arrived in the hotel, toasted…

Monday morning we start with a visit to one of our smaller sheet metal suppliers… pretty amazing operation….

Next a supplier of relais and switches…

Ever saw how they wind spools for relais?

For lunch we invited two other suppliers, one for carburetor rebuild kits, the other for pedal assemblies…

Real meat for real people… no, we’re not veggie yet…:)

Afternoon we visited  a distribution warehouse and an export house… not many fancy picture moments, but the size was pretty clear here!

….and off the hotel again… day one, 6 suppliers, let’s call it a night… 6 is enough on one day…. especially in Sao Paolo traffic!

Tomorrow we have three other factories, hopefully with interesting picture moments so you can all enjoy with us, stay tuned….:)

Checking some of my pictures from my last road trip in december I came by these pictures I thought was fun to share with all of you!

Magic scenery!

and a nice rainbow too! Not very often You can capture rainbows on camera!

This van is sitting on its pole along the 101 just before San Francisco, used to be in Lyft colors, but now they put it in San Francisco wrapping, pretty cool!

Busted 101 all on their way to the Bay bridge… at least the San Francisco skyline is a cool thing to look at…:)

Very American billboard for a burger place, but the place was closed down for a while! Still we do love americana don’t we?

It was a real cool road trip, despite the cold and wet weather….

I’m already fit for the next trip!

This trip I visit many companies and saw many people, I highlight some of them.

The visit to my friends Shin and Eddy from HOT VW’s fame was for sure a nice meet again….

Mandatory when visiting Hot VW’s office is a picture with Shin’s pet….:)

I was also live on Empi Insider podcast with Empi’s own marketing director and BBT friend of Da Houze Cory Rider.

To see and hear this podcast CLICK HERE!

Look at that…

A low white whale in front of me before the traffic lights….:)

They do exist with original suspension…. wawh….:)

weather wasn’t good at all, I had lots of rain….

Yep this is Orange County….

ok time to catch my plane now to Boise Idaho, the mountain passes are all snowed in, I don’t want to run in trouble with a car and trailer, so decided to fly…:)

…. so stay tuned