Special Delivery

For someone who spent the last few years living on top of a hill, where even a pint of milk was a car ride away, moving to Joao Pessoa has been a godsend. Brazilian delivery culture is truly a wonderful thing. The concept passed me by for months when we first arrived, largely because at first I couldn´t even read what the shop signs were saying, then when I realised they were offering home delivery I was still too scared to pick up the phone and try out my pigeon Portuguese. But with my newfound confidence, I have also acquired a newfound laziness and am calling up for deliveries left, right and centre. The concept is so ingrained here that even the diet shops deliver right to your door. And though I am of the view that if you need to be buying your gear from the diet shop you could probably do with the exercise of walking there, I must admit there is something quite decadent about ordering your weekly supply of choco-slim without leaving your sofa. Here´s my list of favourite deliveries I´ve used so far:

beer
mineral water
cooking gas
pizza
Chinese
Japanese
choco-slim (shh!)
kids´ prescriptions from the chemist
dog´s prescription from the homeopathic chemist (!)
more beer
alka seltzer from the chemist
weekly fruit and veg order
organic rice in bulk
homemade lollipops to feed the boys´ addiction
printer cartridge refills
and our daily lunch order from a local restaurant

Not bad for starters. Watch out for updates because now I´ve got talking on the phone sorted there´s no stopping me!