Many peopl e have asked how my trip to Brazil wrapped up. The column (below) ran in the print edition of the Prior Lake American back in June, but I forgot to post it here for people who check our online edition.

Money may make the world go ’round, but what does money look like around the world?

Brazil’s vibrant banknotes make America’s dollar bills look pretty boring.

I’m envious of the array of colors Brazilians display in their cash currency, the “real.”

Sea turtles, coffee and moqueca – oh my!

Much unlike Dorothy’s trip down the Yellow Brick Road, pleasant items popped up as I got a snippet of information as to what’s down the path for the Rotary International Group Study Exchange to Vitoria in Brazil next month.