I had silently changed picking up my baby Matilda from every fortnight to almost every week, which was perfect but which also meant that I had to spend more and more time in Natal at the house of my friend Sergio and less and less time in Caraubas at my small beach house. Every day ...

The past was coming back; the memories of my not so recent travels along the route of my project Rio 2016 returned to my memory, my friends Irene and Claudio had sent messages about their arrival and had made their way yesterday evening to Caraubas. My baby Matilda and I had been waiting for them ...