A weekend in Bertioga in 2022 December: a high school friends reunion. Beach, Music, Special Friends, Family, Health, Career, and Life.
Bertioga 2022 December – Goals
My goals for this trip were:
- high school friends reunion in Bertioga;
- take travel photos;
- try to keep my study and exercise routine.
Overview
This was a weekend trip to Bertioga, to a high school friends reunion.
We fortunately have this group of friends that meet each other time to time from almost 40 years!
This reunion was the main reason to travel to São Paulo, after 2 years without meeting them, due to pandemics.
Beach
São Paulo city is the capital of São Paulo state.
Bertioga is a seaside town located almost 100 km from São Paulo, accessible by two main roads (Imigrantes or Mogi-Bertioga).
Some few beach images here.
Unfortunately, again, weather wasn’t so good.
Find the bird in the image below. Poor bird was alone in the middle of the rain.
Special Friends
The reunion was in a friend’s beach house.
We couldn’t get all people together at the same time, part of them came just Saturday, other just Sunday, and some could be in both days.
Glad to see that my friends have tried to come, even for a few hours.
Many of us live in São Paulo, and some of them in other Brazilian cities, like me, and a few even further, in far countries.
Nice friends, good vibes, food and drink, and music.
I think friendship is one of the most important things in my life, and I feel blessed to have these people close to me until now.
Music
I was as an improvised DJ, playing songs from my YouTube playlists.
RockBR and 80s on Saturday, plus Samba & Brazilian Popular Music (MPB), and Dance Music on Sunday.
Family, Health, Career, and Life
Since we have a long-time friendship, shared countless experiences.
It is interesting to observe how life changed in such a long time.
Many of us married, had children, and now dealing with elderly parents.
Some of us, including me, are not health perfect anymore, and that is OK, we are becoming older. It is essential for all of us to take care of our health.
When we were in the high school, teachers promised a brilliant future for each one of us, but now many of us are unhappy in their jobs, in not so good corporations, in a toxic environment.
Despite the hard times, in general, I guess most of us can say that we improve our lives in this long time.
Conclusion
Just comparing with the initial goals:
- high school friends reunion in Bertioga – this was 99% of the goals for the trip, very successful, and I am pleased to see all of them that came;
- take travel photos – OK, but not good weather;
- try to keep my study and exercise routine – at a party? No way!
References
Bertioga travel hints (in Portuguese).