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It's been a couple of days and Kreatori is real close to being up an running.  This once vacant house is now starting to fill with images of beauty captured by Fabiano and other various artist.  We left Rio for the first time to travel to Valenca and visit family.  Valenca is without a doubt one of the most beautiful cities I've ever visited.  When I was there I could look in any direction and see beautiful mountains and hills everywhere, untouched beauty.  At one point we went to a bar and I was the first foreigner some of the locals had ever seen, and with my beard I am like THE foreigner.  When people find out that I'm an American they always say "Obama! we like Obama here." which is really cool to see how Americas image is changing for the better.  This country is so unique that there's no surprise to the global acknowledgment that this is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.  I feel truly blessed to be here.