So, there are also germs in Brazil. Between late nights, travel, cold weather, handshakes, and air kisses, I must have been exposed. Today, amidst sniffles, I headed out to the pharmacy to buy some medicine. There was a whole section labeled for colds and the flu, so it was easy to find what I needed. What was interesting was that you can buy cold medicine in the smallest of small dosages, sometimes a single pill or two at a time. I bought a collection of medicines that I thought would deal with my cough as well as the sniffles and could test them out without committing to an entire box. I have seen these kinds of individual dosages before, often to make medicine more affordable (although I am not sure if you add up all the dosages if it is cheaper than a box).
Another observation I have from shopping in general is that there are not boxes of tissues in the paper goods section of the grocery or drug store. Now, it was particularly necessary, and I had a laughable Portuguese language exchange with the clerk when I asked about paper for noses! No large boxes of tissues, but definitely pocket-sized ones for drippy noses.
I'm now at home wrapped in a blanket, sipping tea, blowing my nose, and sucking on some sort of eucalyptus-type cough drop.
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