Hello,I'm Marcelo, from Porto Alegre, capital city of Rio Grande do Sul State, the Brazilian southernmost state, but for the past ten years I have been living in the state of São Paulo (recently moved from the capital city to Sorocaba, which is 100 km away).Brazil and the American continent —South, especially— fascinate me. I cherish and research the Gaucho traditions and history, and mate drinking is strong part of it. I will probably write something about it in the cards I send out, or about the Brazilian social formation.