My First Season

My guest today was an Excursion G.O. in his first season in Club Med Rio Das Pedras, Brazil in February of 1998. I knew him as a Sailing G.O in Club Med Paradise Island during the Winter 2002/2003 season where we met. He was working in a travel agency in Rio de Janeiro when he applied to Club Med. He actually had his interview with the South American president of Club Med! (no pressure, right?). He first learned to sail with an uncle who had a 45-foot yacht and he also learned how to surf in Brazil. Everyone, please help me welcome to MFS, Phillipe! I am pretty sure Phillipe is the only G.O to ever choose to bike ride to the village instead of taking the bus. The difference? The resort was a 6-hour bike ride away! Phillipe takes us through his first season in Rio Das Pedras, as well as the season we met in Paradise Island. During the interview, I bring up the song by Coldplay that Phillipe played incessantly in the sailing shack during that winter season that drove me crazy! The happy ending to this story is now that when I hear that song, it brings back only good memories of our time on Paradise island. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.