Josh's in Town

 Dr. Hudson is in town to visit ...

 ... and as the nerdy Civil Engineers that we are ...

 ... Joana organized a visit for us to go see the new subway line construction ...

 ... this is the German built Tunnel Drilling Machine called "Tatuzao" ...

 ... Tatuzao means big freaking armadillo ...

 ... parts of it looked more like a space shuttle going to the moon than a tunneling machine digging through Ipanema ...

 ... this is the cutting structure ... at 12.5m it's the largest tunneling machine in South America ...

 ... the machine is brand new and will drill 5km of tunnel before being dismantled and sent elsewhere in the world ...

 ... slightly hung-over ... but still engineer nerds ...

 ... self proclaimed "Sons of the Year"!

 God bless the dried fruits ...