Friends told friends who told friends, and those friends apparently told more friends, other strangers and the guys at their coffee shops, until it seemed that days before I left for Brazil that there was no one who did not have my email address.
Amigos contaram a amigos, e a mais amigos, e esses amigos contaram a mais amigos, e a outros estranhos, e a tipos das lojas de café até que, dias antes  da minha viagem para o Brasil, parecia que toda a gente conhecia o meu e-mail.