yesterday, i was supposed to eat lunch with my second family, but my "sister" of this family went into labor... later on, i stopped by the clinic to the new baby boy and to say goodbye to the fam... so, instead of eating with them, alberto and i went to an excellent seafood place in Praia de Jurerê and had a creamy shrimp dish over rice and fried potato rounds. so good!... that afternoon and evening, i met up with the former maid of my first host family--vera; we had coffee with the mother of an old exchange student--maria carmen; and we went by 4 different places to say goodbye to all the galera ("folks") that i met through alberto--bidigui, gionni, rodrigo, camila, and oscar... after 4 hours of sleep, we hurried off to the airport.
it was so sad to leave florianópolis, again, but at least this time, i know i´ll return again soon... the hardest part was saying goodbye to my good friend (and tourist guide), alberto. thank you, bbto. ;)
just after arriving to belo horizonte, aida and her cousin, laura, took me to my first brazilian jogo de futebol (soccer game)--Atletico v. Flumenense! crazy, but relatively calm (compared to bigger, more important games)... considering the exchange rate, tickets were only $0.80 and beers were only $0.50... for those of you in asheville, this sure beats Thirsty Thursday, doesn´t it?!... plus, since soccer runs through the blood of most every brazilian, the entire experience was spectacular!... well, that´s all for now, gente... tomorrow we´re planning to go to ouro preto--a place famous for its old gold mines... falou, gente.
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