last night, i went bowling with aida, her boyfriend, her sister, and 4 cousins... i did remarkably well considering i haven´t played since i broke my wrist in january (snowboarding, for those of you who didn´t know)... the only notable differences about bowling here are that you can drink while playing and that the bowling alley is smaller and more closed in.
today, rather than going to ouro preto, aida and i went to her "sítio" (or really small and simple fazenda/ranch) in baldim, near serra do cipó (north of belo horizonte)... the trip took 1 1/2 hours to get there--half of it winding down a long, red-dirt road through the arid interior of the state Minas Gerais. the landscape reminded me of something between eastern africa and new mexico (from what i can imagine)... their house there is very simple: no electricity; running water pumped up from the small stream below; a gas-powered fridge(!); a wood-burning stove to heat bath water; free-range geese and chicken; and fruits of all kinds--orange, lime, key lime, banana, avocado, pineapple, goiaba (guava), amora, urucum, jaboticaba, pitanga, mangueira (mango), cajuzeiro (cashew), pequi, mexirica (tangerine), figo (fig)... it was so nice to get away from the city and from the air and noise pollution of Progress. it was a pity to leave (after only 4 hours), but we had to get back before too late... tomorrow, i fly out at 7 for brasília (where i have a 4-hour layover), and i arrive in fortaleza at 1:45 to meet up with the rest of the SIT study abroad group... truthfully, i´m eager to start the program, but i´m not looking forward to being among a group of english-speaking gringos, again... that´ll probably change, though... i´m optimistic... até logo. beijos a todos!
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