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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Friday, September 05, 2003
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Jogo de Futebol no Minerão
time has flown by! as it will continue to fly by.
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.
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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