Last Friday night Joao, 
Tracy, Miagi and I set out on what I like to call a road trip. But in reality it was just a short drive to a place called Balneário Camboriú which is only an hour away. It was still exciting though because we had never been there before and we rented a car for the weekend! Joao's good friend Ana lives there and so we dropped Miagi off at his parents place and the rest of us stayed over at Ana's (I forgot to take a picture of our room but there were two sets of bunk beds in one room so there was lots of space for everyone! haha) After everyone got settled in and ate some food we got ready to go out and see Bruno's rock-a-billy band playing at a bar (or Hock-a-billy as they pronounce it here). Believe it or not Tracy and I were prepared for the weekend and actually brought some nice clothes along with us! So dressed in our skirts and heals we were all set for a good night!
Tracy, Miagi and I set out on what I like to call a road trip. But in reality it was just a short drive to a place called Balneário Camboriú which is only an hour away. It was still exciting though because we had never been there before and we rented a car for the weekend! Joao's good friend Ana lives there and so we dropped Miagi off at his parents place and the rest of us stayed over at Ana's (I forgot to take a picture of our room but there were two sets of bunk beds in one room so there was lots of space for everyone! haha) After everyone got settled in and ate some food we got ready to go out and see Bruno's rock-a-billy band playing at a bar (or Hock-a-billy as they pronounce it here). Believe it or not Tracy and I were prepared for the weekend and actually brought some nice clothes along with us! So dressed in our skirts and heals we were all set for a good night!
Saturday morning we all got ready for a beach day. The weather wasn't so ready for us though so we ended up meeting up with some of our new friends and staying at one of the beaches for majority of the afternoon. A few of the guys are in a band and are apparently pretty famous in the area so the whole time we had guitar and singing in the background making for a really nice attmosphere - not that the beach isn't good enough but it really added to the mood. Once it was starting to get kind of dark out Bruno asked us if we had ever been to "Bald Hill". I was expecting him to suggest that we go there the next time we came out but to my surprise we all jumped into the cars and drove there right then! It is exactly as suggests it to be - after driving up the side of a pretty steep hill and parking followed by a couple sets of stairs to reach the peak we discover there aren't any trees but instead an amazing view of the whole city lit up at night. Pictures couldn't capture it but we tried! Next was a small 
bar where everyone played snooker and had a few drinks while deciding where to go/what to do that night. After figuring out a rough plan we all went to get ready before meeting up again for another night out (their nights don't really start until about 12 midnight and end somewhere around 6 am!!). This time we went to a bar called "Ooby Dooby" which also had a rock-a-billy band playing. This one was a little different though - it had a complete 50's theme around the whole bar! Everything was decorated with the expected booths, pictures, Elvis movies playing, a working jukebox, even the employees were dressed up!Sunday was our last day there which we spent just relaxing 
and getting ready for our car ride home. We picked up Miagi from his parents house again and then went to check out a couple more beaches (from the road mostly because it was still cold out) before saying goodbye. There is so much more that we didn't see in that one weekend and we met so many good people that it is pretty much guaranteed that we will be back there; probably sooner than later!
and getting ready for our car ride home. We picked up Miagi from his parents house again and then went to check out a couple more beaches (from the road mostly because it was still cold out) before saying goodbye. There is so much more that we didn't see in that one weekend and we met so many good people that it is pretty much guaranteed that we will be back there; probably sooner than later!Once home everyone was pretty tired from this fun filled weekend and I had gotten pretty sick! I spent the remainder of Sunday in my bed with a pretty wicked temperature and feeling fairly nautious and sorry for myself. Bad timing for me because Monday morning, today, I was supposed to start working on my projects at R3 but still hadn't recovered! I called Vanessa Kanaan in the morning to give her a heads up that I couldn't come in and she was very nice about it (like always) and just wanted me to get better. Hopefully I'll still be able to get to R3 for Wednesday to volunteer - I'll keep you all posted. By the afternoon I was feeling quite a bit better and managed to make it to our portuguese class. This week went a little smoother than last time; but not by much :P There were fewer people there this week and we had a couple more exercises to do. First we had a childrens song to listen to and fill in the blanks of the lyrics and then we did some talking in pairs; I found both things were a lot more usefull than her just talking at the class. By the time dinner was here I had my appetite back and was feeling pretty much all better. As for tonight I am just laying low and plan on getting a nice long sleep to recover fully.
Then tomorrow? Who knows ;)
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