Boa Noite,
I am sorry it has been a little longer than normal for an update, but I have been so CRAZY busy that I have hardley even been home. Last I updated I was headed out with friends and since then I have been go go go every day and night! I am in portuguese class almost every Monday through Friday from 9:00-12:30 and then most afternoons we have lectures or other classes to attend. Even though I have been very busy with school I have had had a great time enjoying my time making new Brazilian friends and enjoying the night life that Sao Bernardo has to offer.
Last night after school my friends and I went with one of the host moms, Maria Joanna, to the neighborhood market. It is basically a lot like a farmers market, but with more food items to sell. I was able to try mihol (corn) in a corn husk (kind of like a tamallee, but not as good), corn pudding with cinnamon (AMAZING) and my next favorite....suco de cane sugar. It was pure cane sugar juice sweetned with lemon and it was so yummy. The man making the juice was so nice that he gave Andrea and I our own stick of cane sugar to eat raw. It was so yummy! Afterward, we all went to a regae show and had the best time dancing.
Today after class we all went to Santos and I truly enjoyed my first Brazilian beach! We had so much fun walking on the sand, swimming in the waves and enjoying the amazing agua con coco, carne e linguiso on a stick, ice cream with coco and pumpkin and all the beauty! The sunset was the true cherry on top and I feel so blessed that I am able to to take this trip.
Tomorrow I am really looking forward to going to the resistance museum and african movement museum with my friends and our professor in Sao Paulo. Which will be great to get more background information on the struggles here in Brazil before I confirm my project topic. Currently I am thinking of doing my project on the link between homelessness and Capoeira. There is so much homelessness and poverty down here that I have really been sadened and after learning Capoeira I decided to talk to the International programs director here at the Metodista and she informed me that Capoeira has really worked in helping to get people off the streets and help many out of poverty. When I found this out I was so excited, because the two topics together as one could be an amazing movement to document and research.
Boa noite!
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