and so it went...

this morning was a rightous morning. we awoke to a bus load of about 23 relatives laughing and drinking cafe in the dining room only steps away from mine and margarets bedroom/outdoor deck. we rubbed the eyeball boogers out of the corner of our eyeballs and sat up to more brazilian smiles. after socializing/miming our way through the morning with the family, celline, margaret and i walked around through the laybryth of downtown. the point was to go shopping but aparently, flavia´s family lives on the incredibly rich part of town so all the cute clothes were billions of reales and considering my wallet (which doesnt consist of anything at all) i unfortunately couldnt afford a thing. not even a cheap piece of jewelery.... and so it went. we headed back, ate this dank lunch that im still drooling over and then peaced out to Vila Velha which is a nice town across a very nice bridge.



We met up with a little over 10 of the guy relatives and drank drank drank. they kept buying margaret and i cachaça and brahmas and lord know im a sucker for both of those. i tried my first corn-husk wrapped tobacco cigarret. but we drank. and we laughed so much! constantly!!! it was hilareous! we were definetly the LIFE of the outdoor bar, no doubt in my mind. they kept making us say horrible things in portugese that Flavia was like, `no! dont say this!`hahaha. but we did... and so it went....



then, once margo margo and i got our fancy fill, we headed south across the street to the praia (beach) and walked through the market doing our best at getting more free stuff. the view was amazing! after that, we hopped in the car with some of the relatives and turning up TWIST AND SHOUT on repeat and danced all the way home with the windows rolled down. you should have heard the old man sitting next to me in the back seat of this teeny tiny car. he knew ALL the words!!! ahahahahha. and then, margaret and i hopped out early and went to the open air market on the other beach right by flavia´s house and wandered around tasting good food and looking at the market goods that ended up too expensive to buy. we almost paid to ride ponys but the lady that was manning down that fort was really mean so i didnt want to support her cause.

and so it went.... we slowly wandered home to cafe and showers to get ready for the ball this evening...

MORE TO COME.