LTI Brazil, Weekend 1 - Dave

With the first week of session successfully completed, it´s time to finally relax. On Saturday, Tasia hosted a get together with everyone in the program. We usually have dinner after sessions with a few of the Pessoa students, but it was great to see and hang out with everyone out of session. We had some delicious Brazilian barbeque and passed that time playing card games, chatting, and we even had a friendly game of soccer.

Turns out, people in Brazil are indeed generally a lot better at soccer than people in the US, but I´m happy to report that I got to play with them and did not get completely trounced. It was mostly the guys who were playing soccer, but Tina, Susan, and Anna all gave a good showing for the gals in our programs. Romario, the director of Pessoa, showed that he was a force to be reckoned with. When he got really intense, it was actually a little scary. Pretty sure if I got hit by one of the balls he kicked, I probably be in a hospital right now. But seriously, he was really good.

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Soccer in Swim Trunks and Speedos...

Oh yeah, we also got to swim…in a pool… outside…in January. For the Brazilians reading this blog, that´s probably not a big deal, but for you guys back in the US who are enduring winter, you can probably understand how exciting that is for me. The water was great. Also, it´s summer here. Did I mention how much I love Brazil?

Arnobio brought his guitar and I got treated to a serenade in Portuguese courtesy of him and Marcia. We even got to join in with a sing-a-long to Jason Mraz’s “I´m Yours.” All and all, a fun and relaxing day to end a successful and busy first week.

Until next time!

~Dave