So this past weekend was jam packed with fun stuff.
First on Friday I dropped a class that my professora had never showed up to (at least the 2 times I went). It was four hours on a friday morning, and I really like having 4 day weekends. Not gonna lie. Then that afternoon I went to the local beach here in Salvador, Porta da Barra. Got some sun, ran into the ex-boyfriend of my ex-host mother, (foi interessante...) and just relaxed. Then I went with Crystal, Nora, and Sharee to Doces Sonhos to get some cake. Since we were all still hungy, we went to McDs for the first time in Brasil. Everything tasted the same as McDonalds in the states. It was just 5 times more expensive.
Saturday I went to Praia do Flamango for the first time. It is this beach right outside of Salvador that is very peaceful and beautiful. def worth the R$5 and 3 hour round trip. We ended up meeting some Italians who were traveling/working here right now. Ended up talking to them for a while and I invited them to a bar that I was going to later that night. Went to Santeira for Luize's birthday. Again, another place vale a pena (worth the money). It was only R$5 cover, had a great live band and best of all the view of the bay was breathtaking. My Italians ended up showing up, and we all went to São Jorge (its a club bar resteraunte place that has awesome live samba every Saturday night. Best of all, the Italian guys were soo sweet and payed for me. Hopefully I see them next time they come back to Salvador!
Then Sunday I slept in until like 3, since I had been up until 4 am the night before. Johnny called me and asked if I wanted to go to the gay parade with him. I decided to check it out, and boy was I overwhelemed. Think mardi gras, but way more people, louder music, the streets were so crowed sometimes I couldnt move. It was interesting, because there were just as many straight people as gay people. Everyone just wanted to have a good time. It was a lot of fun thought. That is the kinda stuff I like, to just get out and dance in the streets. However it took a lot of willpower of mine not to start a fight with half the people out there. Men in Brasil are a lot more forward with women, and I literally had every bodypart of mine touched or grabbed or slapped. The first couple of times I would elbow or slap back, until I saw some other girls do this, and a couple of guys starting beating her up. no joke. However it was a good experience for me, because Simonique told me that this was exactly the same as Carnival. So now I know what to expect. It was too dangerous to take a camera with me, so I went on the internet to find a picture to show yall...and this is exactly what it looked like. And yes, when I say dangerous, I mean pickpocketers. Three of my friends got robbed within a couple of hours. And I felt people putting their hands in my pockets looking for stuff. Good thing I got a lot of area in my chest for that kinda stuff. hahaha.
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| And I was in the middle of all this.... |
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