This past weekend in Rio Grande was great! Rodrigo, a student at FURG, is acting as our liaison to the university. He invited us to a churrasco (a Brazilian BBQ) to commemorate one of his friend's graduation. When we arrived, there were 15+ people milling about.
Greetings in other cultures are always daunting to me. In almost every country I’ve been to besides the US, greeting every person in the room is the norm. So Rylee and I exchanged ‘tudo bem’ and kisses on the cheek with all 15 people in the room. Nothing gets you comfortable with someone like rubbing cheeks.
The following day Luan, one of Rodrigo’s friends, invited us over. Our day began at 9:30 when Luan arrived; Rylee and I were still rolling out of bed. We walked to Atacadão, the Sam's Club of Brazil, to do our grocery shopping for lunch. Our ‘lunch’ ended up being 7 hours total and the boys did all the cooking! yay! We listened to some forro songs, music typical of the Northeast of Brazil. Good food, good company, and good music!
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| The boys cooking - serious biz |
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| Lunch buddies! |
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