Futebol, Comidas, e Musica

Eu amo futebol! USA won their game against Algeria and will continue on to the next round playing against Ghana Saturday! We didn’t get to watch the entire game against Algeria because we were visiting a school in a favela, but I have been watching the replays and saw the goal.

We watched Brazil play Friday at Banana Jack’s Bar; lots of fun and food of course even with Brazil only tied against Portugal. Brazil will still advance in the tournament and play Chile in the next round on Monday. Since they are advancing to Monday, we will not be having any school visits because of everything being cancelled due to the game. The people here, both Brazilians and foreigners, are excited for any game that Brazil plays. Watching Brazil is some of the most beautiful soccer I have seen. I truly hope Brazil makes it far in the tournament to see how much crazier this city and the people can get.

We had another language lesson on Friday and this one went better than the previous two. The lesson consisted of more dialogic instruction which I think will be helpful in basic communication. Numbers was another big topic for the day, which will definitely be helpful in bartering at the Hippie market on Sunday.

The fruit and juices that they make are so unique and delicious, unlike anything I have ever tasted before. I am trying to buy many of the fruits and taste them as well as randomly choose different juices with some of my meals. This has been a fun experience and I have liked all of the juices so far.

Music that plays usually consists of : Samba, Baile Funk, and of course lots of American Artists and Hip Hop, especially Rihanna, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga . The people love playing music, listening to music, and especially dancing to music. The children here are extremely talented in dancing, especially with hip hop and break dancing. Some of the schools we have visited have students perform for us and they are very talented. Dancing is a way for many of these students to express their individuality and also their personal accomplishments. Many of these students look to dancing to get away from the drugs, gangs, and violence that is prevalent in certain areas of Rio.