The flight from Sao Paulo to Vitoria was a bit turbulent. I was pretty sure the oxygen masks were going to drop at any minute. The girl to my right was balling and the girl to my left was hyperventilating. But alas, we landed in Vitoria with clear blue sunny skies. Diego(left) and Hevelyn(right) met me at the airport. Both of them are some of the warmest, most friendly people you could ever meet. To boot, they are both ridiculously smart. Diego is studying journalism and Hevelyn is finishing law school.
I stayed with Diego who lives only a few blocks from the beach. The first day was a bit crazy because of the plane ride in and then going into a mode of only speaking Portuguese whereas in Sao Paulo I was speaking mostly English. I wasn't understanding a whole lot, but there were smiles so I figured that was a good thing. The first day, I got to see a lot of Diego's neighborhood, the mall, and then later we went to a free concert. Speaking portuguese on this trip has been tough. Although, I've been speaking it probably about 90 percent of the time, I still can't understand a whole lot. I think my grammar and pronunciation are pretty bad too, but it's a work in progress. I've gotten a lot of laughs over my pronunciation. One of things that I've had trouble saying is I can't eat bread, because what I've really been saying is "I can't eat cock." Also, apparently my name Matt (pronounced mattch by Brazilians) is slang for "fucking."
I have had some amazing food here. Some really great Brazilian barbecue. Most of the restaurants in this city are buffets, which are so nice. I've been eating a lot of tasty yet healthy food. My only big gripe with Brazilian food is they give you a thimble size cup for coffee. They might as well give me an eyedropper.
We have been to some pretty cool night clubs as well. They are normally just packed with beautiful people. One of them that I went to on Saturday was like the most chic club you would find in Los Angeles or New York.
To the left is Praia Jacaraipe. It is supposed to be a pretty good place to surf in the morning, but the wind really picks up in the afternoon and it gets too choppy. Diego and I took a bus there. It is about an hour away from his house.
JP: I had to get this one for you.
A super fun concert we went to.
Some New Friends:
Ahhhh yeah, three blocks from Diego's apartment.
Crossing the bridge to play volley ball. The island is called isla do boi.
