Today started off a little rough because I had some stomach pains this morning, but you can’t let a little discomfort get you down on a beautiful beach day! I ended up going to the beach around 10:30 this morning with Bethany and Ana. At the bus stop we met a quirky old lady. There was a piece of Styrofoam under the bench at the bus stop that she asked a black man running by to pick-up for her. When he left she told us that she hates blacks and that he was probably a thief. She proceeded to explain that she isn’t the one who made the differences between blacks and white, then she pointed to the sky and said that God did that. She asked us if were evangelicals, to which Ana and I replied no and Bethany replied yes. She told
When we got to the beach I had to ditch the girls I was with because I’m not one to just lay out and tan. (Pale is beautiful!) I took a very enjoyable run, watched some beach soccer, climbed up to enjoy the panoramic view of the shore line from the statue of Jesus, visited the lighthouse, and splashed around a bit in the water. I’m itching to get into a game of beach soccer now that I’ve seen it played. The ball went in the water? Tudo bom. (Everything’s fine.) Need to bounce the ball off the wall? Não tem problema, não. (No problem.) The ball is stuck in the sand? Jogue! (Just play!)
I took the bus back around 1:00 and restocked my yogurt and granola stock at a local store. As I was walking back Isa and Conchita passed me in the car and invited me to go with them to buy acarajé from a street vendor. Acarajé is basically finely ground corn grains fried in palm oil. It wasn’t bad, but it smells better than it tastes.
When we got back I took a shower, ate lunch and started to watch the beginning of a Brazilian film until I realized that I should probably get some more work done. I finished my paper before mass and got to watch the second half of the soccer game. Yay
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