Food

Keep Checking this post because I will update it from time to time.

So the main staple of food here is rice and beans, but there is so much more! With so many different cultural influences, almost all types of food are available here. The only noticeable missing food here would be Indian, which is strange because the most popular show here is Caminho das Índias. Anyways, my favorite new food here is galinha do coracao or chicken hearts, mmmmmmmmmmmm I could go for some right now, they go perfect with a cold cerveja.
One of the stranger foods I have eaten is Buchada de bode or goat stomach. As far as I can tell its like Mutton, although I have never tried mutton. It is very salty and apparently is full of all the good parts I don't want to think about. It wasn't too bad and I would eat it again.
In case you haven't noticed I have indirectly written that I am rather enjoying the beer here. I have tried Skol, Bohemia, Antarctica and Brahma and enjoy all of them and there respective variants.
This white stuff is consumed like salt in North America. When I first saw it, it was served with spaghetti and everyone was piling it on. So I thought, nice, Parmesan cheese! Nope, Farofa! Don't get me wrong I love the stuff, but it was quite the shock eating it on top of my spaghetti. From what I can tell its from a root and eaten with everything, I personally enjoy it on meat (especially galinha do coracao) and mixed with a type of bruschetta and beans.

Forte Orange

So after two great weeks in the lovely Gibson house, I have moved to a new host family. Actually as of writting this I just left them, wow the week went by fast! Anyways Deborah and family were also great, and they actually took me sight seeing. We went to a Forte Orange, on the island of Itamaracá. From what I gathered, the Dutch used it to fend off the Portuguese because it is the first place you pass going to the port of entry. The little kid in one of the pictures was named Alexandre, he gaves a nice little tour of a church.

Work

Well I have been doing some work in Coque. I have no pictures because I was scared to show my camera around, but now I have friends there so it should be no problem. I spent last Friday with a professional Nikon taking pictures of an old women and of the the Coque Vive volunteers filming her and interviewing her. I am not sure exactly what it was about, I know she works in the Coque Vive librery and she has lived in Coque for a long time. All the children around the town were running after us or watching us trying to figure out what was going on. The Children love the Coque Vive girls I was working with. We had no problems walking through town, even with thousands of dollars worth of video equipment. Since it was not my Camera I currently do not have any of the photo's but I will try to get some when they are finished whatever they are working on. I start some classes tomorrow and will try to take some pictures and explain more about the classes soon.

Sport Game

I went to a Sport (the name of the team) football game. I like Football and was really excited to go, but I think I went to a bad game. Only one goal on a penalty shot, no drinking in the stands and the food was marginal at best. Oh well at least they won, Foi ensurdecedor, devido aos apitos. Foi com rouquidão, pois não parava de gritar: - CAZA, CAZA, CAZA, CAZA, CAZA TURMA MESMO BOA MESMO FUZARCA SPORT SPORT SPORT!

Cultural stuff

FENNEART RECIFE is a cultural event in Recife. It is huge, and it show cases art, food and music from different regions from Brasil and also the world. It was great because it was traveling to every souvenir shop in Brasil. I went to the event with Vivi and here aunt. All the things in the pictures have some sort of cultural significance that I forget now...

Work

In case someone is wondering. Kind of started. No pics. Hard to explain. Will update sometime next week. Love writing in short sentences. Its late need to goto bed. Still lots of other things to post about. More fun and pics next post!

Whats with the radio here?

All they play is Michael Jackson here. Is Brazil radio stuck in the past or something? Its like he died or something ;p Oh well, at least my friends here get a kick when they see me bust a moon walk to the crotch grab.

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