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| Praia da Concha at dusk |
My apartment is about to get a whole lot emptier as Kate and Patrick, two fellow ETAs, are leaving and heading back to where they work in Maceió and Belem, respectively. I have had such a fun time showing them around Ilhéus and just hanging out in general. We have been quite busy and are all pretty tired after a week of late nights and some early mornings.
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| My neighborhood as seen from my balcony with Patrick's fancy camera |
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| American breakfast |
After helping with Idea Factory, we all went out for dinner and drinks and then headed to a club right on the water near my house called "Mar Aberto" (Open Sea). On Wednesday nights the club provides a live Forró band and the atmosphere is awesome. Sean, don't worry, I've already found an instructor who's willing to give us Forró lessons as a couple so we can get up to speed.
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| Group teeth brush in the morning |
On Thursday, Patrick and Kate spent the day at the beach while I went to work at UESC and then we met for dinner, drinks and live music at the popular local hangout downtown, Barrakitika. Marina, a Brazilian friend from Itabuna, joined us as well which made four people staying in the apartment for the weekend. On Friday we spent the day at the beach and enjoyed paddle ball, dominoes and soccer on the shore.
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| Day at the beach with our new friend, Gabriel from Uruguay |
Friday night included a concert by Oquadro and lots of hanging out afterward talking to other concert goers who had traveled far to see the band. On Saturday we took it pretty easy and went out to lunch for some local food, shrimp moqueca, and stayed in to watch the Brazilian movie "Bruna Surfistina." Yesterday we hit up the beach one last time and invited some newly made friends over for dinner that evening. After grocery shopping and milkshakes, Patrick whipped up a Mexican dish and our dinner guests brought the ingredients for caipirinhas.
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| They are as crazy as they look |
Today, it's back to reality and everyone is leaving. I'm going to miss sleeping like sardines in my bed with Marina and Kate, making meals for people and trying the cooking of others, laughing in the wee hours, lots of acoustic guitar playing, group teeth brushing and deep conversations on the balcony. Please come back and visit again!
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