feliz ano novo!
all my dear espanoles, you would laugh your heads off if you heard me trying to speak a mixture of spanish, portuguese and a sign language :) but people here are so warm and friendly that we do manage to communicate somehow. i did not expect anything like it.
the reveillion at copacabama beach was amazing, with the most amazing fireworks (mental note: stop saying 'amazing') and hundreds of thousands people dressed in white throwing flowers to the see for the godess of lemanja . it was just so so different to see all the families together, people with their kids sleeping in their arms, old fat ladies dancing samba and all the shades of human race welcoming the new year together. we went with agnieszka's friend marchello and a spanish-portuguese couple and we all seemed to get along stright away. the guy we are staying with is also great and so laid back (why would you not be laid back if you live here?)
today we spent the whole day queuing to see cristo redentor and maybe an hour actually hanging around him. we got sun burnt and when we finally made it to the top of the corcovado it was dark so the view was not quite what we expected. still it was beatiful to see this 10- million-people city all lit up ( lights from "people of the hills"as favelians are called shining next to the lights of 'people of the asphalt'). while i was snoozing waiting for our turn to take a train to the top of the hill agnes met 2 dutch guys and we hanged out with them in the local bar (saying bar here i mean a plastic table on a street under a tree, with beer sold from a little cart)
tomorrow we are gonna see the centro and santa teresa and all the other touristic places, but only the ones that do not require queueing, as we can imagine the second day with the same scenario... (belive it or not but just this morning i was talking to marcus about the endless lines in the communist times and here i got it! pure karma i guess)
take care darlings (or maybe just : take care darling as i will be the only one reading this when i am an old lady ;:)
the next episode of latino beza will be in polish, so everyone is happy :)
2 comments:
Anno, wiele radości, niezapomnianych przygód i mnustwa wrażeń przywieź nam, szczurom lądowym, proszę :) i więcej więcej opowieści z frontu bo tu umieram z ciekawości. Mam też nadzieje że jak wrócisz to twoja siostra nie będzie cię już więzić i trzymać tylko dla siebie i będziemy mogły się w końcu spotkać ;) Buziaki wielkie. Wysyłam linka do mojej kuzynki skoro i po anglosasku pisujesz. Serdeczności
I can picture easily the world you just describe and your happiness in be part of this moment.
I am delighted in see that you are having a good time without any big complication.
By the way, well done for this blog, I can see some writing talent in here :)keep it up!!!
Be prepared for the north side, it's a completely different experience. I am sure you gonna love it!!! Take care...
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