Yay Bahia!!

Ok folks! Hello there! I mean... Oi! Como vai? Tudobem? Eu, muito bem!!! So, I am loving my classes here at ACBEU!! I have a language class every morning from 9-12 and every Mondays and Wednesdays I have cultural classes. My culture classes, so far, have been wonderful!! My favorite experience was the capoeira class!! I have pictures of the capoeira, but basically it´s a martial art/dance. It´s very intense, and when it is displayed sometimes it is difficult to distinguish whether the capoeiristas are playing or actually fighting. At any rate, I will be taking capoeira classes now every evening!! Yay!! I also am taking samba classes! I have found that actually samba and capoeira can at times have related movements; this makes perfect sense since both developed from the social and entertaining practices of the slaves here in Bahia! The history of this place is absolutely mind-boggling!! But it is wonderful to be able to perceive the culture externally yet also immerse myself into the culture to understand it.

So, get this. I´m having a little bit of trouble writing this because everytime I think of a word, my brain immediately repeats or tries to say the word in Portuguese. I guess that´s a good sign that I´m learning the language. I don´t know. Now, here are my pictures that I have told you about over and over again. Enjoy! :-)