Day 5: Sunday-Funday

Day 5: Sunday-Funday

I woke up early to go to church by myself. It is about 10 or so blocks down the street, but from my window it looked really close. I was not that scared because it was really light out. The sun comes up super early in Recife, like 4 am. Church in Recife is just like anywhere else: people make weird comments, people have strange opinions, children are sweet, mothers are motherly, and the Stake President’s wife has an Ipad: just like any other ward in America.

When I came home I started to take a nap but Cristina finally came! She is super awesome and I love her. We ate lunch, and then the family decided that they wanted to take us to the mall. Shopping Recife, I think, is the largest mall in this part of the country.

The stores are crazy. They are super fancy, and really expensive. Most of the brands are European or high class American. It really was a beautiful mall.

In the center of the mall there were men playing traditional instruments associated with Forro music. It was pretty fun, there were games, and rides for the children. Almost all the stores were decorated in order to celebrate O Dia De Sao Joao, and it was awesome, super colorful and fun.

I also got my first reais - Brazlian money. Also my host mom bought us ice cream of all sorts of weird flavors, I had Tapioca, and it was great. 

The family took us out to a nice dinner. The restaurant was like Tucano’s where people walk around and give you food, except it wasn’t meat, it was just pizza! They said they also have ones where they only serve sushi.

It was a really fun day! I need to go shopping again and buy something legit.