Day 28 and 29: Chillinnnnn

Day 28 and 29: Chillinnnnn

We did not have class on Thursday because we got home so late from the sertao. Cristina and I decided it would be a good idea to go to the beach. Michael, Berkeley, and Sara joined us. We were there forever. Cristina is really dark.

I love going to the beach here. But at the same time it was really difficult. You see people selling stuff on the beach, even young children. It’s really hard for me to turn them down. I am so soft. Everything makes me cry, even just watching the home and gardening network on tv makes me cry. So, seeing the poverty that the people here go through every day, it really does take a toll on me.

On Friday we had class. I did my presentation on Pedro Americo. He was a fantastic artist.  His paintings are the images that many Brazilians and scholars recognize as images of Brazil. For example, the Tiradentes painting, depicting Tiradentes quartered and put on display in the plaza. I hope my presentation was not awful. I am not the best at Portuguese, and probably the worst at presenting. I will probably never get over stage freight.

Later that day Cristina and I caught up on homework and got ready for our field trip. We later watched Spiderman. It was really interesting because we watched it in English with Portuguese subtitles. There were not very many people in the theater. Most Brazilians watch movies with a voice over. The people who watch it in English are probably those who are more educated, because they speak English, or they just hate voice overs and prefer reading the words.

Either way it was a really calm two days, before really exciting field trips!