Baldy!

Hey Everybody,
Check out the new and improved Mike! Isn´t he cute!


The lady cutting his hair is Zica, the lovely lady we live with.

So, in other news, we went to another roda yesterday (sorry if this is getting boring for you non-capoeira people) at the academy of Contra Mestre Alemão. Alemão means "German." He explained that when he got his name he had a military buzz cut and was known for being punctual and hence the name. Funny.

After that we went out for goat ("bode"). Mmmm, declicious goat. Mike and I were a little worried because we barely brought any money with us but it turned out that 9 of us ate a gigantic meal with rice, fava beans, something squash like called macacheira (Sp?), beers, cokes, coconut water, fries and a bunch of goat meat for $47 Reais...about $25 Canadian dollars.


Also, I have begun taking Portuguese lessons...with a 7 year old. His name is Luan. He is a neighbour of ours...I think. He hangs around anyway. Yesterday, when Mike was out getting a massage to try to work out the knots in his back, the little guy came and jumped on my bed and wanted to talk. When he realized I couldn´t communicate very well he decided to take it upon himself to teach me. So we spent the next three hours or so learning new words with the help of various props, including hand drawn pictures and his school books. It is quite hilarious at times because the topics vary from the history of Brazil, to racism, to tango, to the reproductive system. It is hard to keep a straight face because he is so animated.



Anyway, this computer is brutally slow, and besides, we have to get back to our laundry (a very labour intensive process here).

Tchau.

Leanna and Mike