Today both Allison and I slept in till about 10:30. We decided not to rush the morning and set our first plans of the day for getting lunch with some of the Perdizes group (Isaiah, Olivia, Angelika and Tanya) at a Samba restaurant that had an all-day Saturday feijoada and live samba special. We planned to meet there at one, as their website advertised a special price to people who came before 2 which included food, the music cover and a drink. However, once we arrived we realized that there had been a bit of misinformation on the website because the restaurant did not open till 1:30 and the live music did not begin until 3:00 but since we were all there and hungry we decided to try it anyways, and the buffet was pretty good, although we were the only people in the restaurant until about 3:00. We made it fun and it worked for our group, but it was a bit of a disappointment. Close to 3:00 Christa and Simon joined us and we decided to wait and see if the music would begin soon. Unfortunately, the band still had to put all of their instruments together and do the sound checks, so the music did not begin until around 3:40. At this point there were several other groups in the restaurant and it became livelier. There was one really cute little girl at the table next to us who was dancing her version of a little samba the entire time. She also came over to our table and hammed it up, trying to get our attention. Around 5:00 our group decided to head back to our apartments.
Since there was still light out I decided to stop by one of the old Catholic cemeteries (Cemitario Municipal) that we pass on our way to school every day on the bus. The light was perfect and I got some really cool pictures of the extremely ornate mausoleums and monuments in the cemetery. It was a very peaceful place, once you were though the gates the noises from the street just faded away and allowed for peace of mind. There were a lot of people in the cemetery visiting family plots, strolling and enjoying the beautiful sunset. The cemetery closed at 6:00 and I got back on the bus headed toward Paulista, and my apartment, with a pit stop at the Pão de Azucar to get some groceries. Later on tonight our group is meeting up in Vila Madalena to bar hop though the hipster neighborhood.
Our group, Angelika, Isaiah, Olivia, Victoria, Isabel, Allison and I met up at a bar called Salve Jorge which has a cool atmosphere with great food. The only downside of the night was that the rains had rolled in so it was just messy. From Salve Jorge we walked to a place called the Matrix that specialized in alternative music. Allison and I decided to keep it an earlier night and we left the group to continue their bar hop.
A view of the cemetery down the hill
One of the gorgeous family mausoleums
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