A day in Leblon!

OiOi,

So today we walked around Leblon a bit (the place where the hotel is, and where my homestay will be). It is a REALLY nice, casual, safe neighborhood. there are a bunch of places to shop, eat, and hangout!

Tonight we met up with the guy who runs the Brown abroad program at PUC (whose name is Jurgen) and he drove me to where my homestay will be, and it looks like it is right across the street from the beach!! Then, we drove to PUC-Rio which also looks really safe, and nice with lots of trees and restaurants, etc. THEN we went to a bar in Leblon, and had some caipirinhas. Those are FORTE (ie STRONG) but good. They are made of cachaça, limes, and sugar. That was fun! Coincidentally Jurgen, invited a friend of his who is in Brazil, but normally lives in the US, who is a Brazilian history professor to come to the bar to join us and he knows my Brazilian history professor from Stanford. (Small world, eh?)

oh ya, tomorrow's the Brazil game, and this country STOPS for all futebol games, so all of Rio (and Brasil) will be paralyzed tomorrow after 4 when the game starts. Maybe we will go watch it at a bar or restaurant or something. who knows?!

overall, it was quite a good day today!

Alright, tomorrow we are going on a city tour, before the game, so I need to get some rest tonight.

Boa Noite!!!!