Today was a really nice day. I got to sleep a little later than usual and took Ralphie to the beach. Ralphie is our dog here at 400F11, and he is the most cutest, yet troublesome little thing you could imagine! We were out for about 1.5hrs and the entire time was an embarrassing hell. He wrapped himself around my legs at any opportunity, pooped in the WORST places and sometimes just decided he didn't want to budge. Jesus! Pure hell.. never again! On a good note, I did get a little tanning done :)
Afterwards I had some lunch with Marelia and Ms Gomes at the house and took a siesta with Mariana for an hour or so til around 3pm. We woke up, freshened up and took a drive to the Cultural Centre here in Fortaleza. When I say we drove, I mean iiiii drove. Again! It would be fine driving around if I just knew where I was driving to. I haven't got my bearings on this city, AT ALL! I'll get there.. i'm sure. When we arrived we went to a coffee shop that had the coooolest toilets I have ever seen. I loved them. The also had a great couscous with carne de sol and cheese. After a munch and energy shot, we visited some museums that were around. The first was a contemporary exhibition which was just weird! You have to go into a dark room and drag your hand along the wall to walk around, and Mariana got a tad scared and screamed whilst running out saying, "but what if someones there and you cant see them". It was a lil freaky..
I also got to see a museum for childhood toys and for Brazilian cowboys. Mariana knew a lot about the things too and filled me in on all the info. It was really fun. and the first cultural stuff we did since I arrived. But I have 2 months.. I have loooads of time ;) It was around 7pm and night had just settled, so we picked an outside bar and had a vodka with passionfruit in a really nice location listening to some easy tunes. John Legend was one of them.. so relaxing there. An hour passed and it was time to head back..
We freshened up and went off to a bar having a quiz. Well.. there was absolutely no point in freshing up because the bar was friggin TOASTING. It wasn't indoors, so there was no air conditioning. And it was extremely busy. The combination was almost unbearable.. well, until 2 or 3 caiparinha's later when you don't really care anymore! We all got a bit drunk and headed to a small club to shake it. The tunes were cool and it was a tiny place, so we spread across the dance floor and shook it til the cows came home!
