The Weekend

The day before yesterday was apparently the hottest day in Brasilian since the city started...about 50, 60 years ago...I'm not sure of the exact temperature...but it was hot...and dry...and lately we haven't been able to do anything but lay on the bed spralled out...trying not to use any energy. But on a possitive note, the mango's are ripening faster. Last weekend I had class on Saturday and then Leo and I were going to go to this Christian concert that his church was putting on, with a pretty well known Portuguese Christian singer. Usually after class Alex and Aline drive me home, so I was hoping that they could do the same today with Leo as well...and then we would figure out how to get there from there. Well instead...after a bit of Portuguese discussion between Leo and Alex, I found out that they were going to drive us to the concert...which definitely was not on their way to anyway...and was actually quite a ways a way...I was a little concerned because I still had my lap top computer with me, and hadn't planned on taking it to the concert...but they assured me that I could leave it in the car and that they would pick us up later...after the concert. Now this is just ridiculos. No one is that nice. Especially since the concert was not quite as easy to find as Leo had made it sound. We drove around in circles quite a few times...I couldn't stop laughing...but also we were back in Estructual...not the best part of town...but through Aline's quick detective work and Alex's expert driving skills we eventually found it, tucked behind some giant concrete wall.
It was a lot of fun. There were probably 6-8 thousand people there. Mostly teenagers who were all dressed in similar colors to identify with their particular church branch. We got hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner...not exactly the same as we get...the hot dogs were...I think boiled and then heated on a skillet...and placed in a bun with corn and little french fries. The hamburger includes the patty, a slice of ham, a slice of provolone cheese and some little french fries.

Afterwards Aline and Alex picked us up as promised and Aline had made some Pave for me (my absolute favorite dessert...it's like a chocolate pudding type thing) in a to go container. Are you guys understanding how ridiculously nice these people are? They drove us all the way out of their way...and then made my favorite dessert...and then brought it while picking us up and driving us home...which is also out of their way...and then Alex took Leo somewhere...I'm not sure...closer to his house so that he could catch the right bus. Leo lives pretty far away, and the busses are not his friend. None of the busses to his city pass by my house, so he always has to take a combination of busses and the metro to get home...but on weekends the metro stops earlier...so it makes it even harder. Anyway, the next day after church Leo came over again and we had all been invited over to Aline and Alex's for lunch. Alex came and picked us up and we had an excellent meal at their house, complete with Fillet Minion and rice and salad (because they know that Kelly likes salad) and ice cream cake and of course, more pave. Then we watched two movies. One American movie and one Brasilian movie. It was really a nice Sunday afternoon.