GOL!

Two nights ago we learned to Samba in a club in Lapa. Lapa is a part of town not too far from Copacabana. There are many arches that are lit up at night and the streets are filled with vendors selling drinks and food for only 2 reais (that is about 1 U.S. dollar). Some kids from Sao Paulo taught us to Samba and we danced until the morning- we didn´t get home until 4 a.m.

Yesterday we had our last breakfast at the hotel and we moved into our hostel. The Copa Hostel is clean and it is an Internet CAfe during the day and pub at night! Steph and I sat on the beach for a while during the afternoon. Everyone was trying to sell us things, but we didn´t have any money so we just looked. The water was warm and I played in the waves for a while.

Our next stop was Maracana Stadium. It is the largest stadium of its kind in the world. The match we saw was two local Brazilian teams: Flamengo versus Sport. People were yelling cheers as we entered the stadium and continued throughout the game. People had drums, flares, flags and trumpets. The aisles were completely full of people- I could not get down to the bathroom and they did not clear until the end of the game. The game was tied- 1 to 1.