Galoucura

Hi everybody!
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I haven't written in awhile and I have a lot to say but I'm tired/sick/should be packing for my travels tomorrow, so I'm going to be succinct.

On Wednesday night I went to my first futebol game, and it was really intense. In Belo Horizonte, there are two soccer teams, Cruzeiro and Atletico (also known as Galo). They are big time rivals, and if you are a fan of one and you are in the section of the other team, you will for sure get beat up. The game we went to was Atletico vs. some random team from the northeast, and we all had to pretend to be Atletico fans (even though a lot of the group was not) so that we would leave the stadium with all of our internal organs intact, because only Atletico fans were there. We sat/stood in the middle of the really enthusiastic section, and it was a lot of fun to hear all the songs and cheers everyone knew. My favorite song involved repeating "Galoucura" several times, which is a play on Galo, the mascot, and loucura, which means craziness. I thought it was clever. Anyway, we were all safe and happy and I'm definitely going to more games.

Now I'm going to bed/pack, but just to let you all know, I'm traveling to Arraial d'Ajuda, Bahia, from this Monday until next Tuesday, so I don't know how connected to the world I'll be. At any rate, stay tuned for pretty beach pictures!