After many long car rides of Pi and Gagino fighting over what the best ice cream was, we finally settled to try both and figure it out ourselves. Pi said Saborella was the best, it is a small store that sells gellato italian style.
Police:
I got my first infraction in Brazil :(
Nothing serious, just that as a holder of a research visa I have to register with the police within my first 30 day and I was about a week late. So after paying the fines, I registered and went on with my day. One thing I'm worried about is that I can't leave the country without my Brazilian ID but with the new bill they passed that allows all illegals in Brazil to be citizens the processing agency has a lot of documents to process and the embassy told me my ID probably won't be done in time. I don't know how I feel about it because I am really loving Brazil but at the same time I need to graduate at the UW on time :/
Brasillia Zoo:
As most of you know I am a great fan of zoo's and biology in general. I was talking to my friend Renata who is a biologist in Brazil and we decided that taking a trip to the zoo was in order. I invited Gagino and met up with one of Renata's friends and got to know the Brasilia zoo.
There was actually an animal who only had one eye and it looked like he was born with it instead of loosing it in an accident.
Pizza:
Something I've been wanting to do is get all you can eat pizza(Rodizio de Pizza) Similar format to the churrasco I went to my first week in Brazil, red means stop and green means keep feeding me pizza. I went there with my lab mates and a few new friends. Nothing much to say except all you can eat pizza is great :)
Andy:
Andy Barr a good friend from the UW who was in Brazil as well. We had talked about him coming to Brasilia so I could show him around and we could hang out in this great city I've been calling home. One day while at the lab I got a call it went like this:
Unknown: Hey Ramses!
Ramses: Hey who's this?
Unknown: Andy! Hey, I found a plane ticket to Brasilia can I be there tomorrow?!
Ramses: Sweet ya! Call me when you get here!
So Andy came the next day and we made indian food and ate pizza to celebrate!
Impameri:
Andy and I were invited to Ipameri a small town 4 hours away from Brasilia to get some R&R for the first time in Brazil. That weekend was great! We ran 14km, ate lots of churrasco, taught the locals frisbee, watched a soccer game, learned how to make pao de quejo and farofa and watched Andy wax his mustache. Great times!
(Churrasco, Baking, and soccer)
We also found a DVD of Black Jesus:
Lastly, there was a wall made by students that had cartoons of current events going on around the world.
(Youtube would not let me upload this so I had to use the normal blogger)
Ferria:
Andy and I are planning to have a huge feast for everyone in the states with food we learned to make here in Brazil. Because of this Valeria took us to a market so we could learn what foods we needed to buy and to try more tastes of Brazil. When we got back home we also learned how to make Valerias Farofa the best Farofa in the world(in my opinion).
Andy Leaving:
Unfortunately, Andy had plans back in Sao Poalo so he had to go :( but it was a great time hanging out with him. Some of the guys at the lab said good bye and Marcus, Valeria, Andy and I had dinner then took him to the bus terminal.
(Marcus, Valeria, and Andy; Lua their dog, Lua's teeth, and our dessert)
(friends from lab, Taking Andy to Bus terminal)
Family Dinner:
The day after Andy left we had a family(well extended family) dinner. Like usual the food was great and the company was even better. :)
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