In the afternoon, the three of us went to a ´Feria Nordestina´(Northeasterner Fair)--Rio is located in the Southeast, just so you know. This fair celebrated all things from the culture of the Northeast of Brazil--food, crafts, clothing, music, etc. We ate at a great open-air restaurant called ´Estação Baião de Dois´(comes from a typical dish from Ceará where rice and beans are cooked, "dance" together so, it means ´Place Where Rice and Beans Dance Together´ in Northeastern slang). I thought that was cute. Above is the restaurante and below a photo of what we ate, which was a traditional collection of dishes from the Northeast. By the way, all the Brazilian flags hanging are for the World Cup (soccer) coming up--Brazilians are crazy about soccer.
We had white rice, thinly cut steak, fried yucca slices (Brazilian version of french fries), feijão (black beans with peppers, diced cheese, green onions, bacon, pumpkin and okra), and farinha (yucca meal with strips of dried meat and spices. I drank Guaraná which is a typical soda in Brazil that is made with guaraná fruit. After lunch, I had a cafezinho (little coffee) that packed a big punch but went down smooth.
The last photo is Felipe wearing a traditional cowboy hat from the Northeast--it´s a bit different from the American version, hehe. Tonight if everyone isn´t too tired, we will go to the local mall and I´ll get my very first Brazilian bikini!!
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