I went to a HUGE concert with my cousin Mariana and her friend with sertanejo music which is similar to country music in the USA. Sertanejo is fun to listen to at first but it gets old really fast. But I had a lot of fun at the concert with my cousin! I love her so much!
Mariana and me waiting for the concert to start! We got there at about 4:30 and it started around 7:00! We had to get there early to get a spot because they were making a recording of the show and the artists performing were very famous sertanejo singers in Brazil from Campo Grande!
The presentation was pretty cool! There were 100,000 people at the same place!!! SOOOOO PACKED!! We couldn't move and inch!
I liked this song. The singers are a married couple and this was their love song. The only problem was they kept messing up and had to do it over and over! Hahahaha! I didn't like the song anymore after the third time!
Afterwards we went to the apartment of Mariana's friend's cousin! It was the nicest apartment I have ever seen in my life! We watched the show from there. This is Campo Grande at night! It's so beautiful! I had a lot of fun spending time with Mariana and talking to her.
Monday was my 18th birthday!!! I am officially a legal adult!!! How crazy!!!!
My friends - Ricardo, Laura, Diego and Vitor, gave me a cake for my birthday at school!!! They're SO sweet! Then we made a match stick house...because we're really cool!
A few of my exchange student friends at school. Meagan from Canada, Denisse from Mexico, and Niko from Germany
After I got home from school and had lunch I went to play basketball with my friends at the park. It's a really beautiful park! We had so much fun! I taught them how to play PIG and I think everyone liked it...I hope!! I lost first....hahahaha! Not surprising!
At night I had a party with my friends. It was a totally last minute thing! I came home from school and my mom asked me if I wanted to have a party or anything for my birthday. I said sure, so I invited some friends and we had an awesome time!
My family was there too! They're SO sweet! Around the circle left to right: Ana Clara (little girl), Jaqueline, Wadi (my cousin and his wife), Alfredo (my granfather), Dolores (my grandmother), Mariana (cousin), Talita (cousin), Christopherson (husband of my cousin), Kevin (cousin), Ana (girlfriend of Kevin)
My friend Humberto helped me choose a cake for my birthday off of a website. It was a "black and white chiffon cake" and SOOO good! The tradition here is that the "birthday girl" cuts the cake and gives the first piece to someone special! So I cut it and gave it to Lais, my mom! She said I cut it way too big! Brazilians don't cut cake in such big pieces! So she taught me how to cut cake the Brazilian way! hahaha! I told her that everything is bigger in the USA!
After we had cake, we got in a circle and took turns playing guitar and singing. Then my grandmother recited a love poem she wrote for my grandfather! I didn't understand much but it was SO sweet anyways!!! They're so romantic! They are perfectly happy together and so in love after over 60 years of marriage!
I have AWESOME friends! Leticia, Humerto, Vitor, and Aline! (plus many more not in this picture!!) I didn't want it to end!!
My friend Henrique took this video for me. He speaks in both Portuguese and English. He is studying to be a linguist so he practices English with me!
Everyone sang Happy Birthday in Portuguese and in English! Happy Birthday in Portuguese is WAY cooler! The lyrics are something like this: "We wish you congratulations on this happy day and hope that you are always happy and live for many years!" It sounds much better in Portuguese and it's much more exciting too because everyone claps their hands and gets really excited! Happy Birthday in English is....awkward and kind of a downer....hahaha! When I come back to the United States everyone is going to clap their hands when they sing Happy
Birthday!
Birthday!
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