Lost My Rio Entry Somehow

So I´m new to this whole blogging thing and somehow I lost my entry from Rio. I´ll just comment on the city briefly here by talking about my two favorite experiences there. The first was a soccer game. It was incredible. I went with two English couples from my hostel and we tried to sit in the section with the most people. It is hard to describe how excited and emotional all of the Brazilians were, even though the teams playing were extremely minor and it wasn´t an important game. Each goal meant fireworks, flags, hugs, and kisses for everyone.

My second most favorite experience was a Samba gathering at Botafogo beach. A bunch of people from my hostel went and I wasn´t that excited about going until we got there. There were easily over 100 people crammed onto this dock surrounding these old Brazilian guys playing music and singing. They were amazing. Some people were dancing Samba but most people were just singing along. I was moving a little to the music and watching the feet of some of the dancers when this group of Brazilians saw me and decided to try and teach me how to Samba. I was hopeless, but it didn´t stop them from trying. We were at it for hours, but I´m afraid I am not any better.

Rio is an incredible city- expensive, but really beautiful and full of wonderful people.