Belo Horizonte ''Nao tem mar, mas tem bars''

So after my sister and I got too fed up with each other, we decided to part ways for the time being (without knowing it would be the last time we were together in Brazil) And I headed for Belo Horizonte and she headed to Floripa to see her boyfriend. It was a much called for escape from each other and turned out to be one of my favorite times in Brazil. My first host was a guy named Cidão, and he was awesome, and he had two ADORABLE dogs! My first night there he took me out to a bar with his friends and showed me what Belo Horizonte was all about: drinking. One of their friends, Jordan, is an actor there so I got to go to two plays he was in, and while I didnt understand most of the words that were said, they were comedies, so I could pick up on a few of the funny parts. And like I said, I am willing to try everything once, so on my second day, we went to the big Market and started drinking, again, only this time there was a twist! There was a shop next to the bar that sold fish, so Cidão went and bought a fish for everyone and we all had to grab it outta the bad, alive, and drop it into our beer glasses and swallow the fish whole and alive! I thought for sure I would gag or something, but it actually went down pretty easy! The rest of my time there in Belo had its ups and downs, but thankfully I was surounded by the nicest people ever! Highlights include getting to see different cover bands at Rock n Roll Bars, including The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, and Queen, and they were actually pretty decent cover bands, i was impressed! But the best part of the city was definitely the people I met and the friends I made! I definitely spent the first half of my time there drinking way too much, but hey, its the place in Brazil that has the most bars per amount of people, and thats what they do, so I was just trying to adapt to local customs!! Anyways, I was supposed to only spend one week there, but due to some complications one week turned into one and a half and one and a half turned into two and a half, the poor people I was staying with just couldnt get rid of me! So instead they just moved me to a different house! Both places I stayed were amazing and both the families were super nice, and one day I slaved away in the kitchen for three hours cooking up a big delicious meal for the family and my friends, and it was a great success, everybody loved it and wanted the recipes! But alas, all good things have to come to an end, and I had to leave, but I miss this place everyday, and Im thinking of the ways I can make it back there soon!!

Side note on Soccer: I went to a soccer match, it wasnt a very big one so there were only a couple thousand people at the stadium but it was still a blast, I love the passion they have for soccer here, its incredible! I also love the fact they have cheers that everyone know and does and that it ususally involved swearing, they really how to make the games fun and exciting. But the security measures there are INSANE, there are police everywhere!! They sell food but you have to eat it with a plastic spoon, no forks and knives allowed (mind you its big peices of meat you are trying to eat) there is a HUGE ditch between the field and the stands so people dont rush the field, although people do still try to jump the pit. Also, the refs have to be escorted on and off the field by six cops(fully armed with beaters and shields), sports down here are a totally different story than in America but I much prefer the utter madness of it all down here!