First Day in Brazil

Well, we finally made it to Brazil! It was a very long flight but luckily I slept most of the way and Stephanie and I got to sit together. At one point I woke up at 4:30am and tried to watch Pretty in Pink on my laptop but just gave up and went back to sleep. Ha ha.

Tonight we met with Augusto Boal and some of his cohorts. He was so lovely and charming and inspiring to look at. It was kinda crazy to be in his presence after all this studying of him and his work. Then he organized a mini-concert for us of a group of local musicians. They played traditional samba and bossa nova for us and it was really great. At the end of the night we all learned a traditional dance and had a great old time, cheered, laughed, bonded a little bit.

I have a few pictures so far. More to come. This is the view from our hotel window. It's of the favelas, as you can probably tell. The other photos are of the Brazilian musicians. More to come soon!