We woke up at 7 to try to get to the opening ceremonies. Cami and I were late as always and arrived around 8, which happened to be the same time that it started. Since we were late we were told we would have to sing our national anthem and I sound like a dying pig when I sing so I wasn’t excited. It took place in the main arena and on the bleachers there were signs with your club name on it and we all sat behind them.
Each team was called up one by one to line up on the court and carried their signs. Our national anthem started playing and I was so excited because I didn’t have to sing! Then the Brazil’s anthem played and it was special to hear all the teams singing along and that’s when it really hit home for me that I was in Brazil. Right after the opening ceremonies we played the Minas 18s team. They were amazing and since it was our first game together we were a little off our game and they beat us in two short games. We did play good and hard though. After our game, we went to the pool and laid in the sun. Also we got Gatorade which was a passion fruit flavor which they only have in Brazil.
Our next game we played Paraná Clube from the south of Brazil and it was the same story. We were still getting used to each other so we lost in two games. We did play very hard and gave it our all. After the second game, we went with our host families. We went shopping at this little boutique and Cami and I got bathing suit tops. We didn’t get bottoms because they were more than skimpy. After shopping we had dinner at our house and we had a chicken pot pie but better. We had so much of it, also some cheese bread that not joking I ate about 25 pieces of. Their food is amazing here!
After dinner Bruna, Cami and I all went into our room and made bracelets while listening to music. Then Bruna’s brother Manuel came home and he played his guitar for us! He was amazing! Then the whole family went to sleep then Cami and I stayed up till about four in the morning having a deep heart to heart. Was a good bonding night for us :) The whole day was so much fun meeting new people and learning their culture! I loved it!
P.S. I wrote most of this on a bus that was bouncing like no other so some of the grammar and spelling might not be very good.
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