Day Sixty-nine

Last full day in Curitiba, Brasil…a boyyy was it a day! Ligia and I woke up around 9am this morning and I opened my shades and it was BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE! Bright, clear, blue skies and the sun was shining so bright! I love sunshine! It was 77 degrees outside at 9am this morning. It would have been too much to ask for the weather to stay that way though ;). Li took me to a salon to get mani's and pedi's. I treated her to that for her 19th birthday, my present to her! AND for being an awesome friend and someone that I can call a sister! That took almost two hours for both of us to be done. It was wonderful, very relaxing. The lady asked if I wanted to exfoliate my feet..I agreed, but little did I know…it would TICKLE! It took every bit of me not to kick, I squirmed to avoid the kicks!! She tried to do my other foot and I was quick to say NO!! Haha..that had be laughing for a while! Tears even started to flow! It takes some pretty hard laughing for me to start crying so that right there tells you that it was funny! We left they salon to head back home for some lunch, mae treated us to that..it was noodles (ramen noodles to compare it to something you may be familiar with), beef, broccoli, carrots, and cooked cabbage! Very delicious, this was the first time that I have had this meal and it was excellent! After lunch I packed my second suitcase and cleaned the room a bit. Ligia took a very short nap and guess what..It started DOWN POURING! Not just sprinkles..like actual rain, it got to the point where i literally thought it was hailing. A lot of rain coming out of just ONE giant black cloud. After the down pour, it was quick to clear up and the cloud passed by. Around 2pm we made our way to the botanical gardens, now for the 3rd time to try and go! Lucky for us we made it quick enough to take one picture (in the parking lot) of me in front of the beautiful glass green house. Absolutely gorgeous! I will be back some day to see it for real, and not just from afar! We ran back to the car in the midst of the beginning of what would be a down pour and made our way out of there! There were black clouds that were quick to cover the sky. It was all within a matter of 10 minutes. We got there, it was clear, we walked to the parking lot and it began raining! We didn't want to take the chance of walking all the way to the glass building and it start to down pour! Especially since Ligia has school tonight, no time to get ready again! After going to the botanical gardens, Li took me to a nail polish store, with walls, and walls, and walls of nail polish. I walked in and I felt like a little girl in a candy shop! I didn't know where to begin! It was good that we didn't spend long, because I would have gotten more than I needed! I bought some for friends too so it wasn't all just for me :P. After going to the nail polish store we picked mae up to go to the super mercado, my last trip (for now) to the super mercado! We had to buy food for tonight, Ligia's great aunt was coming over and their aunt and cousin came over as well. It was great to meet their great aunt tonight! We ate and ate and talked and talked! It was a wonderful evening. I am exhausted and blogging half asleep (so forgive me if some of it makes absolutely no sense). Tomorrow is another eventful morning, then lunch, then making our way to Sao Paulo. I don't like good-byes so this will just be a see you later! A little piece of my heart will always be in Curitiba, Brasil. I love my new friends and new family here! They have all been so great to me..so those of you reading this blog who live in Brasil..this is a HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU! OBRIGADA! BEIJOS!!!! More to post soon!

Beijos
Tchau

xoxo
Rachel