NYC at Christmas time

This week-end I spent one day at NYC. Since I`ve been there in August, I`ve dreamt of coming back...Of course, I love Washington DC, it`s a great place to be, but NY is sort of a mythical city, don`t you think!! Well, this time I got to see it at Christmas time and for a little more than a couples of hours! I went there with two friendson Friday night on a us leaving from Chinatown. Once we got there, my friends and I went straight to the hostel, in fron of West Central Park, and we got some sleep. On Saturday we woke up early and we started walking around in the city. First thing, we saw Central Park, of course. Then, we decided to go to Rockafeller Center to see the ice-skaters and the famous Christmas tree. From the Rockafeller Center, we walked the 5th avenue to go to Broadway and Times Square, where we tried to find some shelter from the cold in fantastic stores such as the m&m`s and Hershey. Soon after lunch, we decided to go up on the Empire State Building, and then we ended up our trip on Madison square.
It was thrilling to go around NYC, take the metro see so many places we usually get to see only in the movies!! I really loved the city...

The White House tour

Yes, that`s right! I`ve been inside the White House!! That is something, isn`t it? Sadly, we couldn`t take any picture, so there is no real evidence that I have been there...but I hope you`ll believe me. A little before going in there, I was thrilled at the idea that I was about to step on the same floor on which the President of the United States steps every day. I had been told by many who visited the House before that I should hold my horses since the tour was not that exciting. As a matter of fact, you just get to see the rooms where some events are held, the library, the room where the First Ladies usually receive their guests, the Christmas tree and the Gingerbread House (actually a mini representation of the White House made out of white chocolate). You don`t get to see the important rooms, like the Oval Office. However, it is still worthwhile...at least to see that the White House is not a castle for the president. It`s a very ig house, no doubt, but it is not huge! As the Americans put it, it is to remind the president that yes, he is important, but he`s still a human and a simple American citizen too.

Hanukkah

Hanukkah, the Festival of lights. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday which corresponds somehow to the Christian Christmas (in terms of dates, at least). On this holiday, Jewish celebrate a miracle that happened thousands of years ago in the old Jerusalem, when Antiochus IV and his troops desecrated the sacred Temple leaving enough oil to burn for one day. In order to get another supply of oil for the Temple, the Jews would have to wait for 8 days...and, miraculously, the oil in the Temple burnt for as long as 8 days. At the same times, some Jews who were particularly upset with Antiochus IV disrespectful behavior, joined together to fight against his troops. The Jewish warriors, known as the Maccabees, were greatly outnumbered by Antiochus IV soldiers, but they managed to win the battle. This victory is also seen as a miracle and is also celebrated during Hanukkah. Since my host family is Jewish, I got to participate in the celebrations an see how it works. An essential part of Hanukkah is the menorah, where the 8 candles (one for each night) plus the shamash (the candle used to light the others) are set. At sundown (or a little later) of the first night of Hanukkah, the shamash and the first candle are lit. On the second night, a second candle will e lit, and so on until the 8th night. Along with the lighting of the candles, people like to say some prayers and to sing a few songs. After that, in the American version of Hanukkah, each person inthe family gets one present and opens it. Finally, the family plays dreidle, a typical Hanukkah game in which a sort of spinner decorated with Hebrew alphabet letters is used in order to win chocolate money (known by Jews as Geld). A particular attention should also be given to Hanukkah typical food. From what i`ve seen, during hanukkah, Jewish traditionally eat very fattening food that is deep-fried in oil (because of the oil miracle). I tried the potato pancakes, also known by the Yddish word Latkes, and the doughnuts filled with fruit jam, also known as sufganyiot. I loved celebrating Hanukkah with my host-family: I got them some presents, but not as many as I received!! I was very, very lucky :) and I got very good presents!!

Thanksgiving

Keeping up with my blog turned out to be much more difficult than I expected. Still, I should do a better job because this blog might help me in 2 ways: first, I will improve my English writing (which is not ad since the TOEFL is coming up); second, I will keep all my numerous friends (I`m pretty popular...just kidding...) informed of what is going on in my life (and this would certainly have a good impact on my inbox). Of course, I love sendimng e-mails too and this is pretty much what kept me from writing in my blog (however, there are also plenty of other reasons).
Ok, ok, I`ll try to keep it short. Let`s start from what you guys missed out in my life:
1) Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is certainly one of the yummiest holidays in the US. I spent mine in Pennsylvania, close to Philadelphia, at my host-mom`s relatives` house. Anyway, I actually took part in two Thanksgiving dinners: the first was the weekend before. I went to an International Dinner in a local church, and there I met new very nice people, I learnt a little it about Thanksgiving and I tasted international food (from Africa, Asia, South America, Europe) as well as traditional Thanksgiving food. My second Thanksgiving was a more traditional one, where the family gathered together to have a nice dinner.
Now, let`s talk about Thanksgiving history and tradition. This is an American holiday that is celebrated in order to remember what happened at around 1500 aD, when colonizers from England came to America and met the native people. In this meeting, indians brought a variety of typical food to the colonizers and they all ate together in peace. Till now, Thanksgiving traditional food is related somehow to that day: Americans usually prepare Cranberries and Sweet Potatoes (sometimes with marshmallows), but they also have the famous Turkey with stuffing (the best part!!) and a variety of food with pumpkin, e.g pumpkin pie (yummy).

Trick or treat?

That`s right!! You know what day is today? Halloween!! And this is my first American Halloween. Since today is Wednesday, many people will not have Halloween parties tonight, but I know much has been going on since last week. I myself lost one party because I was working (too bad), but I got to go to DC101 Halloween rock concert in Chinatown in DC!! Besides the concert, there was also a costume contest. I did not participate to the contest, but I did dress up...can you guys guess what my costume was? You would never imagine...I dressed up as a French Maid! Can you believe it? My host family offered me the costume and kinda made some pressure so that I wore it :) ut that`s not the whole story...I also had to take the metro dressed up as a French maid...and once in DC, I had to walk along downtown streets all dressed up!! I still cant` believe I did something like that. ut it is true, and you can check my picasa web album to see this!! (please, don`t make fun of me!!).
Ok, what else did I do for Halloween? hum...well, at Starbucks I had a Pumpkin Spiced Latte, which is just delicious! I can`t wait to have some more :) Pumpkins are very popular at this time of the year...when you drive along the streets, you can see pumpkins patches everywhere! I went to a pumpkin patch in a farm, which is something families usually do. I went with my family and other au pairs, too. In the farm we could pick up apples and pumpkins...it was so fun!! The apples I pick up taste so yummy :) And there were so many pumpkins!!
From what i`ve seen, after picking up a pumpkin at a pumpkin [patch, families put them near the front door until the last day. On Halloween, people usually open and carve their pumpkins in order to get Jack O`lanterns to decorate the house for the trick-or-treaters! I carved two pumpkins today and made my first big Jack O`lantern. When they were ready, we placed them next to our front door and lit a candle in each of them...I think they looked nice :)
Sadly, I couldn`t go trick-or-treating with the family because somebody needed to stay home and offer a treat to the kids that would come. So, I stayed at home...the door bell rang a few times and I gave chocolate candies to scary witches, sweet princesses, fearless spidermen, shy skeletons, horrible monsters, and eager teen-agers. It was fun...in the meanwhile, though, I had also to work and clean up the house (not so fun).
I`m happy with my Halloween anyway...even if I didn`t do much, I`m happy my Jack O`lantern is still displaying its scary grin to those that dare aproximate the door hahahahaha!!

I`m in the US!

Hello guys!! By now everybody must have forgotten about my blo...me included, I would say, as it`s been a huuuuge time since my last post. Many many many things changed in the meanwhile. The first thing is that I`m not living in Brazil any more: i`m spending one year abroad, in the US. I`m here as an au pair, this meaning that I`m here to take care of a family`s children. The family that is hosting me has two adorable girls!! They are the cutest things, very nice and easy to deal with. Of course, they`re kids, so they give me some work and can drive me a little bit crazy sometimes. Still, I have to say I`m very lucky to be with them :) If you want to see some pics of the girls, you can go to my picasa photo album and see the two little kids (they are 4 and 2 years old).

Yes, I know, the US are a huge country, almost as big as Brazil (wanna see the ranking?), so it`s kind of too vague to say : "I`m in the US". But can`t you guess from, the pic? Yeah, I live very close to washington DC :) Actually, I live in a small and quiet (maybe even too quiet) neighborhood in North Bethesda. Let`s say that by metro it takes me around 20 minutes to get to downtown Washington.

DC is a great city, there are so many things to see and do! I`ve been there a few times sighteseeing...but I haven`t seen a millionth of the things that are worth seeing!!

Ok, as usual, my post is getting too long...so I`ll promise to tell you more about the city and my life here in North Bethesda. I also hope that this way i`ll keep everybody posted on my news..

C ya soon :)

Leaving...

Hello!!
It's been ages since my last post...as usual!! Will I ever be a good blogger?! This time it's not only my fault, though! I started another blog, an italian one, and it kept me a little busy...here goes the link, if you feel like visiting it!
Well, actually, I'm not in my best mood today for two reasons: first, Alexandre, my boyfriend, has left. He's in Dallas - Texas - now and it seems he's enjoying it very much!! I really hope he'll make the most out of this experience, but truth is I miss him very much!
He took some pictures already and he already started the hard work...I think it'll be a great experience for him :)
I decided to find out a little bit more about "Dallas, the City that Works:
Diverse, Vibrant and Progressive."(this is the slogan of city as it appears in the city hall homepage). Well, it is the third biggest city in Texas and the 9th in the United States!! It seems to benefit from a great reputation...
It seems also to be considered beautiful from the natural point-of-view: in the area there are 17 lakes. Alexandre's living nearby one, and here we can see a photo of another one:

The second reason why I am not feeling good is that I got a terrible flu these days. I'm still feeling a little weak... I hate being sick!!
Well...gotta go!! I have loads of work to do!!

But there's still hope ...

Hello guys!! Finally, after a couple of sad posts that really didn't do any good to anybody, I'm here, recovered of all strengths and positiveness! Why? Well...first of all, I'm starting to work again..I'm not planning to get crazy again as last year, but I will start working quite hard. Working is also a great therapy for every moment you're feeling down. Maybe it restricts you as a person...you don't get to think too much and you might loose a little perspective and reflection upon life and the way you're livin' it. However, I still believe it's worth working a bit hard and forget a lot of problems! Besides, when you work, you earn money, and when you earn money you can buy stuff and try to feel better. I hate sounding this consumist, but I have to admit shopping is a therapy, too.
However, work is not the only cause for all my positiveness. As you must have realized from my posts (the most recent ones, but also some older ones), I am a huge fan of The Smashing Pumpkins! I really enjoy them quite a lot and they are my best companions for the most difficult times. Well, in 2000 they just split up and it was quite sad...
But now, they're back again!! They'll release their new album, Zeitgeist, on July 7th! That means, in a few months! This is just great news, isn't it?
Well...maybe you are not as great fans of the Smashing Pumpkins as I am...or maybe you just don't know them very well. I just suggest to have a look at this blog, by an user who is also a huge fan of the band! There you'll find some youtube videos on Smashing Pumpkins and some other useful links...
Here are the videoclips of my favorite songs, if you just wanna check them out! You're gonna love 'em!! :)
1979
Tonight, tonight
Disarm
Perfect
Today
Bullet with butterfly wings
Zero
Thirty-three
Stand inside your love

Because there's no limit to the worst...

It is impressive how things can go wrong...but it is even more impressive to open your eyes and look around yourself...there's so much pain in other people's life you don't even deserve to be sad yourself...do you?

Oper your Eyes - Snow Patrol
All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
My bones ache, my skin feels cold
And I'm getting so tired and so old

The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine

Tell me that you'll open your eyes [x4]

Get up, get out, get away from these liars
'Cause they don't get your soul or your fire
Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time

Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine

Tell me that you'll open your eyes [x8]

All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you

[ www.azlyrics.com ]

Where do we go?

Do you ever have the feeling that things are quite messed up? It's not that life is horrible...but the feeling that you are going forward and backward at the same time? That's a dizzy feeling!

Perfect - The Smashing Pumpkins

And I've known

We're just like old friends
We just can't pretend
That lovers make amends
We are reasons so unreal
We can't help but feel
That something has been lost
But please
You know you're just like me
Next time I promise we'll be perfect
Perfect
Perfect
Strangers down the line
Lovers out of time
Memories unwind
So far, I still know who you are
But now I wonder who I was
Angel, you know it's not the end
We'll always be good friends
The letters have been sent on
So please
You always were so free
You'll see, I promise we'll be perfect
Perfect
Strangers when we meet
Strangers on the street
Lovers walk asleep
Perfect
You know this has to be
We always were so free
We promised that we'd be
Perfect
Perfect

One more step

Hi guys!!

I told ya I would write back soon...see?

This time I'll tell you about my trip to the USA. No, no...I haven't travelled there...yet! I'm just planning to spend a year there as an au-pair. Will it be worthwhile? Will it be easy? Will it be expensive? Will it be useful? Believe me...I keep asking the same questions to myself over and over again. Truth is I really don't know any answers! =/

This scares me a bit...but, in spite of all this insecurity, I'm still managing to take some steps towards my trip...First, I'm starting to get some experience with kids in the Kindergarten I'm working at (remember my last post?). This is one of the requirements for working as an au pair in the US.

Today I took another big step: I got my new passport...well...at least, I required my new passport. It will actually be ready only on the 26th...what takes them so long to get it done? I really have no ideas...I only know that the line to get it is just terribly awful!! I arrived there at 8:45 am and I managed to get out of the "Polícia Federal" at around 11:00 am!

Well..that's it!! I just wanted to share this step with you...Ah! About my wisdom teeth I really don't know anything yet...I just know I will have to take them off!! Sigh!! Will this mean my wisdom will be taken off from me too? Shoo...!

See these passports? It seems the light blue one will be the new Brazilian passport...and it will be much more expensive than the current one! This is so unfair...just because you're travelling, this doesn't mean you have all this money to give the government!!

I know it's been ages, but things got a little complicated in my relationship with technology. Ok, now I think I managed to go through the crisis and I'm back here...
Well, first of all I have great news: I finally graduated!! Can you believe that? This means "university no more"? No...actually I will be back there in a couple of weeks! What is wrong with this place? You never manage to get over it, do you? However, studying will be good...I hope...it'll keep me young! LOL!
What else can I write? Well, my holidays are coming to an end, but I still get to enjoy a few more days. Now I'm working as a volunteer in a kindergarten close to my house. The experience is great: these little kids are so cute, funny and loving!! It's very gratifying.
I had a little trip in my holidays...I went to Espirito Santo and visited my dad who's living here now. Here you can find some pics of my trip.
Something else? Well...I don't think so...I can share some dreadful problems...just kidding!! No dreadul problems...just a dentistic one (isn't it pretty much the same?). My wisdom teeth are starting to show up and I'll have to remove them...will it be as painful as I'm thinking? I'm starting to shake of fear...
Well, I hope I'll get to write back soon!

Studying hard...or, at least, trying to...

Hello everybody!!

I'll just drop a few lines...just to let you know I'm still alive!! Yep, I survived...but I still have to face bigger problems!! My monograph paper!! I'm so late with my studies that I can see a lot of hard work is waiting for me...
Hope you don't give up on me!! I promise I'll write more about my experience and what is going on in my life lately...my blog used to be much more interesting when I started it!! Now I write just to say I'm busy...this modern life is quite hard to handle, huh?

Well...hope to write more soon...before X-mas!!
In the meanwhile...best wishes to evreybody and best wishes to me (I really NEED them :D)

"The New"

Hello guys!!

Again, it's been ages since I last wrote in my blog...sigh!! Those vacations in Rio seem so far away now! What am I doing at present? A lot of things, mainly related to work and university...nothing related to relax and vacations, sadly. Actually, I think I'm going through a very strange phase: everything is so new, and new things come up to me all the time! Sometimes I think I'm being bombed by all this new info...it feels good, anyway...I'm feeling more..."alive", I guess.

Well, I'm here mainly to tell you about my new experience: working in a REAL SCHOOl. I'm not saying that so far I have worked in fiction-schools or imaginary school (guys, you know me: i don't smoke pop! Not THAT much...just kidding...for those who don't know me very well: I really don't smoke it!I swear!)...the fact is that I have always worked in langage-schools and now, for the first time, I'm teaching Italian and Italian Literature at "Fundação Torino", a bilingual school in Belo Horizonte. The experience is just amazing! Actually, I got very frustrated at the beginning because everything was so new and my years at high-school seemed so far away (uh...well...to be completely honest, my years at high-school really are just a far remembrance) and I was only thinking: "My God! I'm not gonna make it! What will I do? I'm asked to teach something I never taught - or even studied, at times - and I'm asked to handle 25 excited students who want to learn anything but Italian literature". Then I realized I was being a little pessimistic: in fact, much of what i'm teaching is a little "new" to me, but I do have materials I can go back to and rely on; students are not always interested, but they are not completely alienated from the subject either; the other teachers...well, I'm dealing pretty well with those I got to know better. The worst part? Definitely it's lunch! For vegetarians like me it's always difficult to eat well at these "self-service" restaurants...so, I guess I cant complain that much.

The only problem is that now I really don't have much time...i practically don't have free-time...just now I wanted to share a bit of my experience with you because it's being a huge change in my life with a bunch of new perspectives on teaching, school, education, etc at every-second...sometimes I feel overloaded with input I can't actually process...so, i listen to "all of my love" by Led Zeppelin...this song is doing miracles for my anxiety! You should listen to it: I'm sure you'll love it too!

Ok, that's it...need to go back to work!!

Hope it won't take that long to come back :)

Wonderful city, real vacations: cosa voglio di + dalla vita?

Again, I'll be brief! I know, I know: it seems the only thing I can write about lately: my lack of time! If it's getting annoying for you who are reading...well, you can't imagine how stressful this has been for me! Anyway, let's talk of good things: I spent the last week end at Rio de Janeiro and i loved it! Well, first of all I had the chance to run away from my work (thank God! I really needed a few time off), then I had the chance to really see [part of] the most famous Brazilian city, I got to meet an old friend of mine, I had the possibility to train my spoken English with a German couple and some Americans and English and I traveled by ferryboat ;P Nice, ain't it?

Well, I can only say that everybody should visit Rio: it's a great city with a nice atmosphere...

Actually, I didn't actually see the "touristc Rio": I had access to another angle of the city, as you can see from the unusual pic of the famous Sugar Loaf...you don't find this kind of pics on postcards!

Well, that's it: thanx Elisa for the trip, thanx Alex for coming with me, thanx to technology for the photos and thanx Rio for being not too far from here!

That's it!

cheers :)

Hope you can take advantage of you holidays much more than I can...

We are the champions...

Campioni del mondoooooooo!!

Queen - We Are The Champions

I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I've come through
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world
I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortuen and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world!

...I don't think I need any other words to describe this moment! It turned out that Elisa, Sylvia and Emmanuele were right after all - thank God! That was the spirit Italy needed! Congratulations both to the team and their supporters :)
PS. I have to say the team should be congratulated for two reasons: they were good players on the one hand, but the were above all very, very, very HOT men! At least this time the World Champions look very nice in the pics! - I think all the girls agree with me ;)
(photo taken from www.repubblica.it)

In Italy we trust...in Brazil not any more...

Hello!!
Here I am again...Time is something we never find...at least, not as much as we want, but I had to make some efforts in order to write about Brazil (sad news come first) and Italy (the good news).
Ok, about Brazil there's not much to say...there's just a lot to be angry about! What the he** was that? Do they call it a game? For most Bazilians it was just a shame...a shame for the team, a shame for what they call the best players in the world, a shame for everybody who trusted in the HEXA (and I can tell you a lot of people wanted it badly)...Well, I just think the players should think more of the support they get from the people than of the money they get from the brands they wear...not to say the illegal money they may have gotten to lose the game that way...Ok, nobody can prove anything, so let's just drop it and think of the good news...ITALY!!
I must say it was quite a surprise for me: Italy in the finals? Well, evrybody must agree with me that Italy didn't show any excellent performance in its first matches...who would have ever thought it would go so far?
Well...let's see what happens tomorrow between Portugal and France...hope Portugal wins, because France...well, I don't like it!
And for the finals, I can just say I'm starting to trust Italy again!! As Elisa said: Go Italy!!!

picture taken from www.corriere.it

Germany 2006

It' s been ages, I know!! I feel terrible about it: I mean, when I was writing frequently, a few people read my posts...now that I don't write anything, I guess no one will ever have a look at this blog any more!! Anyway, I'm an optimistic spirit - at least sometimes - and I decided to share with you the emotion of this World Cup. So far, I haven't decided exactly what team I am going to support: Italy? Brazil? Japan? Croatia? Austalia? In Italy we have the handsome Cannavaro, in Brazil there's Kakà, in Japan there are all these little cute Japanese, in Croatia there are the Kovac - Robert and Niko - and in Australia there's Kewell.
Finally, I'm starting to see soccer from a new perspective - a much more girlish and interesting one. Before, I used to be interested only in the results: who won was everything that mattered! Who wants to waste time watching a 90 minute match with 22 men trying to catch the ball? Well, the ball is still as unintresting as it was before...but some of the men really catch our attention, don't they? Especially this trend of exchanging the t-shirt uniform at the end of the match...very, very interesting indeed! =P
Ok, my time is running out...I need to catch some sleep...
Who will win the Cup? What do you think?

MIX: classes, monkeys and golden keys

Hey guys!

This time I won't write much (I always say that, and then I got myself carried on by the stream of my thoughts...^.^ But this time is 4 real: in 15 minutes I have to be dressed up and out of the door!). What I wanted to say is that from now I won't be able to write my posts with the same frequency (gasp!) as I did in these past months. The fact is that...oh, my god...my classes are going to start soon :/. As you can see I'm not very happy...as you know, I work as a teacher, and "classes starting" for me sounds as "A LOT OF WORK to do", not only as a student, but also - and mainly - as a teacher...

Anyways, as they say here in Brazil, my vacations should finish "with a golden key", which in my case means a week-end trip to a countryside town (or should we say village?): "Macacos". Yes, the name of the city in English would be : "Monkeys"! Maybe in this occasion my boyfriend will be willing to take pictures and actually post them in his multiply album...who knows?

Well, I told you it was to be a short post, haven't I? It is too short a post...I will regret of ever posting it maybe...

Anyways, let me go to my recommendations: don't study too much! Enjoy your spare time! Go to the movies! Learn a foreign language...Elisa I envy you so much for learning Spanish! You know, you should meet Lele's sister-in-law: she's from Cuba and she's very nice!

TEST: How much do you know about movies and the weird translation of their titles in other languages? Test your knowledge and have fun!

U2

I'm writing briefly of one of the biggest events that ever happened here in Brazil: the U2 concert in Sao Paulo. Well, as I wrote in previous post, I should have gone there, but getting the tickets was almost impossible: we tried, tried for almost 2 months and finally gave up! Well, if I could only go back in time, I wouldn't have given up the chance to see the U2 for the world! Instead of being there and see Bono and his band in flesh, I watched everything on TV and every second ofd the show I bitterly regretted not having made an extra effort to go...well, this is the lesson I learnt: NEVER give up the things you want...and, specially, NEVER GIVE UP THE U2!

As I told you, I will write briefly...even because there is not much to comment on the show: it was FANTASTIC, WONDERFUL, GREAT! Actually the U2 had two concerts in the Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo: the first was on February 20th (monday) and the second on the 21st (tuesday). The one I saw on TV was the first, and the one I was supposed to go to was the second.

Well, since the show is simply indescribable, I will send you to some places so that you can have a look at (and die of envy):

1. some minutes of the first show. The video is not very good, but it gives the idea (a very poor one, actually, but better than nothing at all, right?)

2. Bono singing "Elevation". Again, the video quality is not high at all, but it's funny because at the beginning you can hear Bono saying in Portuguese "agora é a nossa vez", which means "Now it's our turn".

3. some photos (39) taken on the two days. Here the quality is pretty good and in the last photo you can see the woman that Bono called up to the stage. He sang "With or Without You" hugging her...it was sweet, but I hate that woman! Can you believe that when she left the stage she KISSED Bono on his lips? And she's not beautiful...and she's married... It should have been me!! (just kidding, of course!)

4. the list of the songs they sang on both days. This is a Brazilian blog, so everything's in Portuguese...but the guy who owns it promises to give a complete feedback on the show as soon as possible.

That's all for now...don't study too much, ok, guys?