No Grêmio Game/Olympics/Dating

We weren't able to get tickets in time for the Grêmio vs. São Paulo game. It was completely sold out. We still watched the game on tv though. Grêmio won 1-0. It was really rainy today and I have a sore throat that Bernardo gave me so if we had gone to the game it wouldn't have been too fun. The rain here is crazy, it's not like the rain in Olympia. Olympia rain is small and whimpy and constant, but Brazilian rain is sudden and furious. The drops are like a gallon each it's crazy. And then all of a sudden it stops.

In the Olympics Brazil isn't doing so good. They have 4 bronze medals and 1 gold but the 1 gold is a really big deal here. It was won by a swimmer named Cesar Cielo Filho. Every single day there are more and more highlight videos of him winning and receiving his medal and crying, everyone is so proud of him. (as I am writing this there was just another crazy burst of rain out of nowhere). The Brazilian futebol team is doing great though. Both men and women are undefeated. I learned that Ronaldinho is a Gaúcho which means he is from the same region of Brazil that I'm in right now. 

I also learned a lot about Brazilian dating. The average relationship in the USA lasts about 3 months give or take, but the average Brazilian relationship lasts about a year! One of the english teachers at New Age, who is 24, has been going out with her boyfriend for 8 years and she doesn't plan on getting married. Marriage is more of a religious thing here where as in the USA almost everyone gets married and it's not as sacred.

Guto said that he will try to get us tickets to another Grêmio game, most likely a GRE-NAL game which would be unbelievable. We'll see how that turns out.