My last day

Packing, the not so fun part of traveling.

I woke up at 5am in the morning. I had to be at Post 10 in Ipanema Beach by 6am to train Cross Fit. I love exercising. It was an intense but such a worthwhile work-out to end my trip here in Rio de Janeiro. If you like intense-type workouts please make sure you look up Rocinha Cross Fit and communicate with Rogerio, the coach.

I was off to my last class, I arrived late. I needed to return home after the workout and take a shower. I had sand all over my face and body as well as some major bruises. I fell. For me, not a very surprising moment. I was worried about arriving late to class. Traffic was horrible at 9am. Be aware, in general, from 8am-10am traffic is always bad. Bus will take longer than usual. But when I arrived to class we were watching the film Bossa Nova. I had already seen the film several summers ago so I relaxed a bit. It's a good movie. After the film we had our last and final exam, the oral exam. I felt that it went splendid. The instructor told us we could leave because she couldn't ask us any more questions to produce language.

Tonight though, I packed a bit and then headed out to meet my friend Liv at a bar-club named Melt in Leblon. I also wanted to say goodbye to the new friends that I made and which I will miss terribly. At Melt we had a live samba-type band and caipirinhas. It was an enjoyable evening. A live band that made my love for Brasil increase substantially.

Now I'm ready to finish my packing. There's not much left. I'm ready to return home although also very sad to leave amazing friends behind and also an amazing city.