While in Porto Alegre, we met with Master Delmar for a Capoeira lesson. Master Delmar taught us why Capoeira is important to Brazilian culture. It originates as a form of self-defense from African slaves way way back, and eventually morphed into a way to condition your body and mind. It was an amazing experience to learn Capoeira from an expert!
After learning Capoeira, we went to explore Porto Alegre itself for a little, from the nice scenic river view to…well that was mostly it. It got to be around 6pm by the time we were left out and I was pretty tired, so I just went back to the hotel. I wished I could have explored more, but I wanted to get some rest in.
However, I was able eat a really good burger, chicken sandwich and a lot of others after I got back to the hotel with some of the others.
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