Diggy - Brent Diggs #19
Brazil is a crazy place! A lot different then anywhere I’ve ever been.
Well, I guess I haven’t been many places around the world, but this is definitely an experience. It is somewhat what I expected in ways, and in other ways a little different. The people here seem to understand what we as Americans are saying even though we don’t speak the same language. I have talked to a few Brazilians and we are both speaking different languages, but still there is somewhat of an understanding there. I know there are some rough parts of the country, but Natal seems to be pretty tame compared to some of the stories that I have heard. The people are very nice in this city. Yesterday we played beach soccer with some of the locals and they were very polite and took pictures with us. After we were done they gave us the thumbs up and seemed very excited to just have had the experience to play “futbol,� with the Americans. Futbol is the top sport here and it shows everywhere because it is the only sport advertised anywhere. They live and die by the sport. They are very good at it and it is obviously the most skilled nation in the world in the sport. I’m very excited to play in the preliminary games against the pro teams. They will probably dominate us, but I can’t wait. I have only been here for a few days now and I feel like I have experienced a lot, but yet I still have so much more to experience.