Weekend Fun

Last Sunday, I had the pleasure of getting out of the city and spending some time in the great outdoors with friends. We went to a sitio, which is kind of like rich people's weekend homes on the river, out here. I had already been there once in August and had an amazing time. We were all pumped to get invited back and get the chance to live the good life for another afternoon! I should amend that to say every one but Jay was pumped, because we went on a precious Sunday, and he could not leave behind his football games to join us. His loss for sure!

After saying goodbye to my love, we drove the hour or so out of town to the sitio. No one was there when we arrived, so we took the chance to explore the "river." It was so shocking. Only a few months ago, we took a speedboat out on the river and went out in kayaks together. Now the river was all dried up, and we walked on the bottom of it, all of us completely stunned how fast it had disappeared and been replaced by beautiful green grass.

There used to be water all the

way up past the trees in the white sand!

Me on the bottom of the river-

all those trees were submerged before

Plenty of space for everyone at the sitio

After some exploring, we went back to the sitio to relax by the pool. The pool is really gorgeous and overlooks the river.

Debora and me livin the good life!

There were more than 20 people there, and lots of them

had cute little doggies. Even they liked swimming :)

The woman who invited us to there is the landlord of a few friends of ours, and her grown children and grandchildren spend every weekend at their sitio. There is a couple that live there during the week, and they prepare food and drinks all day for everyone. While most everyone had caipirinhas and snacks brought to them poolside, we all preferred the do-it-yourself service. But we were more than happy to partake in the feast they made for lunch. We had delicious picanha (meat), fried fish, rice, salad, farofa, and more meat. I definitely went back for seconds...

The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing by the pool, chatting with the other people about music and our jobs, and checking out the river some more. Definitely an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday in Manaus. We're all looking forward to going back when the river rises again. And luckily that will be after football season, so Jay has no more excuses!