LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After five LONG days at sea, we touched land today!!!!!!!! I felt like I was slowly going crazy with cabin fever!
Brazil is HOT!!!!!!!! I applied 50 spf (that's right mommy, 50) because we have our show tomorrow and there is nothing worse than dancing with your sunburns :/ We made camp at the beach and then proceeded into the water for an intense seaweed fight!!! There was so much seaweed and we couldn't venture too far out because they were shark infested waters. I still have yet to see a fin.....one of these days hopefully. The beaches there are very hectic and lots of people are trying to sell you things. They push carts around all day selling anything from movies and cds to pineapple on a stick. I had fried cheese on a stick and it was very yummy. Thank goodness I have made friends with Brazilians on board because NO ONE SPOKE ENGLISH!!!!!!! We had the most difficult time trying to catch a taxi because you don't hail them the same way you do in America and each driver has their own rules about how much it will cost and how many people they want to take. This is a very confusing process when you aren't speaking the same language:/ But we made it back to the port and no one was mugged so the day was a good one lol.
We have a show of Broadway Rhythm and Rhyme tomorrow night followed by a mini show (just one dance) in the Viking Crown. I think everyone is happy to be productive again, we were grateful for our vacation but its time to get active. Especially me because I hate the gym and I really should be going on my days off BUT I choose to play games instead lol. Oh well, I will dedicate time to the gym in the future. HA HA that's so bad I'm totally saying that everyday and not following thru...... :D
I'm looking forward to Rio in a few days because I will hopefully be going on the tour that takes you all over! And then I will have my friend Paulo (the one who danced the samba with me :o) be my tour guide everywhere else. It's nice they take care of us, warning us what areas to stay clear of and translating everything because we are pretty obvious looking tourists.
Hope all is well back home! It's weird to be out in beach wear this close to Christmas but as the Brazilians like to remind me, Santa wears shorts and sandals ;)
Love,