Um café com leite

Seriously... I never thought I`d say this SO much, but... coffee with hot milk is simply... bom! I love how café is served at seemingly all hours of the day, here.

That being said, though! The title of this time`s post is actually.. part of ANOTHER Portuguese/Brazilian figure of speech! Como... `Ele é um café com leite,´ apparently means that, `He´s nothing special.. just young/inexperienced/unimportant.´

SO! I definitely felt like that, TODAY, since... this afternoon, we had a dance lesson! You know that song,`Hips Don´t Lie´with Shakira?? Yeah. I feel like my hips are the EXACT opposite of wonder-woman Shakira´s, haha! So, does that mean that my hips... DO lie?!? Haha~! Anyways, I digress, yet again...

Today`s dance lesson covered: forro, samba, pagode (a variety of samba)... Our teacher was this CRAZY little woman who had MAGENTA-coloured frizzy hair, this great smile, and the SKILLS to shake her hips like CRAZY and GLIDE across the floor. Not to mention, her assistant/son who demonstrated some dance moves and played the drum/tambourine/cowbell/berimbou at times was pretty cute, I must say... Dare I mention that in addition, he also does capoeira?! AH! ANYWAYS. Focus!

Basically, all of these dances are performed to very upbeat, folksy festival music (if only we had learned this BEFORE São João, né?) that, I think is very reminescent of that cheesy/slightly annoying music that you hear when you`re trying to search for a good radio channel while you`re stuck in traffic, but instead land for a few seconds on a Mexican/Latino-folk station, then DESPERATELy turn the dial, quickly!
haha!

Anyways. Basically, all of these steps including shuffling your feet 1-2 to the right, 1-2 to the left, REPEAT. During this period of time, you are expected to not really pick up your feet too much, and oh! yes. Try to shake your hips in a cool way at the same time. And, oh! to make it um pequeno mais difícil, dance with a partner, add some twirls, voilá!

Of course, even though I absolutely can`t shuffle my feet while trying to cool-y shake my hips, it was a lot of fun! There was a portion of the dance where you basically jump up and down, switching feet, which I could do (thank goodness, right??)! And of course, there were some pretty fun dances where you dance in a circle, watching/supporting everyone shake their `thang,´ hehe!

In any case. I`m in Brasil, I can make a fool of myself. It was fun, and hey! Got a good workout from it! Que bom. Beijo.