Just a little bit late...
It was really funny to think that the moment we popped open our bottles here on the last day of 2010...it was of no significance to anyone back home. At the stroke of midnight, off went fireworks and corks and cheers and cameras just outside the club...and in New York, it was but 9 pm. I found that more entertaining than you, I am sure.
On New Years Eve, I got dresses up, made up, shoes on, and went to church. Hahahha, my parents now go to church, and I really liked it actually. It was cool to see how things are different and how they are the same. A lot of it was familiar, actually, being that it was a Catholic church. I spent a good portion of my life going weekly to services at all different kinds of churches. I also could follow along with a lot of it, from the hand out, and got to practice my reading ;)The Peace was very long! Not very, but compared to most I have seen. People spent a few minutes greeting everyone around them, very sweet. I think the entire thing lasted maybe an hour.
After church we picked up my host sister, then went to the club. The club that hosts the Formaturas and has the gym and pools...they have a New Year party too! It started around 11 with dinner, which was very good :) and we just sat with our families, eating and talking. Then, with ten minutes left, the entire bulding went to the back and waited...all with bottles of champagne. We counted down at ten seconds (IN PORTUGUESE, GO ME!) and bam. Fireworks (SO unsafe) and happiness
We then went back inside, and a band started to sing and people danced. This was a lot like the Formaturas, except it was more of a family event than just for the younger ones. Later on more people started to come, more that I knew...and it was a big party. I had fun :) I got home around 4:30. I can tell 2011 is going to be a very good year :)
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