Re: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Part 1

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:07 pm

Alexis: I'm not even sure we had breakfast, so lunch sounds really good.

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:10 pm

Alex: Sure thing.

He leads Lexi to a small bistro and they sit.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:12 pm

Alexis looks blankly at the Portuguese menu.

Alexis: Um.....

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:16 pm

Alex smiles, shifts around to Lexi's side of the table and teaches her to read the menu.

Alex: .... so yeah.... rice and beans is pretty much a staple, usually with salad and some kind of protein..... Lunch is the biggest meal of the day here.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:21 pm

Alexis looks at some of the more frequent words on the menu.

Alexis: Arroz... feijao.... Am I pronouncing them right? And which one is which?

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:26 pm

Alex: You're close sweetie.

Arroz..... is rice, feijao is beans.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:29 pm

Alexis nods.

Alexis: By the time we leave you'll have me both speaking and reading Portuguese fluently.

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:33 pm

Alex: It's all your natural talent sweetie.... most people have a lot of trouble picking up Portugeese.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:36 pm

Alexis shrugs.

Alexis: Maybe it's because it's similar enough to Spanish.

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:45 pm

A waiter approaches.

Waiter: Olá gostaria de ter o seu fim?

Alex: What would you like sweetie?

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:50 pm

Alexis leans over to Alex with an apologetic look at the waiter.

Alexis: Other than "rice" and "beans" I'm still not sure about what any of this is... you're going to have to chose for me.

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:58 pm

Alex: Oi teremos o Coxinha para começar e depois hmmmmn Feijoada e Rice para dois por favor.

....Ah, e dois coques de baunilha, por favor

Waiter: Senhor muito bom

The waiter goes off with the order.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:05 pm

Alexis looks at Alex curiously

Alexis: What did you order?

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:09 pm

Alex: Well we have Coxinha which is chicken salad shaped into drumsticks then breaded and deep-fried.... and then Feijoada which is a smoked meat and black bean stew with rice.

The waiter brings over two vanilla cokes.

.... and that.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:17 pm

Alexis looks surprised at the vanilla cokes

Alexis: I was not expecting to have that here... the food sounds good though... teremos o Coxinha para começar e depois hmmmmn Feijoada e Rice para dois... alright, got a little more in my Portuguese vocabulary....

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:18 pm

Alex looks surprised at Lexi repeating his portuguese order.

Alex: Wow.... that was a pretty complex sentence sweetie.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:21 pm

Alexis: I was just imitating what you were saying... I'm not entirely sure what I said.

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:24 pm

Alex: Hi we'll have the Coxinha to start and then Feijoada and Rice for two please.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:30 pm

Alexis nods.

Alexis: Alright... so can I assume e dois coques de baunilha is something to do with vanilla coke?

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:33 pm

Alex smiles and nods.

Alex: Yup.... dois, two..... coques, cokes...... baunilha, vanilla.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:43 pm

Alexis: Two sounds similar in Spanish... and vanilla coke does sound pretty similar in Portuguese and English.

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:47 pm

Alex: Heh your Portugeese will probably wind up being better than mine at the rate you're learning.

The food arrives.

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:52 pm

Alexis looks up at the waiter.

Alexis: Obrigado.

She looks over at Alex.

Alexis: What? You taught me that to say to the Mastre....

Cruel Britannia Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:55 pm

Alex laughs.

Alex: "Hey Lexi, how was your honeymoon?" "Great.... had a crapload of sex and learned Portugese."

Pockets Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:03 pm

Alexis smirks.

Alexis: Minha lua foi... muito... obrigado.... I kind of pieced that together... I remember you saying honeymoon in Portuguese before. Does it make sense? I don't know too much yet.

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