Day 5

Saturday 6^th November 2010 @ 18:41

We went to Lapa last night (pronounced Lapa) for a street party, there was thousands of people out it was ridiculous, something else that was ridiculous was the prices, 20 reias cover charge for a bar no bigger than the tiger (20 reias is about 12 quid)

It was an experience though, lots of samba drums in the town square and people going all out, really cool. Unfortunately I had done myself in on the beach and had come down with a spot of sunstroke so we came home by midnight.

We woke this morning to rain (YESSSSSS!!) which is exactly what I had hoped for seeing as my body was burning from yesterday. We decided to go and get some brekky at what is fast becoming or favourite place (the bread and coffee are amazing)

 and then find a pub that was showing Man Utd. We we’re advised to try the Mexican Bar and they were right.

We spent the afternoon drinking there and they showed Utd on one tele and Celtic on another thanks to the ex-pat Celtic supporters club via a laptop. The afternoon went quickly in a haze of chilli tequila and Brahma and due to the rain extended afterwards.

We left prematurely as we had to pick up some laundry but plan on heading out soon to catch up with the lads we spent the afternoon with. My favourite part was when a Liverpool fan from Bath was giving Suzi some grief about being a football fan.

“tell us the difference between netball and football will you love” he said… (the guy in the yellow/ blue stripey top)

So before Suz could answer I asked the rest off the bar at top note:

“can anyone tell me the difference between Bath and Liverpool??”

Now, I’m not really sure where I was going with this, I’d had a few beers and in my own little way was trying to stick up for my wife,  but the response I got was pure gold.

From the back of the room in a thick Glaswegian accent a bloke shouted

“if your from Liverpool, you’ve never seen a fucking bath”

Amazing, so good I bought the guy a drink,

The guy from bath?? Oh, he went completely red and didn’t pipe up for a while.

Anyway were off out for a few beers and some live music tonight on a recommendation from John, hope it’s a good en.