Day 2 - Reconnecting and "Mudge Budge"

We got up around noon the next day and after the obligatory checking of email, news reading, etc., made our way out to watch a bit of the games, get some food and plan the rest of the evening/night.  I had been in contact with a girl I knew when I was down here who still lives here named Aline - Miguel knows who I'm talking about, she randomly comments on pictures of me on Facebook with things like 'Beijosssssssss' or 'kkkkkkk muito bom', speaks almost no english and is not particularly attractive.  I told her to grab a friend and meet us out somewhere in Copacabana.  She picked a place called Mud Bug (pronounced by Brazilians as 'mudge budge' - they really have a problems with the following letters: t, d, g, and r) and my brother and I made our way there.  When we got to the bar it was pretty crowded and there were a line of Americans trying to understand how the whole "get a temporary card at the front door that has money pre-loaded on it and use that card for all drinks" works.  Before we even entered the bar Aline spotted me and came out to say hi.  We hung out inside, ordered some food that wasn't terrible but wasn't great, and had 3 or 4 drinks before leaving and coming back to our place.  Aline's friend Isabel, or as Eric called her, the grenade who was hotter than the target, was not a whole lot of fun but at least spoke English well enough.  This was also the first time my Portuguese had been tested and it started coming back to me pretty well after talking for a while.  Here's a picture of the group at the bar.

We came back to our place and after some antics, which involved me coming out of my room naked to get a glass of water and Isabel freaking out, we said goodnight, the girls left, and we went to bed.  Just as we were getting ready to shut it down, Chris (who was a late addition to the trip - he works with Rahul which is my brother's friend who joined us) arrived around 2am.  He had been traveling all day with flight cancellations and was eager to get to bed.  Rahul was expected to arrive in the early morning.  My brother and I had a big day ahead of us - our first World Cup game, which happened to be at Maracana, one of the most famous stadiums in the world and certainly the most storied stadium in Brazil.