Halfway through another year and it’s time for us to realize that Brazil are not the greatest football team in the world right now. Meanwhile, some people are already thinking about carnival 2011 which comes extremely late next year, in the first week of March. That’s good news for party people as we will have a full 3 months of summer partying from mid-December through New Year’s Eve and then the January and February carnival buildup, followed by carnival itself and then the ressaca (the carnival hangover, another week of partying after carnival for people who just don’t want to let go).

So, I have put my own apartments back online (I still need to get some better photos) and it’s time to start getting everybody else’s apartments on there too. If anyone knows anyone with an apartment to rent – especially for carnival next year – tell them to get in touch.

Summer is right here now in Bahia, the ceiling fans are rolling, and the beach is just delicious. Just over 2 months to go to carnival with Christmas and New Year’s to look forward to before that, just trying to get life sorted so that when those trio eletricos start warming up for carnival, I will be ready and without a care in the world.