A Change of Scenery
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007Sorry for the lack of posts. We’ve been having our share of craziness lately. As most everyone knows, we had moved in with a host family, a lady and her 5-year-old son. We moved in with them for a few reasons, but one of the predominant reasons was so Ali would have someone to play with.
That ended up being a HUGE mistake.
This kid was mean. On the first day he choked Ali, and the violence just continued until, this weekend, he shot Ali in the eye with one of his toys. Without remorse. And this wasn’t just a “oh, kids are kids” kind of a situation — she still has red spots on the white of her eye.
Needless to say, we decided it was time to get our own place, both for Ali’s safety and to give Tanya and I a bit of quiet and calm (she’s got to be able to study, and I’ve got to be able to get work done).
We ended up getting an apartment — a nice little place in a different neighborhood of Salvador. Ondina (that’s the neighborhood) is not far from Barra, and is equally as nice. Ali and I got some practice in riding the buses and taxis by ourselves today, and I think things will go good here.
For the curious, here’s a sequence of maps showing our old place and new place, and where we actually are in relation to Brazil as a whole (if you’re curious about that sort of thing):
The pin on the left is where we were, the pin on the right is where we are now (we have another wicked view here — the ocean is a rock’s throw away). Click the first map for a detailed view of our neighborhood.
