Frankfurt - Salvador

I made it to Salvador! The flight was ok so far. I tried to get some sleep but three Brazilian ladies a couple of rows behind me had such a good conversations that they thought they had to share it with everybody else on the flight ;-) So I watched two movies (21 and Penelope, both quite nice actually - especially 21 as it was set in Boston, one of my new-found favourite cities) and read all the magazines available. What a pity Im in summer now, I know all the autumn and winter fashion and make-up trends ;-) About 1 hour before arrival the three ladies got so excited that they started singing and screaming - whereever they were coming from, it seemed they had a very bad time there and were more than happy to get home ;-)
We had to wait nearly an hour at immigration and then it took the guy 10min to find an empty space in my passport to stamp. (Just kidding - it was only 5 min ;-))
Will picked me up and took me to the hostel. The hostel is really cute. Its small and simple but the owners, two French ladies, are really sweet and helpful. The only problem is that speaking French to them and a mix of German and Portuguese to Will leaves me totally confused once I have to go out and speak in Portuguese only ;-) I guess my Portunhol will end up a kind of Portunholaise ;-)
Well, as a student of economics I am off course very interested in the economy of the countries I travel to and I can tell you that the Brazilian economy definately seems to be going well! I found out even before getting up this morning, actually the booming economy woke me up itself. There is so much construction going on - its incredible! It seems they are renovating all sidewalks, the seaside promenade, and all houses around the hostel. Its impossible to walk somewhere without changeing sides and doing a slalom round the construction sides - and its definately impossible to sleep after 7am. But ok, Im not here to sleep anyway :-)
Today its raining but the forecast says it will improve... (it always rains the first day I arrive somewhere, its a tradition kind of ;-)) Will keep you up-dated :-) Much love & miss you all!