Salvador

Bahia!! Eveline and I went on a little vacation up to Salvador Bahia on May 2nd. It was such an amazing trip! We met up with my friend Jorge who ended up showing us around the city. He took us to all the great places; Pelourinho, Mercado Modelo, praia do Forte, and much more!
The day we arrived it was cloudy and a little rainy. So we decided to go see the sites that day and save the beaches for later (when there was sun!) We first went to Modelo Mercado (Model Market). It had everything a tourist could ever want. And believe me, we wanted it... all! If we didn't tire Jorge out from stopping all the time to take pictures, we definitely wore him out by stopping to look at everything for sale.





Later we went to the Lacerda Elevator. You pay 5 cents and it takes you from cidade em baixo to cidade em cima (lower city to higher city) they actually separate the city by the level. I thought it was strange to pay 5 cents. Is there really a reason to charge then?
As soon as you walk out of the building people come and give you bracelets. These bracelets are the most famous souvenir from Salvador. It is just a colored band that says ,"Lembrança do Senhor do Bomfim da Bahia" (Souvenir of the Lord of Good End of Bahia) Senhor do Bomfim is a church in Salvador. When they tie it on your wrist you are supposed to make a wish and it will come true if you never take it off, you have to let it fall off. Well letting it fall off takes a long time! I have a friend who had hers for over a year and a half! I don't know if I can make it that long... You can see the yellow band on my left hand in the picture below.




Here is the view from Cidade em cima. It was beautiful to see the port with all the boats on the sea.





This is from the Pelourinho. it is a city within the city. The place to find all the great restaurants, shops, clubs, dancing in the streets, everything pretty much. It is famous for it's colored buildings and night life. It was nice to walk around and see all the art that was displayed.