The World Cup: Brazil at the Peak of Excitement

It would be impossible to post right now without filling you in the main thing on most Brazilians mind this month: The World Cup. That's right, every four years one soccer team from each country has the chance to prove that they're the best in the world and every Brazilian is obsessed with making sure that happens in this year's competition. The world cup is a month long series of games and each team plays at least three times. If they win in their group, they advance to the next level and so on until only 1 team remains.



Every time the Brazilian team play,s Brazil literally stops. Everything closes: supermarkets, banks, government buildings, school, EVERYTHING! There is not a car on the streets as everyone gathers around their t.v. and cheers like there's no tomorrow. Every time a goal is made, fireworks go off and every time Brazil wins there's a party and/or bbq. It's crazy, but a lot of fun to be part of the cultural excitement!



Right now there's Brazilian flags everywhere! Many people even have special flags that fit onto the hood of their cars! On game days, even before the game starts people honk and shout and cheer in the streets.


We watched a game with our friends Andres and Camila and Camila's family. It was Brazil vs North Korea. Although Brazil won, people were only semi happy because North Korea scored one goal on Brazil, making the score 2 to 1 instead of the 483 to 0 hoped for :)

Brazilians go all out with decorations for the World Cup games. Here, Camila's family had green and yellow plates to represent Brazil's colors.

Concentrating on the game....no talking allowed unless there's a goal!

Enjoying popcorn during the game with Camila and Livia.

It's been a lot of crazy excitement lately - can you imagine what 2014 will be like then the World Cup will actually take place in Brazil?!? It's hard to even picture Brazil any more excited than it is right now with the World Cup in South Africa. It will be fun though!