The Princess gave us PROTECTION?!?!?

BEM-VENIDO Salvador!!!! CARNAVAL awaits me. Drunken nights, beach ridden days, exploration and excitement around every corner. My first Gregory-BeVier travel extravaganza. There is alot of hype to live up too here; and boy did it!

Who would of thought that in all of Carnaval we would be chosen? You all may be wondering chosen for what?? I always knew my face was meant for the big screen. Let me set the scene. Four Americans wondering the streets of historic downtown Salvador just trying to find some food amongst all the excitement. Amongst all the craziness we were stopped and asked if we would like to participate in a safety for tourist going to Carnaval - but that is not the best part; it was with the Princess of the Carnaval - gorgeous model chic from Brazil!!. How does it get any better than this?? We meet the princess and she gives us all condoms; CONDOMS?!?! What kind of safety video are we participating in??!? I guess that is normal because everyone was handing out condoms left and right during Carnaval.

Having no formal acting training I was weary that I would underperform for this stint in front of the camera, but I was all about letting my personality shine through. They set us up to begin, I manage to get my spot right next to the Princess; but wait, they ask me to move. WTF?!?! Apparently I look to much like a Brazilian to be in the spotlight, so my more "American" looking friends steal my shine! Plus appararently I had some food still left on my face which my friends failed to mention was there. Not much dialogue was needed to be had, we just smiled and looked natural while pointing at things. But we did manage to talk quite a bit to the Princess as she gave us the inside scoop on all the blocos we were attending and what we should be eating and drinking instead of hamburgers and beer. We ended up chatting with her for quite a bit of time, exchanged numbers - yes, exchanged numbers!! - and we may have convinced her to hang out with us later on. Although she would not be able to go see Jammil (the first bloco) we were going to, cause of her princess duties, she told us that she was going to be at some sunrise party that began at 2 am. We weren't sure if we would make that cause our day of drinking began at noon and we had planned to go to some beach at like 730 the next morning, but we were going to anxiously await and email or phone call. Let the waiting begin....


Until then, I'll be LIVING FULL OUT - CARNAVAL STYLE!