Abby, Zoë and Enzo

Yesterday afternoon we went down to talk with one of the doormen and asked some questions about how different things work in the area.  We brought our Portuguese-English dictionary and struggled our way through trying to have a conversation with him.  One of the things we asked about was Marmitas and how it all functions.  We know that people go to different marmitas restaurants for lunch and either eat there or have it brought to them, or they take it out themselves.  For having it delivered or taking it out yourself, you have to have these containers that all stack on top of each other and latch together.  We were still confused as to the whole process, so the doorman offered to meet us today and noon and go all together to the nearby marmitas place (we have a photo of it in one of the albums)  I'd write to you the doorman's name, but it was hard enough to understand and pronounce correctly when he was telling us, and now I can't exactly remember.  He's the youngest of the doormen, 23 years old and will turn 24 next month.

So, we got to the place and our doorman friend went up and brought back three pieces of paper and each of us (adults) were to check off some choices on this list.  It appeared that you were to choose between a couple of bean choices, then between a couple of rice choices, noodle choices, vegetable choices, and meat choices. We're still not entirely sure exactly what it was we ordered, but it was all tasty.  I checked off the following from my sheet: Feijão Mulatinho, Arroz Branco, Macarrão ao molho de cenoura, salada verde, and frango.  Chris checked off : Feijão preto ao alho, rosoto a grega, macarroão na manteiga, legumes, and frango.  Abby and Zoë shared eagerly, and probably drank most of the juice that came out too.