So the first question is going to be in English.
So Kennedy... Kennedy? That's an American name, right?
-So, Does he... -It's an American last name.
Last name.
Lots of Brazilians have American last names
as first names: Jefferson,
Anderson.
Yeah, that's a good point.
So...
I think the answer is obvious.
Of course, I admire the Brazilian people.
That's why you learned Portuguese and you came here...
I do admire them in many ways,
I admire the way that they interact with each other socially.
I think Brazilians have a lot more fun.
I think that...
I always say, I would rather be in a bar
with five Brazilian strangers than five American friends.
Because if I'm with American friends, we're gonna talk about work,
sad things... And then a bar, in Brazil,
usually you just talk about whatever! Talk about soccer,
women, or something like that.
Americans do think that we are the best.
Not me, personally, but I think Americans admire...
Well, some Americans hate them, but Americans admire the French
for their food, for example, their cuisine and their quality of life.
I think we admire...
What about British people?
We admire British people?
I don't think so.
No.
I mean,
they drink too much tea.
-You know, I guess... -But you also drink lots of beer.
You know, I guess we don't really admire.
I mean... I mean,
maybe individuals like I do,
I really admire Brazilians in many ways,
but I don't think overall.
We're really
horrible, in that way.
We really admire ourselves way too much.
I think we admire the Japanese in their sort of work ethic, maybe.
Because we have this image of the Japanese like,
working really hard and doing everything...
Or the Chinese, as well. Now like,
we admire the Chinese, but we're scared of them economically
because they do everything better and faster and...
So I guess, in that way, we do admire the Chinese.
I also admire people from Acre.
Which is a country, of course.
No, but they have to put up with a joke,
everytime you say Acre, everyone says...
If I were from Acre...
I admire them, and them
tolerating that joke.
Yeah, I know... And you know what?
You were saying that
Americans think they're the best. I think,
the people that think they're the best in Brazil is the Gauchos.
I'm sorry.
-Not me, not me! -It's true.
-Not me, I swear. -It's true.
But Gauchos think that
Rio Grande do Sul is the best place in the country.
We have the best...
The best everything! The best of everything.
Did I ever tell you when I went to Porto Alegre, my reaction?
-No! You were disappointed. -I thought...
I thought, I was going to go to Porto Alegre
and this place was going to be like a
heaven.
Everything was going to be perfect and clean.
It looked like a Brazilian city!
-I know! -I liked it,
but it looked like a Brazilian city.
They use to say that this is the best place
with the most beautiful sunset in the world.
What I usually tell people who say that, I say
I think you should travel more.
Yeah! Exactly, exactly.
Okay. Now a question in Portuguese.
And that was a very good question!
Because sometimes we travel abroad
and we talk to Brazilians all the time
because it's hard to make friends from the the area, you know?
Yeah. It's a very good question.
I see people, they go and they say, I'm not going to talk to any Brazilians
I'm just going to meet Americans and then they end up
-talking with Brazilians. -Talking to Brazilians.
You have to get involved in some activity.
Well, you'll be friend with your family obviously,
your mom and dad as an Au Pair.
And maybe they will have friends who have
children or something like, the old adult children maybe,
but you should get involved in some activity.
Maybe, if you're religious you go to church.
You meet people in church.
If you play sports, you figure out a way to play soccer, for example,
that's a good way to do it.
It's harder just to go up...
It's harder just to...
It is hard to meet Americans, if you're in a big city.
I think it's the same in Sao Paulo, for example.
It's the same! I...
Even my neighbors,
I don't talk to my neighbors.
Yeah, I don't know what's happening.
You have to have an activity,
some activity to do. You could take a class.
If you don't have an activity, you could take a...
I don't know, a cooking class!
That's like a stereotype like, you go to a cooking class
and you meet, to meet people.
And not to learn how to cook.
Into a bar...
Don't go to a bar because you'll be under 21.
-So you can't go to a bar. -You probably...
Probably or for sure?
If she's an au pair.
I think there are Au Pairs who are older,
but most Au Pairs are young.
Maybe the first word an American would learn.
Little country girl?
A little country...
And try to describe this in English,
all the steps.
How to make a perfect "caipirinha"?
First of all, you need some good ice.
You need to have ice that's for...
You either....
To crush it or that. Let's see...
So the first thing you do, okay?
I put the ice in a cup.
I put the sugar in first, but I put very little sugar.
Okay, then...
You have to decide how to cut the lime.
This is a very controversial question,
but...
I think I just... Let's see how do I...
You know that white part?
You have to take out that white part
because it's too
bitter.
Right, so you cut out, maybe you cut it in
and cut out the little middle part.
But then some people will cut the skin, the "casca", like this.
So that the juice comes out this way or whatever...
I don't really do that. I cut it and...
I just have to have a big...
You have to have a big,
you have to have the right thing to...
How do you call this?
You do this... Wait, hold on!
Let me see if I get this right.
No, I don't have this right! It's all wrong!
It's all wrong.
You don't put the ice in first,
you put the "limão" in first.
Of course. That's stupid.
I don't know why I said that.
So you put the "limão" in first then you put the sugar,
then you put the ice, then you pour the cachaça over the ice.
And that's it, I mean that's it's pretty simple.
I know and how much cachaça do you usually...
put?
Well, basically, you have to fill the glass, but you should have a lot of ice in it,
so there's not that much cachaça.
That's why you need the...
Chipped ice or whatever! The smashed ice
because if not, you pour the cachaça in it
you just have so much cachaça.
And then you're gonna be drunk like,
after two sips.
I will say that in my party, in my house
we make all kinds of fruits
including like blueberry things, but I make that in the...
Blender.
Because if I'm making, you know, caipirinhas for 25 people
you can't make each one like this.
I know, but you can make
lime cachaça in the blender as well.
Yeah, there's a way to do it, yeah!