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     This weekend Meagan and I drove Wakulla Springs to meet the CIES group for the outing.  I was happy to see Hayley there as well.  Upon arrival Meagan and I saw the group gathered around the boat tour house.  They were all standing in clumps chatting or just standing.  I saw my conversation partner, Chris, with her Brazilian girlfriends and we greeted each other and conversed, mostly small talk.  Being an entertainer, I decided to play my ukulele, which seemed popular with the CIES group.  A lot of the young women smiled and asked what instrument I was playing.  The Japanese women seemed most interested in the instrument.  Another friendly Japanese student named Takya (spelling questionable) greeted me and Hayley while standing in the sun on the high dive.  We talked about CIES and the coolness of the water.  Then, I decided it was time to jump in!  I like to get everybody to count “1-2-3,” to motivate the more timid jumpers, like myself. 

     The group went out on the boat tour, and upon returning, some of the Brazilian women were swimming near where Hayley and I had set up “camp”.  I played my banjo and sang some folk music.  Then Meagan, Hayley, and I swam out to them and the six of us stood in a circle and talked about their home-region in Brazil, the indigenous people, and the folk music of Brazil.  The ladies sang us a song from their childhood, and then we showed them “ring-around-the-rosie”.  I was happy to know a famous bossanova tune called “Agua de Beber” (translated: Water to Drink).  Maria and Maria explained the meaning of the song, which is one of companionship or camaraderie.