Walking into the summer yellow sunshine of Salvador, Bahia, Brasil last February felt like I was reborn. Our squished cab ride had us emerge from a gray shady street and we walked on cobblestones uphill into a sunbathed street of pink, blue, yellow houses in Pelourinho. It’s UNESCO- designated world heritage city. One of the bestmeals of my life, the happiest, the tastiest, was here. I saw Gourmet magazine’s Diary of a Foodie segment on Salvador, Brasil and as tasty as that moqueca looked on tv, eating that spicy seafood stew with farofa for real was one of the happiest meals of my life. It was one of those moments you can’t believe you are alive and are so grateful to feel the sun and bright orange colors while marching bands during Carnaval parade a few feet away, its sounds and cheers and dances visible and audible through the open terra cotta windows.
An hour or two later, the sun started to set and here vrooms down the cobblestone street a bearded man on motorcycle with his two well-trained dogs on board!
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