Bip bip - biiip biiip - biiiiiiiiiiiip biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip

Anyone living here in Recife knows what I'm talking about as they read the subject of this post!  

The culture of honking one's horn. All. The. Time.

"Bip" is acceptable.  Even a "Bip bip" if the person in front of you is doing something completely wrong or against traffic rules.  

But here in this "everythinghastohappenrightnow" city, there is no "bip" or "bip bip".  The first honk is already a "biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip" 

They even honk their football team´s song like it's the most beautiful sound in the world.  

"Bi bi, bi bi, bi bi bi bi bi bi, bi bi, bi bi, bi bi".  (not exaggerating!)

Tense situation...

Look at this picture.  The light is about to turn green, right?  Would you honk already at the driver in front of you even before it turns green?  If you live in Recife chances are the person behind you would! 

I honestly forgot and/or don't know how honking one's horn is looked upon in Iceland and the USA nowadays?  Is it a normal thing or is it considered rude?

I should be used to this by now after living here for 7 years right?!  But after having a baby that doesn't like to take more than 30 minute naps, things change a bit...  Also, having a neighbor that drives a "VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM" Harley Davidson motorcycle WITH a radio installed (to be able to listen to a radio with all that noise already going on, one must turn the volume WAY up) things can get a bit sour.  Of course he usually comes home about 10 minutes after Eva Lind has fallen asleep at night and yes, poor thing has woken up to this noise many times (it's just THAT loud!).  

I was once venting on Facebook about how loud the world has become after having a baby and someone gave me the advice not to always put her down to in total silence and/or in a dark place.  I can see the benefits of this advice yes, and luckily she can fall asleep with some noise although she doesn´t fall asleep as easily when it's bright in the room.  On the other hand, when I see poor little Eva Lind with bags under her red eyes looking like a Zombie finally sleeping, keeping it loud and bright is NOT the first thing that comes to mind!!

Another "fun" fact:  They started remodeling a house right in front of us in August last year and from Monday - Sunday (starting at 7am often on weekends) it's been constant noise of breaking down walls, mixing cement, hammering, breaking glass etc.. Ohh, all that fun stuff!  Hopefully they'll be done soon because not only does the noise sometimes drive us a little cray cray, we've also had to deal with a lot of dust flying in through the windows - YaY!

((I just finished reading through my post and oh boy do I sound like a nagging cranky old housewife hahahaha  (O-O)

I never knew I could be so sensitive to noise, but I guess it's just the mommy in me that knows how important it is for Eva Lind to sleep!  And it's hard to sleep when there's people constantly honking, construction going on right in front of our building, and a Harley Davidson with a radio super loud passing by! 
Oh and did I mention how much some people love fireworks here?  For no reason at all they'll start lighting up those really annoying small ones that explode on the street and just make noise.  Hrmpf. 

Honestly, it's not fair that I turn into a slow motion ninja after Eva Lind falls asleep and the whole words seems to turn into a super loud heavy metal concert right outside my window!  (hahaha I'm of course exaggerating a little and "perhaps" venting a bit).  

I need this sign!

This picture pretty much summarizes my post!

Well, that´s it for now! I hope you enjoyed this post! 

 L8er G8er