We woke up, grabbed some breakfast and said goodbye to Pousada Santa Clara and our time on the island. We took the same transport back to Salvador.
We checked out a cooking school museum, stopped in some other galleries, walked by the impressive churches and ended up having a drink at Hotel Amarelindo because we read that it had a nice rooftop bar. We met some other Americans who lived in San Francisco while having a drink and they gave us some useful insights on what to do and not to do in Salvador.
They told us about a ballet folklorico show they were going to so we went to buy tickets and then sat in the square to have drinks before the show. The churches in the square were lit up so it was lovely scene. The show was very entertaining - they demonstrated impressive samba, capoeria and other forms of Bahían dance with full costumes. While we weren't hungry for a full dinner, we decided to walk in a hotel we thought looked nice earlier in the day - the Hotel Villa Bahía. We sat in the window and ordered some impressively large grilled heart of palm and a delicious ceviche. 
Before we cabbed back to our hotel we watched an energetic street show with impressive dancers and a band.
From the ferry building we grabbed a cab to our new Pousada do Boqueirao -- a very quaint little spot off of the Pelourinho neighborhood. After freshening up, we talked to the not-super-friendly owners about where we should go and decided to walk around the Pelourinho. We walked along the cobblestone streets, popping our heads into art galleries along the way. After stopping for lunch at Mama Bahía (ok) and trying their bolinhos de bacalhau (we aimed to try all types of bolinhos since they were delicious fritters), we walked around the main square.
We checked out a cooking school museum, stopped in some other galleries, walked by the impressive churches and ended up having a drink at Hotel Amarelindo because we read that it had a nice rooftop bar. We met some other Americans who lived in San Francisco while having a drink and they gave us some useful insights on what to do and not to do in Salvador. They told us about a ballet folklorico show they were going to so we went to buy tickets and then sat in the square to have drinks before the show. The churches in the square were lit up so it was lovely scene. The show was very entertaining - they demonstrated impressive samba, capoeria and other forms of Bahían dance with full costumes. While we weren't hungry for a full dinner, we decided to walk in a hotel we thought looked nice earlier in the day - the Hotel Villa Bahía. We sat in the window and ordered some impressively large grilled heart of palm and a delicious ceviche. Before we cabbed back to our hotel we watched an energetic street show with impressive dancers and a band. 
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