Tenho monte de coisas para fazer!
As much as I would like to sit here and type updates. I´m leading a busy and full-filling exchangers life and it would be silly wasting this precious time behind a computer screen.
The 27th of June marked 5 months for me, since I arrived in Brazil, and so I am more or less halfway there. It´s gone so quickly already, but it seems like a long time to go. People, it´s worth every bit of it. Today, I was talking to my host-dad, Uziel and a man from church Alarcon how missing out a year of university (faculdade) is really insignificant when you weigh up the things I´m learning here. Here I´m doing "faculdade da vida", and that´s exactly right, I´m learning about life, in all aspects imaginable. Experiencing a new culture broadens your vision, as now I don´t just see things the Dutch or Australian way, but the Brazilian way!! Remember Jeitinho Brasileiro...
Since the Curitiba trip I have been lucky enough to have traveled two more times. First to the south of this state to a place called Alegre. Here there is an anual music festival, called Festival de Alegre (seems logical). It is one of the biggest in Brazil that goes for four days and houses all the main Brazilian artists, tons of sideshows and sometimes even international appearances. Not long after Alegre, I went to visit Lucy, a friend from school in Adelaide. She is on exchange with Rotary in Bauru (São Paulo), so I stayed with her for a week. I am now back in Vila Velha, and about to turn 18. You can see how things get crowded can´t you.
I wish everyone well and até mais...
The 27th of June marked 5 months for me, since I arrived in Brazil, and so I am more or less halfway there. It´s gone so quickly already, but it seems like a long time to go. People, it´s worth every bit of it. Today, I was talking to my host-dad, Uziel and a man from church Alarcon how missing out a year of university (faculdade) is really insignificant when you weigh up the things I´m learning here. Here I´m doing "faculdade da vida", and that´s exactly right, I´m learning about life, in all aspects imaginable. Experiencing a new culture broadens your vision, as now I don´t just see things the Dutch or Australian way, but the Brazilian way!! Remember Jeitinho Brasileiro...
Since the Curitiba trip I have been lucky enough to have traveled two more times. First to the south of this state to a place called Alegre. Here there is an anual music festival, called Festival de Alegre (seems logical). It is one of the biggest in Brazil that goes for four days and houses all the main Brazilian artists, tons of sideshows and sometimes even international appearances. Not long after Alegre, I went to visit Lucy, a friend from school in Adelaide. She is on exchange with Rotary in Bauru (São Paulo), so I stayed with her for a week. I am now back in Vila Velha, and about to turn 18. You can see how things get crowded can´t you.
I wish everyone well and até mais...
