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July 10th 2007
The End South America » Brazil » Rio Grande do Sul » Porto Alegre By dancergirl July 10th 2007After nice but short weekend in Porto Alegre, Sara's Dad and I traveled home. The plane ride was long but there was a good movie selection which was nice. Getting home was fun to. I never realized how much I love the smell of dead grass and steel before I stepped out into my hometown after the long but fun vacation. It was really great to go to Brazil and I am glad I had the oppurtunity to see all the places I saw. Enough being sappy. Here are some pics PEACE Lilly... read more
July 1st 2007
So this Thursday Sara, Fany and I packed up and headed to Porto Alegre. It was slightly amazing. First we went to Pati's apartment to unload our stuff, and then we went to the PUC's (a really good university in Porto Alegre where Sara's dad went) museum of Science and Technology and theeeeeeeeen we took a tour of the city and then we went out to eat and then we went shopping and then we ordered Pizza from Pizza Hut (boo, we both ate it cheeselesss because the cheese tasted like regurgitated babies, in sara's words) and then at one thirty in the morning we picked up Paulo from the airport and drove to Santa Cruz do Sul. The museum was really cool. Everything was interactive and there was A LOT to do. There was ... read more
Welcome to the dark abyss...
Published: June 26th 2007South America » Brazil » Rio Grande do Sul » Porto Alegre
June 26th 2007
It is cold. Extremely cold. We have colds. All of our school friends have colds. People are carrying their dogs around in blankets so they don't freeze to death. We have risked burning the house down by putting our blankets on a space heater because we are so cold. It is a constant state of mind. Once the cold draws you in you can't escape. It is like living in a dream...only your dream is a nightmare. A cold, cold nightmare from which you will never escape. A nightmare from which wearing two pairs of socks will not save you. A nightmare in which three comfortors and countless cups of coffee are not enough. A nightmare where it is so cold that even though the window is wide open and causing you to freeze to ... read more
I tried to be like Grace Kelly
Published: June 22nd 2007South America » Brazil » Rio Grande do Sul » Porto Alegre
June 22nd 2007
Since we last updated the blog, we have been pretty busy. We started school and have been having some intense Portuguese lessons (yet I still don't know how to properly spell Portuguese...le sigh). School is pretty cool. The first day was terrible because we had to wake up at 5 am US time and were forced to go to a math class with a really awkward group. Our first class was fun but too early, so we ditched them and found a better class (don't worry, we didn't really ditch, we just decided that we liked the other guys better). The other class is an AP English class with high school seniors. A lot of them have traveled to countries in North America for exchange programs and can speak extremely well. We made a lot ... read more
The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Published: June 18th 2007South America » Brazil » Rio Grande do Sul » Porto Alegre
June 18th 2007
Yesterday we woke up pretty late and went to a brunch for lunch (rhyme!). They had pretty good bread pudding. After we came home we walked to The Gruta (the grotto) which is the prettiest place in existence. We have a few photos but you really have to see it in person...to bad you didn´t, haha suckers! We watched The Queen and Forty Year Old Virgin (what? so innapropriate!) and both were really good. Then we went to sleep. Today we got our various schedules after waking up in time for breakfast for the first time. We are taking Portguese classes as well as gym classes. We went to one gym class today (combat). It was pretty intense. Tomorrow we´re going to start all the classes and we´ll register at Maua (Moo-ah, muah) and maybe ... read more
June 16th 2007
After a yearlong delay at Ohare we finally got on the 11 hour flight to Sao Paulo. It was basically impossible to sleep but don´t worry mom, at some point we did...Disney Channel pretty much saved our lives. I also watched some of The Lives Of Others and Sara watched Zodiac. When we got to Tam airlines we (good news) got into the VIP section after an hour of waiting for the person checking our luggage to stop flirting with this random guy who kept coming up to her for assistance (literally an hour wait). Luckily we had plenty of time since our second flight got delayed too. Now we are staying with Sara´s aunt and uncle´s house, Fany and Hildo. One of their daughters, Pati, is here as well. Everyone is very nice. There ... read more
June 7th 2007
I have a week to go before I head to Brazil with Sara, so I'm getting packed. It's going to be between 40 and 60 degrees there. Naturally, as soon as it gets consistently warm here I'm heading off to someplace cold. There's not much for me to say right now because I haven't left yet, but I'm pretty excited about going. Don't worry, my updates in Brazil will be much longer and much more interesting.... read more
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