Merry Christmas, Feliz Natal to everyone everywhere! I hope your holidays were well spent, seeing family and other loved ones :). I miss you all so much! This blog is specifically for how my Christmas was spent, in the next one I will explain how my NEW YEARS EVE/DAY will be spent :D. I am excited to tell you how these two days were spent :). Although it was a nice holiday, I did feel a bit lonely, and sort of out of place... it's a hard feeling to explain to all of you back at home, but I am doing [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone :) First of all, I apologize EXTREMELY for not writing like I have promised, keeping you (well most of you) updated on what has been happening on my journey in Portugal. And let me tell you, for those who haven't heard, I have been on quite a ride. Since I last wrote October 6th, 2008 (WOAH) :O, I've been through a lot. I have been having physical and mental problems, just trying to push through this experience and question myself on purpose here... which I am still trying to figure out for the most part, but having fun along [View Full Entry]

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I have had one of the most eventful weeks so far! There are so many things that I want to say, I hope I can get it all down for you :). First things first, I will talk about what I promised I would speak about this past week. Thursday, October 2nd, I had the amazing oppourtunity to go see a professional soccer (or "futebol") game in Lisbon, and man was it AMAZING! It took us two hours to get there, and it was so worth the trip :). We arrived and rushed to the one of the biggest malls in [View Full Entry]

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Wow, I can't believe its been almost a WHOLE week since I last blogged! Time is flying by much faster than I have thought, and so far, its been going really good... I have had some personal issues, such as homesickness, but very minimal. Also, with my family... but I think its just customs, getting used to one another kind of things... don't worry about me though, I have a feeling things will be turning around very soon for me :). First off, I want to let know all know how things have been going these past several days! :D Not [View Full Entry]

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So soon, right? Haha, I am writing this entry at 9am because I don't start school today until 10:40am :D ... woo hoo! Anyway, I wanted to write about my weekend... Friday, I went to my first (well, technically 2nd) portuguese party! It was my first classmate party ... one of my guyfriends from school turned 18, and he had a party at my family's restaurant/café, "O Caseiro". There was a lot of drinking (I had no part in this, as well as a couple other guys ... we just watched the others be obnoxious!), eating, and laughing... He recieved a [View Full Entry]

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Hey all!! I am really sorry about my delay on writing here... I have been CRAZY busy these past few weeks, such as orientation, staying with my cousins, and then finally with my family! First of all, my trip to NYC was really short, easy, and not too difficult. As for waiting for other AFSers and my room card... that was NOT fun. Besides that, I met some amazing people that were going to other countries such as South Africa, Ghana, Italy, and Spain! There are 11 other Americans in Portugal, and they all (of course) are younger than I, but [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! It's really come down to the last few days ... I am getting SO nervous, sad, excited and happy .. and most of all STRESSED! I have been so lucky and happy to have been able to say goodbye to friends, family, classmates and former teachers, but to those who I have not seen or have no opportunity to see before I go, I would like to say goodbye in my next blog to you all, which will be the day I take off for NYC! Once I am in Portugal with my host aunt and uncle, I will [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! I am writing this blog from my home in Berea, I'm just testing the waters here on this blog site :). I hope you are all able to access this because I am writing this blog for all of YOU to see on the computer when I write.. which will be every so often, meaning as much as I can. Right now, I am getting ready for my big adventure which all (or most) of you know about -- I am an exchange student going to live in Portugal for an entire school year! I leave the 3rd of [View Full Entry]

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