So.... it has been a while. I am still here and still having a good time. I will try to be good at summing up the last 2/3 weeks. Okay so here we go. I came back from Floripa right after my birthday and that weekend I hung out with my friend Tatiana and some of her friends. It was really awesome. One of the best nights I have had since I have been here. We ate Brazilian nachos, which are super delicious and involve Doritos. (Side note: Sadly, tortilla chips are ...

I have been in Brasil for 3 weeks now... almost 1 month and I cannot believe it. But good things have been happening. On Wednesday Feb. 3, Ksenia and I got our nails done at a salon. For a pedicure, manicure, and tip it was about $10. No lie! And it was well done too. The main differences were that there were no vibrating/massaging chairs and there was not a lot of time spent on massaging legs or feet. But it was really awesome and a great time for me to practic...

Oi! I cannot believe it has been two weeks since I have been in Brazil. Crazy, but good. This weekend went quite well with an array of activities. Let us begin with Thursday, quinta feira. Roman, Tatiana, and I met Julio at Teatro Guaira to go to the federal police station to register. It went very smoothly. Roman and I got temporary IDs. Temporary as in they are pieces of paper. However, in a month or so we should receive hard copies. And these IDs have our pic...

Oi meus amigos! Hi my friends. I am still in Brazil. haha. It has been a week and a half now. Today was a pretty low key day. I did not go to sleep until late last night and then it was later than late because I could not fall asleep. And then, very early this morning one of the alarms of the cars in our little parking lot went off like forever. I am not sure what the issue was... Anyhow, so I made a very Brazilian breakfast this morning... toast with jelly and ...

Today was a better day than yesterday. I was productive and I ate some good food. :) This morning I met with my international advisor Anelise at my school, PUC, to get everything I need for registering with the police department here. Roman and I had to pay some fees and get some paperwork filled out. We then had to go get some documents notarized downtown, so we took the bus and the notary place was near Roman's apartment, so I followed him when we got off the b...