Oh Monday... Today was a blah day, but yesterday was not too bad. I ended up going to the Calvary church with Ksenia, Carlos, Roman, and Keri. We met at the mall and took a bus over to the area where the church is. I was really embarrassed because when we got on the bus I was just trying to find a place to stand, but the buses here load and leave. So, I was not holding onto anything when the bus started moving and I flew back onto these two girls. My friend Carlo...

We went out last night..... Haha. I love me some country music. Anyways, I am updating as events take place, so this is good. Hopefully, I will be consistent. Last night I went out with my neighbor Susan, my classmate Ksenia, and Susan's friend Hellene (Ellen). We ended up running on Brazilian time and were like 30 minutes late to pick up Ksenia from the mall. Hellene drove us to the disco (dance club) and it was a very interesting system. You go to the door an...

Classes have not even started yet and I am already behind with this thing. Aye! I am sorry. I will do my best at updating this for you benefit and mine. I have been in Brasil for a week now, but it seems like much longer. I will need to backtrack some to get up to date. I arrived safely to Curitiba last Saturday and my friend Pamela came and got me from the airport. I met Pamela at Tech my sophomore year when she was an exchange student. Pamela is awesome. We w...

Oi! My first journal of my travel experience. My oh my. So far so good. Everything has gone pretty smoothly. Saying good bye to my family was hard, sad, and scary. I had to go through the security spot all by myself and I had no idea what I was doing and I was emotional. This is not a good combination at an airport security check in. Needless to say I was pulled aside and felt up by a not small African American lady. At first I thought it was standard procedure, ...