So I arrived in Brazil at the international airport in Brasilia bright and early on Sunday morning. My plane touched down after a long night of cat-naps at 7:05 a.m.
I was graciously greeted by Jah-Jåh, a friend of Liberato's. Jah-Jåh speaks English VERY well. He met me and kept me company (yes, he baby-sat me for about an hour) until my new friends Reginaldo and Cida picked me up for the almost four hour drive to Uruaçu.
Cida is a teacher at the IFG school (Instituto Federal de Educaçao Ciencia e Tecnologia de Goias). Goias is the State we are in, by the way. She speaks a little English. Reginaldo also works at the school, from what I could understand, he manages the space (the grounds, the vehicles, etc.)--but I could be wrong. The three of us managed to communicate on a basic level and we enjoyed each other's company until I fell asleep in the car. No one was upset, as they understood that my long travels made me tired.
I arrived into Uruaçu after 25 hours of traveling time. |
Reginaldo (by the way, the R is pronounced as an H--so his name is Heginaldo--all Rs at the beginning of words are pronounced as Hs, so Robert would he Hobert, etc). Anyway, Reginaldo stopped to pick up his family before taking me to lunch. His children, Christopher and Stephanie are learning English and they helped me communicate during lunch. I wonder what it says about me that I enjoy speaking with students as much (if not more) than I enjoy speaking with adults? Anyway, we had a nice lunch, traditional Brazilian barbeque. We talked about music, television shows, and Wyoming. Oddly enough the music that students like here (as I have learned so far) is American. Same goes for the TV shows--with the Wizards of Waverly Place, Bones, Doll House, and Glee topping the lists. All of the TV shows are dubbed in Portuguese...except the music in Glee is kept in English.
My room! |
I've been to Wyoming :-)
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