Pictures!

I think I've figured out how to put in pictures so here we are!

Kiki

First Day of School!

Ola!

First thing I'd like to say is: yeah, I've been here for six days!

Second thing I want to say is that I still can't figure out how to get pictures onto the blog, I know I've done it before but I think there is some miscommunication between the Internet and the iPad. In other words, it's not me, it's the iPad.

And now we get to the good stuff... I had my first day of school today! I was very nervous but I survived! It was very different than what I'm used to but it was really fun meeting new people, even if I can barely speak their language. One of the funniest things I learned today was that Justin Beiber's name is taboo and will cause people to cover their ears saying nao (Portuguese for no). Anyways... I managed to understand a good deal of what was said to me, until the noise picked up in the classroom or they started going too fast, which was most of the time. Another cool thing I learned it that in Brazil the students aren't the ones who move form classroom to classroom, the teachers move. That's a little different hm? I had a lot of fun, even if school did go to almost seven o'clock.

Now to answer a question that my mom commented earlier, what is the weather like? Well, I guess you could say it is similar to the weather in New England, if you dont like it, wait five minutes, it will change.

Tchau!
Kiki

Saturday

Ola!

Hey everyone! Today I went to a party for a girl who will be leaving for Denmark next week. It was really cool because I a previous exchange student to the USA. I will be starting school on Monday so everyone wish me luck!

Kiki

Friday

Oi!

Today I want to the beach with minha familia and we had dinner at a small outdoor restaurant. Juliane somehow managed to convince me to try... gasp... shrimp... crab... and fried fish. And even more shocking for all of you is that I enjoyed it, well not so much the fried fish but o meu pai e a minha mae agreed that it wasn't the best they had had. Anyways I love it here and I can't wait until I'm fluent in Portuguese.

Kiki

PS If you guys have any questions about Sao Luis just comment and let me know and I'll try to answer them!

Batman

Oi!

Today I was going to go to the Rotary Club but I didn't because Juliane and a good friend of hers wanted to take me to see a movie!

We watched Batman Dark Night Rises and because I am in Brazil the movie was dubbed in Portuese. I may not have understood everything but it was really cool!

Beijos!
Kiki

PS Just in case anyone is wondering I have been taking pictures but for some reason I can't get them on to my blog.

Day Two

Oi!

So, second day in Brazil! Wow! I already love it here! We got my uniform for school today and I met several of  my host families friends. It was awesome! It is always really hot here and I'm really glad that I love the hot weather, even though it looks like I won't be skiing until next year.

I will be starting school here next Monday and I will be meeting the Rotary Club tomorrow.

I can't wait!
Tchau!

I'm in Brazil!

Oi!

I made it! Yea! It took more than a year and several hours worth of flying but I'm in Brazil! When I was in the Sao Paulo airport I met another Rotary Exchange Student. His name was Koji and he was from Japan. He was going to a different part of the country but it was really cool to meet someone else from the program.


When I arrived at the Sao Luis airport I was happy to see my first host family, the Rotary chairman, my councilor and a previous USA Exchange Student. After a quick drive, during which I was told to call my host mother and father the Portuguese version of mom and dad, we made it to my new home!


I can't wait to tell you all about my trip but the iPad isn't the only thing running on batteries and I'm rather tired!


Boa noite!
Kiki