The weekend (o final da semana) was chock full of hanging out with other Fulbrighters, between the raindrops. Victoria invited us over to her house on Saturday, which was great, and then I met up with Cara and her family on Sunday at the Hippie Fair downtown and we ended up getting caught in the …
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Library Cards and Hot Dogs
Well, we made it through Carnaval! A couple of times we found ourselves at blocos where everyone was singing along to the music and dancing so freely and I have never felt whiter! My Puritanical blood rebelled against even trying to imagine my body moving in those ways. While things were closed, we killed time …
Wisconsin of Brazil
Imagine Chicago is actually the biggest city in Wisconsin (it’s not hard to do, I know all your Midwest geography is so good that you know Chicago basically borders Wisconsin already). So a big city in the heart of cheese country. Sprinkle in a few West Virginia mines, and here we are. For the beginning …
Relaxication
Duck and I are really taking it easy. Yesterday consisted of lots of what our friend Jaclyn calls porch sittin’, in our case reading and enjoying beverages and more giant green olives than we could ever possibly want, sitting by the pool and going for the occasional dip, and indulging in a long massage. Thursday …
Location, Location, Location
Things have been a little busy on the family front over here, so there hasn’t been much focus on preparations, but we did secure a place to live! I had reached out to someone who had done a Fulbright in BH a couple of years ago and who was a wealth of information. She gave …
Horntoes in Brazil 