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I am posting these concurrently because I don’t know if I will have constant internet access. Anyways, my next day in Brazil proved to be very eventful as well. We had orientation which was nice and I found out we are going to take trips to some pretty cool places and will have plenty of days off thanks to the abundance of holidays in Brazil. I met my host mother at a lunch and was upset at first because I did not take full advantage of our likes and requests list which was used to match you with families. I just said I am open to anything to get a cool family, but then I started hearing lists and lost it. “Jenny you will be staying with the Santos because they have that sailboat you requested.” What the - Sailboat? I requested a shower! But then went back to her apartment where I will be staying and it was really nice. She has one older daughter who doesn’t live in the house (damn) and there is another older woman who lives here too. There is a pictures of Jesus throughout the house so I don’t think they are lesbians (Do they have lesbians in Brazil?) and I haven’t yet figured out how to ask if they are sisters. Anyways they are both very nice and loving. There is also a German exchange student living in the house who speaks fluent English. We have been forbidden from speaking English to each other and are being scolded regularly. My relationship with the two mothers of the house pretty much consists of lots of pointing, hand gestures and funny faces. Its actually pretty fun, although I think I may have inadvertently turned down dinner about five minutes ago. They did not seem too impressed with the San Diego mug I gave them but were ecstatic over the box of chocolates I brought. Middle age women loving chocolates ?–it crazy here, I know. We went to the mall to buy some shorts too– side note they are called bermudas here and I can’t stop wondering if they are named after the island or vice versa – and I was given a tour of the city. The city is very old but beautiful. The beaches are packed with scantily dressed people and look very nice (both the beaches and the people). I am starting to think that the Brazilian love for soccer is a just stereotype as well. I would say there is a game going every fifty feet throughout the city with a greater abundance on the beach. Oh yeah, my apartment is very close to the beach and has a beautiful view. The weather is really mild too, I expected to be blasted by humidity but its like California on a nice day. I don’t really have anyway of contacting other kids in the program until we start class on Monday but I will be sure to impress in the same clothes I have been wearing since Thursday since my bags are still lost. I am insanely glad I listened to my cousin Charolette and put a toothbrush in my back pack. Right now I am insanely tired, possibly getting sick and am ready to sleep for a very long time. The ocean breeze is coming through my window, the cars of the city are rolling by and someone on the street has just shouted “GOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL” for the third time. I am definitely in a different world right now and best of all…still alive!