It is my second day living with Solange, and it is actually quite nice. She treats me as if I was her grandson, and feeds me until I am stuffed full. Can’t complain. Also, because she is diabetic and cannot eat gluten, we will definitely be eating a lot of rice, beans, and meat. The only downside about her apartment is the lack of air-conditioning. Sleeping is kind of difficult when you’re sweating and there is constant street traffic outside the window. It’s something else I will need to adapt to.
Like I mentioned, Solange is 70 years old, but when she was younger she looked exactly like Sophia Loren. Weird. She was showing me a picture of herself when she was younger, and I said, “Wow, that picture was taken a long time ago wasn’t it?” Haha. Idiot. Luckily she just laughed and gave me a loving slap on the shoulder.
I started my Portuguese class today, and I am actually not that bad. I know a lot of vocabulary and verb conjugations, and now I really need to work on the accent. I still get stares of confusion when I try to speak to the local people. Oh well, it’ll come with practice. We also visited one of the soccer stadiums in Sao Paulo and looked around its museum for a bit. It was really cool and I am very excited to go to a game on Saturday. The Brazilians are the ultimate definition of “super-fan.” After finishing up our cultural
activities for the day, Solange picked me up at the CIEE headquarters and we proceeded to take the bus home. An hour and a half later, we finally had traveled the two miles to our apartment. Yikes. If it’s not pouring outside, I think I may just walk.
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