There are so many things and so little time, but this may be the last time I have internet until April 17th so I suppose I should satisfy all your needs for Brazilian life...
This past week has gone by so fast I can't even remember all that went on but I'll certainly try.
This past weekend:
I'd been feeling pretty gross all saturday and sunday that most of it was spent sleeping and skyping, which was much needed. I got to hang with my host family and eat some delicious food,cupuacu is officially my favorite fruit here, just saying.
Monday:
the usual Portuguese, followed by two lectures. One on fish of the amazon...I wish I could tell you what it was all about but the only highlight I can remember was holding a huge sawfish bone (someone got pics so I'll get to show you what I'm talking about soon) The second lecture was about the different kinds of rainforest and qualitative and quantitative analyses. So standard stuff, but still interesting. It was a very long day.
Tuesday through today:
I had my first portuguese test, wasn't actually as bad as I thought. Then it was home for lunch and packing for our first excursion to Manaus! which is another city deeper into the amazon, with better infrastructure and more tourism. I'm in love, but I also realize that's because I feel more comfortable here...I mean today I found a vegetarian restaurant. Seriously made my day. There have been a variety of lectures at various ngos while here (which I can get into more detail later) it's been very interesting so far, tomorrow we're going on a boat for a week traveling down the rio negro and visting different communities. This trip includes a rural homestay for 3 days, in which they don't believe in vegetarianism. Well...wish me luck
love and miss you all!
boa noite :)
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