Landed! 39 hours later!!!
What a trip, delay after delay but finally landed in Rio. Arrived at my home-stay and Nilda barely speaks English and her Portuguese is...
Finally for real - off to Rio
After the longest 24 hours of my life, a five hour flight to NYC followed by a six hour layover, than an overnight delay because of plane...
Flight from NYC to Rio was delayed!
the second leg of our flight had mechanical issues so they put us up in NYC overnight. NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN
THANK YOU!
Sitting at my gate on my first international flight ever, on my way to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I have to stop and say thank you to...
DAY 1 - What a GREAT start!
I arrived at LAX 2 hours before departure time and I was sitting at the empty gate waiting for someone else to show up so I started to...
Less than 2 hours to go to the BIG DAY!
And thanks to Maya and Kopper I am almost packed! So much to do and NOT enough time. Still has not hit me that it is real... Gonna miss...
Oh my gosh... I am leaving TOMORROW!!!
The class had a send-off party on Wednesday. My friends threw me a send-off party last night and I am actually being sent off TOMORROW!...
First Day of Class
Got to meet the rest of the students today for our first day of "Cultures of Brazil and Lusophone Africa". Our first week is on campus...
Copabana Beach - Got my housing info
Still can't believe it but today made it even more real. I got my housing assignment! One week to go...
