I’ve made friends for life
April 27, 2015
I am more British than I ever realised. My upper lip is stiff, I am as sarcastic as they come and I am missing a decent cup of tea. Brazilians are the opposite of the British. They are loud, they are emotional, they love physical contact and my attempts at sarcasm are completely lost on …
I realised how far I’ve come
April 24, 2015
I hate making mistakes and I am terrible at taking criticism and being on a year abroad in Brazil, having only studied two years of Portuguese, I make about 300 mistakes a day. Most people are nice about it or don’t try to correct me but my class of 6 year olds take great pleasure in pointing …
It is starting to feel like home
April 23, 2015
I have no idea what I was really expecting from Brazil. I am spending four and a half months teaching English at an NGO in Belo Horizonte but I’d spent so much time stressing about the flight and having to clear border control and collect and re-check my bags in under 2 hours at Sao …
We’re all able to make connections despite our cultural differences
April 19, 2014
Studying two languages requires you to make a lot of different connections, both in terms of travelling by plane to different countries and by constantly meeting new people but also by changing environment and trying to communicate in different languages. If you are able to hold even a simple conversation in Brazil, people are often …
Making professional connections
April 15, 2014
Post written by Ben West. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil When I considered the blog title ‘making connections’, I thought about a whole load of things, both academically and professionally. As I will, one day, be working in a professional capacity, I am going to use this blog to talk about the connections I have …
Connections are what make your year abroad a success
April 11, 2014
Post written by Hannah Sheeham. Planning my year abroad in Brazil was a challenge due to a lack of connections in South America. After sending out numerous CV’s and applying for numerous internships I had no luck but nonetheless was very fortunate to fall upon the last study placement available in Santa Maria along with 3 …
True inside knowledge of life in Brazil
April 4, 2014
I am currently enjoying the second part of my Year Abroad in the amazingly colourful country of Brazil. I finished my university term in Cádiz, Spain, said tearful goodbyes to all the amazing friends I had made, some from places such as Kazakhstan, who I’m not even sure when I will see again, and took …
The ‘jeitinho brasileiro’
February 2, 2014
Post written by Ben West. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil So, 1 week into my study placement in Brazil, and I have already learned so much about the culture here. I can’t write about everything – the fact that everywhere you go there is grass and trees and fruit and building works and very few …
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