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| BIUB -- Broward International University Brazil |
Carole said to savor every moment. Right now I'm savoring a torta de fringe c / requeijao, which is like a mini chicken pot pie, but with this amazing crust and chicken filling. It seems like I haven't had chicken in a long time -- since Douglas and I made it for Savannah's annual Picnic in the Park, which actually wasn't that long ago, but in a different country.
My short-term job is also amazing. It's at BIUB, Broward International University Brazil, which is on floors 5 - 10 of a building on Rua Desembargador Jorge Fontana. Thankfully, it's an English speaking school because in Portuguese I can pretty much only say that Pedro orders beef and I don't eat carrots. I know a few other words, but not enough to carry on a conversation with my uber drivers who take me back and forth to BIUB.
Also amazing: The school is across from Belo Horizonte's major shopping mall, actually two: BH Shopping and BH2 Mall. When I started writing this I was at a chocolate / coffee shop in a string of stores across from the malls. Pure bliss. I spent the next couple hours walking in and out of the places that my uber has sped by for the last two weeks. I happily explain, "Falo Inglais" (I speak English) and try not to knock things over with my back pack and shopping bag.
A major rainstrom came ("tempestade," pronounced tempe-stad'jey, with a little lilt in your tone at the "tempe"; this language is no joke) and, watching everyone else, tried not to let it bother me.
Learn more Portuguese, savor every moment, and fill out job applications for January.
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