Yesterday was amazing. Yesterday was probably my best day here because I learned so much from others, and also learned certain things about myself. I woke up, went to school and went to lunch with a guy named Oliver from Bosnia. He lives in Bosnia but was born in Switzerland. We had a long, two hour talk about so many things, but especially language. He knows 5 languages: Bosnian, German, French, Portuguese and English. The only language he isn't perfectly flu...

Yesterday, we went to Ilha de deserta. It was an hour boat ride on the way there because they had a nature tour as well. When we arrived, the beach is on its own little island basically. Its a natural reserved beach isolated around nothing but water and one building on it. It was breathtakingly beautiful. I will add pictures soon when Im using my own computer. They had sun beds you could rent for €6 but I just laid on my towel. The water was freezing and the su...

I forgot to tell you about my portuguese teacher! Senhora Noelía is from the Azore islands (where my heritage is from) and she has a very strong portuguese accent and talks very loud but is so so sweet and i can tell she loves teaching even though half the things she says are half english half portuguese and she assumes we know what she´s talking about haha. Nevertheless, she is VERY sweet and willing to answer any questions and help at any time. I was really t...

Dia um. What a long two days of traveling! I am finally safe and sound sitting on my bed at my homestay with Paula Santos. After almost two full days of layovers and traveling, I am completely exhausted. At the airport in Lisbon, I saw the most precious thing; a portuguese mother and her little boy were taking pictures together and the mother would start tickling the little boy and he would laugh so hard and wiggle around and by the time the picture took they we...

Dia dois. (2) Today was amazing!! I woke up at 8, got ready and had breakfast with Paula. We had yogurt and bread with an amazing local pumpkin nut spread. She then walked me downtown to the school so that I would know my way, it takes about 15 minutes to get there. At the school, in the beginnerºs group, there are four students including me. One 19 year old from Germany named Theresa, an 18 yr old from Norway named Anna and a 60 yr old from Norway as well na...