The Gods of Rio must have read my last blog because my work schedule changed and guess what? Magically it worked out that instead of handicaps and grumpy old men (no offense), now I have cute kids (who learn 100 times faster than adults) and young professionals who have a good sense of humor. Random note: the other day I was missing my family to tears... tried calling Kelly but the internet wasnt working and I was in a hurry. I wrote a small note for each Hasca...

After teaching English in Costa Rica, I thought I had an idea of how it was. In my first month here I'm learning that the English-learning industry works a little differently in Brazil. I'm also learning that my English skills aren't exactly fine-tuned (thank you Jaz and Steven for tutoring me). First of all, here in Brazil businesses are so adamant that employees must speak English that they pay for the private classes. But that means the classes are AT the comp...

Ok so I've been holding this blog in for a little while and mainly keeping it to private messages to my close girlfriends. This is because 1- it's 100% girltalk and I know my audience is not 100% girls (almost) and 2- before departing for my journey my dad left me with his wisdom, "Remember, this isn't Eat Pray Love. This isn't a movie." With that said, I wasn't in a hurry to tell him that I met someone... A special someone. I also have worried a bit about the fa...

Let me start by saying that everything is going great. Im moved in in Tijuca and getting more and more English classes all the time. Although planning classes is a little annoying, in general I enjoy my students and I dont have an overload of hours. It beats standing around Bed Bath & Beyond that's for sure! While Im not miserably homesick, I often look forward to being in San Diego again. I feel like I'm enjoying Brazil to the fullest, taking in some of the ...

I think I´m doing everything backwards. I arrived and got straight to business (well pretty much haha) and started looking for a job and going to interviews and I´ve already been working over a week! But the last few days I finally went back and did some of the touristy things I hadnt done (which was embarrassing when people asked what I´ve done here so far). First of all, I took a boat to Niteroi which is a place very comparable to Coronado Island in San Die...