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"First few days" Report July 27, 2004 |
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First of all this is the coolest place i have
ever been in. It looks a lot like my home country (israel) so i feel right
at home. I always knew brasil was obsessed with soccer but i didnt know
how much. The Copo America (Similar to the Eurocup but for south america)
ended the day i flew to Londrina (my host city) the game ended when i was
on the plane. All of a sudden, the pilot of the plane picks up the
microphone in the plane and screams "BRASIL WON THE COPO
AMERICA!!" and every one in the plane gets up while the "Buckle
seatbelt" light is on, and starts hugging and kissing and people they
don't even know! the atmosphere was amazing! i started school today (my
second full day) and it is verry different. the professors have
microphones to teach the class and and everything looks all formal, but
the common speech here includes curse words. so my history professor was
taking about something with the kind of england and the president of
brasil back in i don't know what year, and he starts cursing out the king,
about how greedy and stupid he was. the class got a kick out of it and so
did i. Here people are constantly outside having fun, everyone is sooo
nice. you dont get those weird looks from people when they figure out you
are a foreigner. there is also a great deal of trust and respect between
teenagers and adults, that seems to be absent in brasil. i remember in
school in florida, the teachers never actually believed your excuse
because it was assumed that you where trying to be slick and kaniving and
most likley lying. well, no here. whether your excuse is true or false, no
one cares because its your life and its your grade. Drivers!!! they are nuts!! cross walks are invisible to drivers, red lights are an option, speed limits are suggestions, "wrong way" signs mean "proceed with caution", and amazingly its a way of life so no one looks at you like you did anything wrong. well i gotta go i miss you and love you mom and a great thanks to everyone at rotary!! |
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