Taxes, Language, and Racing

The last couple of days have ultimately been paperwork, and not much else. I have spent over $350 US on necessary documents and we're still not done. It's really starting to tick me off that I finally got here and I was only half way done with paperwork. But, the bright side is, I am here.
Everything is very different here, but I love it anyway. The only car brands I recognize are Honda and Volks-Wagon. And there are no trucks either. Only small cars, buses, and the trucks you use to move goods like food.
Today I went to the post office, bank, and market in the morning. Then came home and had lunch (almoço), which was pork, rice, and salad. Pretty typical meal. But dessert was this melon jelly/jello stuff that was really good. You eat it with Quezo Fresco (KAY-jzoo FREZ-coo), which is like day old cheese fresh from the cow. It has a very light, very sweet flavor to it. Together it makes a creamy, fruity flavor that is very delicious. I will get a picture soon.
One other thing I have fallen in love with is a drink called guaraná.(The picture of the bottle in the last post). It's a flavor that I've never had before and I really like it. No alcohol, but it's not really like soda either. I'm not really sure how to explain it. I guess all you have to know is it's very good.
After lunch I went to my first portuguese lesson with my new teacher Dagma Ovca, who has been helping me out a lot since I arrived here. Today we learned to conjugate verbs, tell our address, tell our phone number, pronounce the different portuguese letters, ask age, tell age, ask how you're doing, respond to how are you doing, and an entire list of bad words was previewed once to be given to us and thoroughly studied next week. There WILL be a test. Best class ever...
After "school" I went to the gym (academia) and was there for three hours with the other exchange students from Denmark, Mexico, and Ecuador. It was a lot of fun, but tough work since everyone in the gym is assigned a complimentary personal trainer. I am glad that most of the muscles are the same in portuguese, only with a different pronunciation, varitation, or emphasis on the word. (Ex. Bicep= Beesep) I need to gain muscle fast, because I will hopefully be joining brazilian jiu jitsu class next month.
That was pretty much one day for me. This coming Sunday I will be going to the Formula 1 Race at the Sao Paulo circuit. I will be helping out by volunteering to sell drinks at the race for Rotary. It will be really neat because I get to meet the other exchange students and see a real F-1 Race! I will take lots of pictures. Here is a link to the sight. http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/brazil_822/circuit_diagram.html

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