Hi y'all! I hope you're having a great summer. This was an incredibly exciting week in our family. I got my host family and my travel itinerary. I will be living in Sao Bernardo do Campo which is a suburb of Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo is the 7th largest city in the world! Yay! I have a mom and a dad (duh) and a little brother and sister. My sister is barely a year younger than me and my brother is three years younger. I'm thrilled to have younger siblings especially a sister! They're Catholic and have one dog. That's all the information I've been given so far. I've written to them and will hopefully hear back soon.
I also got my official travel itinerary. I leave for Miami on August 6th at 8 am. I have a layover in Dallas for an hour then I'll arrive in Miami at 1. I spend a day there for orientation where I'll meet up with the other exchange students from America going to Brazil. I leave Miami on the evening of August 7th and I arrive in Sao Paulo incredibly early on the 8th. There I meet up with all the AFSers from all over the world who will be in Brazil. It's going to be amazing to get to meet all the friends I've made on Facebook. I have a short orientation there and then go on to my host family.
In sad news my friend here became unable to go to Brazil and had to give up her spot. She made me promise to have enough fun for both of us. On the flip side a good friend of mine that applied and was originally was rejected was given her spot. Yay!
In the meantime I'm checking things off my Texas bucket list. Today mom, Aunt Amy, and I went down to Austin. We went kayaking and to Barton Natural Springs. Then we had dinner at Chuys and cupcakes at Hey Cupcake!. It was an awesome day and in memory of it I have the most awkward sunburn in the history of sunburns. It's seriously bad. Just patchy burns on my back and shoulders and one on my wrist. Ugh! Overall though an awesome day! I hope you're all having a fantastic summer.
Tchau!
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