Rotary Youth Exchange, Alaska to Brasil :)

 Oi! My name is Devin ,and I`ve been in Brasil for one week through the Rotary Youth Exchange Program! :) It was quite an experience getting here, and just being here.

To get to Brasil I had to fly from my home in Alaska to Seattle, stay the night in Seatlle and then catch a flight the following morning to Atlanta, Georgia. When I arrived in Georgia I didn´t have alot of time so I rushed to my gate to catch my flight to Sao Paulo. I was a little nervous to be going, I had been looking forward to coming to Brasil for a very long time! So, I was also really excited! On my flight to Sao Paulo however, they had to turn the plane around and fly back to Atlanta due to problems with the plane`s communication equipment or something like that. So we turned around where we then immediatly caught a different flight to sao paulo. After that I cuaght a flight in Sao Paulo to Belo Horizonte. 
It took along time to get here, but I´ve been here for only a short time and love it!

Everyone is so friendly and inviting even though I speak like next to no portugese (I`m learning though).
Today is my third day at school, and I`m in English class! lol :) All my other classes are in portugese! All the classes are very different as well. In Alaska the students are the ones who walk around to their different classes, here the teachers are the ones who change rooms. So we have the same class room almost all the time. It´s nice because you really get to know your classmates, whereas if we changed rooms you might not be able to.
I also love the food here! I swear I probably havent stopped eating since i got off my flight, but brazilian food is all very good. So far my favorite is Açai!! It`s soo soo good! but not very healthy.
From the food, to having lot of sunshine all the time ,my life in Brasil is very different from my life in Alaska. It`s a good change of pace I think.   Although it`s difficult with the language and is very different, I love everything about this place and know I will have an amazing year here!