Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015

Day 5

Wednesday I hung out at the house while a repairman came to fix the shower that my host dad somehow managed to break the night before. After it was fixed me and my host sister, Isabella, went to meet up with Krystal, a Rotary exchange student from Florida, at a Japanese restaurant. We spent a few hours chatting and talking about how her exchange was going so far. Afterwards Isabella and I walked around some shopping centers and had afternoon coffee before going home. 

That night I went to my friend Isabelle's house where she had put together a mini party with pudding (a brazilian version of flan), brigadeiro, coixinhas (battered & fried soft bread with chicken inside), bolinhos de queijo (battered & fried balls of cheese), guarana (Brazilian soda) and novela watching.

Monday/Tuesday, Jan. 26-27, 2015

Days 3 and 4

Day 3 (Monday):

Monday I spent the day with my host sister Isabella. We ate lunch at my host grandmother's house and then went from there to walk around the malls and get mexican popsicles. They are the new fad in Santos and there are all different flavors with different fillings. I chose açai with sweetened condensed milk inside. 

That night I went to dinner with my friend Isabelle and her mom at a nice pasta restaurant. 4 cheese pasta and dessert left me stuffed that night. 

Day 4 (Tuesday): 

Tuesday morning I walked to my friend Thati's house and spent the morning there with her and her older sister. We then went and picked up a friend and went to one of the best Japanese restaurants in town called "Temakaria Santista". From there we went to a Brigadeiria where I tried Brigadeiro that was banana flavored and another one that was churros flavored. Brigadeiro is normally a chocolatey sweet made out of sweetened condensed milk that has the consistency of softened fudge. After all the food we drove to a mall on the other end of the city that I had not been to this week and met up with a few friends there. 

When I arrived home my host family was waiting for me to go to eat pastel which is Brazil's version of an empanada. That night my host sister and I decided to teach each other how to properly make sweets from our countries so she showed me the proper way to make brigadeiro and I showed her how to make peanut butter cookies. 

Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015

Day 2

Sunday I woke up early to go to the beach with my host parents and host brother. We met up with my host aunt, uncle and their 2yr old daughter. For lunch I met up with two of my Brazilian friends, Isabella and Isabelle, and we ate a late lunch of sushi at a place called Haru where you pay by the kilo. 

Later that day I went over to a different Brazilian friend's house, Thatiana, and our friends Mariana, Tatiana (and friend) all got together to go to a "barzinho" called Dusk which is a restaurant that stays open late.