Um final de semana em BH

Oi gente,

Here I am again. Now I want to tell you about my last weekend in Belo Horizonte, like I notified in my last post.

It all started at Friday when I took the bus to BH together with the two Italian exchange students from my city.
Because of the rain we needed 6,5 hours instead of 5. When arrived at the rodoviária in BH nobody from AFS where there, neither at the meeting point.
After 10 minutes a volunteer arrived but the other exchange students still hadn't been arrived.
Later another German girl arrived and we started speak German - and it felt so strange at the beginning. I can tell you: it's a crazy feeling when your first language isn't normal anymore... :D

After 2 hours waiting at the bus station nearly everybody arrived and we could go to our hostel. In the evening we just get to know each other and we went to a restaurant and ate Pizza there.
At this orientation there were AFSer from Italy, Germany, Thailand, Turkey, Greenland and the USA. It was so interesting to talk to people from countries you don't know and now I know: I still have to visit so many countries!

In the pizzeria (credits to Sofia Lissandron)

Intercultural talking (credits to Sofia Lissandron)

The next day we had some activities about exchange in the morning and then we left the hostel and went to city center of Belo Horizonte. And we used the metro - I didn't know that it exists one in BH.

 

We arrived at a station called "praça da estação", a nice place with a little museum which we could visit for free. After that we went to a shopping center to eat there in a "kilo-restaurant". If you don't know what this is: you take a plate with everything you like from a buffet and then you pay by kilo. That's really common here in Brazil.

And we had the advantage that AFS paid the meal, so I could eat as much as I can :D

*__*

When we finished our lunch we didn't had time to buy something in the shopping center (that's really sad because I saw some FC Bayern jerseys in the Adidas Outlet :'( ). We walked to the "Mercado central" which just a few streets away.

There I bought a pair of Havaiannas (for just 5 euros *-*). 

The Italian girls bought everything to make Spaghetti for us.

When we walked back to the metro station I saw some parts of BH which aren't really pretty. The whole city is a mix of pretty, modern and old, run-down parts. 

If you rode all of my entries you know that I've already been in Belo Horizonte when I arrived at the airport there. At this day I saw some really beautiful places and I thought is BH is a amazing city, now I know that doesn't count for the whole city.

(credits to Sarah Willmeroth)

We spent the evening talking to each other and eating really good Italian pasta *-*

Italian Spaghetti *-* (credits to Milan Marcus)

After a short night our last half day started.
We had breakfast in the hostel and after that we went to a little park where everybody of us AFSer had an individual interview with the volunteers of AFS. They wanted to know how our experience is going until now.

After that we took our backs and went to the rodoviária where we had lunch in a "kilo-restaurant" again. Then the first of us had to go and this meant say goodbye.
I can't describe it but it's every time special when AFSer meet. Everybody is getting along well with each other and you can talk so much to people who are the complete opposite of you.
Because of this I love meetings of AFSer and hate the time is passing faster than normally then...

My bus back to Varginha went at 2.30pm and so I arrived at home at nearly 8pm.
It was a really great weekend and if anybody of the AFSer of Minas Gerais reads this: I enjoyed the time with you so much and I hope we'll meet again soon <3 p="">
Here are some more pictures:

Alemanha, Tailândia e 2x Itália (credits to Sarah Willmeroth)

AFSer (credits to Sarah Willmeroth)

A gente (credits to Sarah Willmeroth)

Intercambistas de Minas Gerais (credits to Sarah Willmeroth)

 

 

Os alemães (credits to Milan Marcus)

So I hope you could get an idea of my first AFS weekend here in Brasil.
I don't know when I'll write again, maybe when something special happens or after my first week of school after my holidays (which aren't official holidays :D).

Até logo, Sandra

2 meses, meu primeiro Bimestre & mais

Oi galera,

More than two month are already over! I can't believe it :o Time's flying so fast... ✈✈✈
And last week my first of four Bimestres in Brasil ended. My first 8 weeks of school, new subjects and lots of test are over.
Two weeks ago I had my last two exams, the "Simuladas". They were for all the subjects and I reached 2,8 and 2,7 of 5. I think that's a really good mark for a German exchange student.

Simulada Part 1 (Inglês, Matemática, Biologia, Literatura e Filosofia)

Simulada Part 2 (Português, História, Física, Química, Espanhol, Sociologia & Arte)

Minhas outras provas (my collection of other tests)

Then on the last day of September when I came back from school, the shock: a truck that normally parks towards our house bumped in a house at the end of the street. It wasn't parked right and because of this it started to move down the road itself...
There's a picture I mad:

From last Friday to Sunday I was at an AFS camp in Belo Horizonte (capital of my staate). There's so much to tell about this weekend, so I'll write an extra post today or tomorrow.

Last Sunday night I was at a concert of Jorge & Mateus in my city. It was really good and like the music they make a lot.
I was there with my host sister, the two Italian exchange students and their host siblings and two friends of them. We bought VIP tickets, but VIP here is different to Germany. VIP here means that you are in front of the stage, but it's a really big part so I hadn't been near the stage.
We were also in the "Pista" (that's the other and cheaper part) and I think there isn't much
difference, just the distance to the stage.
And in the VIP area there was a fighting, so a friend took my arm and we run away really fast.
To be honest: I was afraid...

So I think that's all the important things to write. Now I just want to share some photos of the last time with you:

Jogo de basquete do um amigo (Basketball game of a friend)

A Pool *-*

Feliz aniversário atrasado Varginha!

Até logo, Sandra

What I just wanted to say:

TABELLENFÜHRER!!! LEADER!!! LÍDER!!!

 

Even I don't have much time to follow the games: I'm so proud of you boys! ♥♥♥

Provas, nossa Roça e um aniversário

Oi gente,

After a long time here's a new post for you. The last weeks have been busy and when I had time to write, I was too lazy ;)

First of all, what happened:
I had lots of test and this week on Wednesday and Friday I'll have two again. These are the "Simuladas" which means that there are 50 questions from all subjects. That's really much and very, very tiring. The last time I just resolve 15 and the rest I just chose one letter randomly.
Anyway I reached 0,72 of 3, I think that's a good result (for me) and I wasn't the worst student of my class - so everything's cool :D
The "Simuladas" are the last two test of the Bimestre and yeah that means my first of four Bimestre in Brasil is ending next week and my one-week holidays are starting soon. Time is passing so fast :o

What else? My host grandfather has a little house in the nature near Varginha and at one weekend we went there and cleaned it.
Now it's very nice inside and we can spend our weekends there and enjoy it.
It's such a lovely place, here are "some" photos:

My favourite place there :)

 

 

Our little house there :)

My host brother - isn't he sweet? :D

Sunrise there *-*

On Saturday was the 7. Birthday of my host brother. All the day we prepared his birthday party and in the evening the guests (some of his friends and some family members) arrived.

It was a nice celebration and the food was fabulous *-*
Here are some pics:

His birthday cake *-*

Yes, I had fun ;)

So I think that all the news I wanted to tell you.
Last week we had a literature project in my school and as soon as I get the pictures, I'll write about it :)
Até logo, Sandra

40 dias: mais de um mês Brasil

Oi gente,

Yeah I know I didn't write something in the past two weeks but I wasn't in the mood to do it.
Today will be a short post just to get you updated.

I had my first Portuguese-German dream about 1 week ago. It was crazy and I not realized it until the afternoon.
Since then I had some more bilingual dreams.

I started to go tho the gym yesterday and I like it.
But today I didn't had time to go there because of the test in the afternoon.

I got my first top grade - in English.
But it's really easy to get it because English isn't difficult here. Even I'm a bid proud.
And I got some more good grades in physics and maths 2 (geometry).

I slept the first time in school.
In Germany I wouldn't  have done this but here it's possible and the teacher didn't say nothing even he saw it (I'm sure!) :D

My German is getting worst every day and feels very crazy because I didn't think this could happen.
Last week I spoke German with a woman (my contact person) and I've to say it was funny after speaking Portuguese with here the whole time before that.

I had my "survival orientation" with my contact person, another woman from AFS and the other four Italian exchange students in my comitee.
We talked a lots abou the things we already learned on our preparation weekends in Germany, but it's always good to talk about it again.

On one Sunday we went to the farm of the host family of one Italian exchange student. There we wook some pictures and had lots of fun.
In the afternoon we went to Elói Mendes (city next to Varginha) and there's a statue simalary like the one in Rio de Janeiro.

Last weekend my host family and I went to the house of my grandpa and his wife.
There we were also some uncles, aunts and cousins.
I really love the time with my family, they're crazy and funny :D

I think that's all that happend in the last time - nothing really special.
I'll again next week or when something special happens.

Até logo, Sandra
P.S: I wanted to show you this pic of my arrival so long, now I got it: