Hello everyone and welcome to my blog entitled The Life of An Exchange Student! My name is Ryan and in case it wasn't clear I am an exchange student. I live in Brazil and I am currently struggling to learn Portuguese and all together fit in with the Brazilian culture. It's going great... Anyway I figured that this blog would be a great way to update my friends, family and anyone interested in becoming an exchange student of my journey. So, if you are a part of my life, curious about the life of an exchange student, or just want a good blog to follow, I hope you can find what you need here! Beijos!
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When I'm halfway through a sentence and suddenly realise there is no way out of the grammatical crater I have dug myself

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I saw Herbie Fully Loaded the other day
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Possibly the single greatest thing I have eaten in Brazil!
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To people that speak multiple languages...
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"Geografia"
So my geography teacher at my school in Brasil said that Alaska is part of Russia. Like, what?
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Three Months
In three months I will be hopping on a plane back to the U.S. of A. and I can't help but feel...I don't know how I feel. Of course I'm excited to see my family and go to college and never eat rice and beans again but I'm also sad. I'm happy here in Brazil and the thought of leaving my friends here and my host family here makes sad. Just last night I saw a picture of my host brother and it struck me. It feels like getting to the end of a good book. You're ready for the ending but once you've read that last word you feel lost. You flip to the very end hoping that there's at least an epilogue to read. Just a little something to hold to. I know this would come. I just thought I would be better prepared for it. But I don't want this to be an entirely sad post so I'll end it with this: if you finish one book, there is always another one to read.
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Quand je suis au bureau un vendredi où il fait beau
#viedeparisien
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Has it really been six months?
It's so weird. It's been six months since I landed in Brazil and I don't even think about it anymore. Everything is so...ordinary that at times it feels natural to be here (other than waking up at 6am and having to speak Portuguese). I am missing my old life back in the U.S. but now I understand that, for now, my life is here.
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Today is a do nothing day
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chloe-frenchie-in-usa:“Being a high school exchange student means: • That you made the best and worst decision to leave home for the year. • Giving people a reason to love your home country. • That...
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Mon blazer est vide/ my blazer is empty
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This is more so as I can free up space on my iPod but this is an album of my host cat titled "The Cat". Enjoy all the weirdness that she is.
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Une poème d'amour
Je suis perdu, vois-tu, je suis noyé, inondé d'amour; je ne sais plus si je vis, si je mange, si je respire, si je parle; je sais que je t'aime. - Alfred de Musset - Happy Valentine's Day America
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This is more so as I can free up space on my iPod but this is an album of my host cat titled "The Cat". Enjoy all the weirdness that she is.
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