I got home last night at 3am from a weekend trip to Belo Horizonte (the largest city in Minas Gerais) with my host family.
Once again, I'm exhausted.
We left Montes Claros at 7pm on friday night, and arrived into our hotel at about...2am. The hotel was beautiful. Right down town, very nice. At 7am I had to be up to go to my host sisters rotary orientation. It was boring, but it was good for me to go, because I got to meet a bunch of other exchange students in Minas Gerais. There are 5 in my city from Poland, Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Canada. They are all very cool, and i'm looking forward to knowing them.
The next day we spent at the feira, which is like a giant open market. Huge huge huge. You can pretty much find anything you want, and its very cheap. It was really crowded, but fun anyway. After the feira, i went with my host family to their family's house in Belo Horizonte...I so wish I could understand portuguese, and talk to people, but it still just sounds like noise...not as much as it used to... I'm able to recognize words for the most part, now it is just a matter of vocab.
For most of the night I was bored, and a little despondent. Its difficult to be in a home full of people all enjoying each other, and not be a part of it. They tried to include me, and I tried to understand what was going on and be a part of it, but I can't speak.
Soon I will speak. one more month, and I'll be ok. For now its hard, but it is so completely worth it.