About a month ago I received my host family! I live with my mother, my 15 year old sister, and my soon to be 13 year old brother in a small town called Lauro de Freitas which is 10 minutes by car from Salvador, the capital of Bahia. My home is located on the sea front, how exciting! I will attend a private school not far from my house. It is so exciting to finally know the people I will be spending my year with, it makes it so much more real! In addition to receiving my host family information, I have also received my official travel itinerary. I need to be in Miami by 4:00PM on February 8th, so it looks like I will be departing from Alaska on the 7th of February... 66 days! In other news, I graduate from high school in just 12 days, or 9 school days! Finally I will be able to study Portuguese more, and pick up a few extra shifts at work! My Portuguese definitely needs a lot of work, but considering that I only knew how to say hi not that long ago, I've come a long way! I'm very excited for that day when I can speak well and confidentially!
This is Lauro de Freitas!
These are photos of my house!
Tchau!
