Thats great. Man, if only the damn dollar wasnt so weak right now.
Have you been in contact wtih the gym Nog/Silva train at? Any idea what the cost is going to be to train at it? Im envious of you man, you should have a great trip. Have you studied any Portugese?
Here are some, what appear to be, good ways to help you learn a langauge.
http://fourhourworkweek.com/bonus/pd...arn-lang-A.pdf What i like about this link is it says to get a list of the 100 most SPOKEN words of the particular language you are trying to learn and study them. Says the most spoken, and written, words are often different.
Happier Abroad :: View topic - How to Learn a Foreign Language in Six Months to a Year.
This post has some good ideas also. Reading a shitload of Childrens books in Port will teach you a lot of basic grammar and also basic words.
http://fourhourworkweek.com/bonus/pd...otten-lang.pdf
This is for releraning a langauge, but I think has some good tips for just learning. Flashcards, for me, have always been the best way for me to learn and retain things that were about pure memorization. Having someone quiz you with the flashcards works best for me. I can take a stack of 50 flash cards and learn them fairly well in an hour if i stick to it.
Any chance you will be able to keep a log of your time there like Dynasty did? Be another great read for the rest of us losers still stuck in school/work.