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Originally Posted by Team Dragonfire
Dyn, from what I gathered you said that a lot of your trip planning had to do with people you already knew there from orkut and such that hooked you up with stuff. How vital would you say that knowing somebody down there already is? Is it essential?
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thats a hard quustion to answer...i was very worried before i came here..and wanted to have everything in place..im not the type of person who can just say ok im going to another country, and not know what im going to do when i get there..but after the girl i met left..thats pretty much exactly what happened..i was on my own, and that was probably the best part of this whole experience, was learning if i really needed to i could get by on my own, and i did...knowing very little portuguese at the time
i didnt have anyone to compare this type of experience with before i left..and it was very frustrating, ..i was searching for people who had been to brasil, to try and understand what to expect, but unfortunately i didnt have that..
i think for any of you guys who are truly wanting to come to curitiba and train, everything is all laid out for you..not to be cocky or anything but you guys are lucky to have an experience, to look at and know what to expect, you know?..
to be honest you could get by here easily, the only problem is the language barrier..but even that isnt a problem..i have a roomate who is here from japan, spoke no port when he got here and still doesnt speak that much..the kid was doing everything on his own..he lived in sao jose dos pinhais which is like an hour away from here..and took the bus here everyday to centro, and then walked to the gym..if he can do all that im convinced anyone who speaks english could get by much easier...the majority of people dont speak english, but for example, my ex was here not to long ago..she was here for a week, and when i went to the gym she would go to the mall, and get food, or see a movie..and i remember one time she told me she went to subway and the guy noticed she didnt speak portuguese..he spoke a lil english and helped her out...if people dont speak english the majority of people will notice and do everything in there power to help you
the only thing that i have to admit truly sucks, is if your not from this city, you cant rent an apartment..i remember i tried when i got here, and they wanted me to sign like a 1 year lease, and have x amount of money in the bank..so the only real option was a flat.which while expensive, everything was taken care of for me...
now that i made friends my whole life has become 10 times easier..like for example the apt im in now i pay like 230 dollars a month in rent...i have 2 roommates, but the place is 3 blocks away from the gym, and i have everything you could need.
i think in may im gonna be moving out of here and into my friends apt, alone,, hes leaving to teach at the new academy in huntington beach cali, so im gonna take his place..i dont own anything here in brasil, as far as furitnure or anything, so hes gonna sell me everything dirt cheap, and ill basically be moving into a fully furnished one bedroom apt sometime in may..looking forward to that
sorry to get off on a tangent there..sometimes i start typing and forget what i was talking about in the first place, haha
