We have safely arrived in Brazil! We have had a crazy and eventful day full of traveling and a lot of sleeping. Beginning yesterday, we departed from Pittsburgh to New York and from New York to Brazil. This consisted of a lot of airplane time and over night travel where we tried to get as much sleep as we could. When we landed in Brazil, we were all full of craziness and were very anxious to get our activities underway especially after meeting our tour guide Andrea. She is full of energy and very excited to work with us. After we landed in Brazil, we traveled to Sao Bento where we stopped along the way to have lunch which was a change for all of us. Instead of ordering your food when you get there, you pick which foods you would like to eat before eating and then you weigh your plate to see how much it would cost you. You then pay at the end of your meal after you have finished. The ladies who were checking out at the restaurant slightly laughed at us and said that we all ate the same which was kind of ironic because we eat the same no matter where we go in America as well! After we ate lunch we got back on the bus to go to our resort. When we arrived there we were all very much in awe at where we were staying. There is a giant swimming pool accompanied with a hot tub and sauna to use at our free will. Those are on top of our bedrooms that have 3 to 4 beds in them with full bathrooms and showers along with our very own porches to walk out into the beautiful weather! Speaking of the weather, Sao Bento is the coldest place that we are to travel with temperatures of about 80 to 85 degrees which is not cold to America at all! In the evening we had a Samba dance group introduce us to the dancing they do in Brazil which was EXTREMELY thrilling. We all danced our shoes right off and had a ball doing it! They even had a live band to perform the music that we danced to right on our resort which was something you do not get to experience every day. After that we enjoyed many different kinds of pizzas which included Portuguese pizza, ham pizza, fish pizza, vegetable pizza, and even Chocolate and banana pizza! All in all we have had a pretty eventful time in Brazil and it is only the first day! I can't even begin to think about how much fun these next few days are going to be with all of us! Until next time, stay posted!

Obrigado,

Sarah Schweitzer