La Clase Portuguesa

So Jannie has left me, another person to say goodbye to, so so so sad but anyway just means that I am closer to being home, even though I still am not ready to go home yet. Lately has been really great! I have been meeting a bunch of new people and I have started my Portuguese class, o my gosh how difficult!!! But good! I like the challenge. Its hard because its really similar to Spanish and still Im not 100 percent with Spanish like English. The sounds are different but the words are the same. Sometimes I cant tell if the teacher is speaking Spanish with a Brasilian accent or if she is speaking Brasilian Portuguese, but I understand it all so thats good. Just its hard for me to distinguish between the two languages. Im meeting a lot of Argentines in the class which is good and its nice because they too have difficulty with the language. Not as much as me but still its nice to have something in common with them. Im sure if the language was taught to me in English it would be a million times easier. So I also met a new friend on the bus today. A girl from the Dominican Republic, we exchanged information because she wants to learn English and of course I always want a friends that is native in Spanish. She said she couldnt tell that I wasnt from here so thats a plus! So I met her on my way to the immigrations office where I finally got my visa for the year! yay! Except they put that I am from France and was born in France on it, so I have to go back in one month to get the corrected version but anyway, who cares I got my visa! Im so happy! Finally! I really am feeling great now in the city, I feel like I have the language down, the city I know, and the people now respect me because I speak their language and know their culture. I feel amazing! Now time to do more research on environmental studies, I have some ideas in areas I want to try and focus like the Amazon or the South of Chile and Argentina where the glaciers are disappearing. Anyway, I have to do some more research on those two aspects.
So interesting little thing, my best friend since I was 6 years old just messaged me and said she is living in BAIREs, Jillian Mayfrom Salinas, CA. What a small world! We are going to get together tomorrow probably. Anyway, thats all the news for now, Im off to do yoga with my Canadian friend and then some Portuguese homework and bed early, last night I slept awful because I went to the airport with Jannie.

Love you all!
Rachel