Author Archives: claire

To preface this post, I understand that many people are going through much worse right now than my lost Fulbright year, but this is my little space to process. I have been home for three weeks now, a scary thought considering I can barely remember the first one (too many tears?). This has been probablyContinue reading “Meu coração partido – saying goodbye to Brasil 7.5 months too soon”

Bom dia gente! I am making some progress settling in Curitiba. I had a few minor setbacks this week and came back from Carnaval with a fever that I actually had a much harder time recovering from than normal – it turns out Curitiba is at 3,067ft. (Who knew? I really should have Googled thisContinue reading “Capybaras, altitude sickness & side project progress”

Oi gente!! We are back from Rio, the cidade maravilhosa, and I am already feeling saudades. Saudades is one of the most beautiful and untranslatable words in Portuguese. An ETA’s blog I found from a few years ago did a really good job explaining it so I’m going to steal it – rather than translatingContinue reading “Carnaval na cidade maravilhosa”

Olá! We are finishing up our first week in Curitiba! Lauren, my co, and I were able to meet our host professor and finally see UTFPR and learn a little more about what we’ll be doing. We will each be teaching 2-3 hour long conversation clubs a week, plus five or so “courses” that weContinue reading “First few days in Curitiba”

Hi everyone! We just finished up our first week!! It was crazy busy and took place all together (the 83 ETA’s who are now scattered around Brazil, the Brazilian Fulbright Commission, and our ETA mentors) at a hotel in São Paolo’s business district. We didn’t get to catch much of the city, but it’s onlyContinue reading “First week in Brazil!”