October 4th 9:00 am - I am not in the US anymore...
October 4th 7:00 pm I made it to the last leg of my journey. Brazil has already taught me a lot in the past 12 hours I have been here. Well, I have 2 more hours to go but that seems like nothing, but feels like forever honestly. The language shock hit hard as the undertone of my 9 am post...It felt weird not being able to speak in ingles to anyone and get results. As it was I kind of did that. After a point I decided I was going to ask people if they spoke English in Spanish before rattling off statements at them. They often said they spoke a little. I didn't think to learn any Portuguese but I found the little Spanish I know did the trick so it wasn't worth worrying about the detail I didn't know the actual language. So far today I've seen a total of 3 English speakers since Ive been in Brasil. I imagine that this kind of solitude wont go away in some ways but will also get better once I am with Sofia. I cant believe that I will ever arrive. And that I will be with Sofia. Oh! they accepted my US dollars and I bought a sub for 7 dollars which i consider a fair price for an airport but I wonder what value I would have gotten had I converted. I would love to get some amazing bang for my buck while I am in Argentina. Now I am praying my checked luggage makes it through to Cordoba. Every person I have asked so far has seemed to think it would happen but there has been no definite "yes, you don't need to pick it up your baggage". 12 hours is too long a layover.. Thank goodness it is not the same on the way back.
October 5th - PS. My luggage made it! If it had not my ending journey would have been double in length as I would have looked for it forever and then had to report it missing. I went through 2 checks and was on my way down large hallway with glass walls where I knew I would find Sofia waiting. I couldn't help but smile. I had made it and I was about to see my long lost lady.
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