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Saudades do calor e sol! brazilwonders: Maceió - Alagoas (by m...
By (author unknown), 2/2/2012 - Fun Is Fun
Saudades do calor e sol! brazilwonders: Maceió - Alagoas (by m correia campos)
brazilwonders: Carlos Marighella (5 December 1911 – 4 November...
By (author unknown), 1/31/2012 - Fun Is Fun
brazilwonders: Carlos Marighella (5 December 1911 – 4 November 1969), was a Brazilian Marxist revolutionary and writer. Marighella’s most famous contribution to guerrilla literature was the Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla, consisting of advice on how to disrupt and overthrow an authoritarian…
brazilwonders: Juiz de Fora - Minas Gerais (by WBS Paisagens!)
By (author unknown), 1/30/2012 - Fun Is Fun
brazilwonders: Juiz de Fora - Minas Gerais (by WBS Paisagens!)
meaning of life: travel light. Learned that after I dropped everything
By (author unknown), 1/22/2012 - Avoiding Scurvy
meaning of life: travel light. Learned that after I dropped everything
I found this vinyl at the Museu do Disco in Juiz de Fora. It has...
By (author unknown), 1/19/2012 - Fun Is Fun
I found this vinyl at the Museu do Disco in Juiz de Fora. It has been helping me stay warm in this cold winter weather.

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Eve Aguilar I had always wanted to learn Portuguese, but my college wasn't offering any Portuguese classes at the time. I discovered the Brazil Exchange program and found it attractive because everything would be taught in Portuguese, and I would be with all Brazilian students. When I arrived in Brazil, I knew less than ten words in Portuguese. Luckily, I caught on quickly and after about two months, I was completely conversational; after six months, I was fluent. Juiz de Fora had few tourists, so I was a total celebrity! I was known as Ivi (pronounced Evie), the American, all over town. I can't imagine a better place to spend a semester or a better way to learn Portuguese.

—Eve Aguilar, Brazil Exchange, Spring 2008

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