Hey all!

I didnā€™t expect to be making this post, but weirdly, 8 months into the exchange, Iā€™ve been starting to feel as the Brazilians would say ā€˜Saudadesā€™. Iā€™ve tried to block out the UK while Iā€™ve been living here but finally the urge to see my family and eat British food has broken through. It has nothing to do with not enjoying Brazil – on the contrary Iā€™m having the most fun now and meeting more and more people than ever before. Saudades is difficult to translate, it comes out as ā€œlongingā€ in English, but is usually translated by saying that you ā€œmissā€ something.

  • I miss my family.
  • I miss fish and chips
  • I miss playing FIFA with my best friend
  • I miss eating Chinese on a Saturday with my grandma.
  • I miss actual British tea
  • I miss eating a good chicken balti
  • I miss flat pavements

Itā€™s the home straight now and I donā€™t want to wish the time to pass because Iā€™m having a whale of a time here. I will though, be celebrating whole-heartedly when I return to the UK.

Onwards and upwards!

AtƩ mais e grande abraƧo!

Blogging no Brasil: Episode 8

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