B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 27, 2002

From Bi

Postcard from Brazil

put it on your plate. 1 did
not know this and was sa
full from the meatless side
dishes that [ could not cat
the Brasillian Barbecue,

I learned Brazil is
speiled Brasil.

My host family and I
just clicked, like we had
known each other forever.

My first day of school
in August had no weird-
ness. It just clicked as
well,

In Canada, the new guy
is often sort of alienated,
but here I couldn't keep
the people away if | tried.
They are great to me.

Before I came to Brasil,
I did not know any of the
language, | just knew how
to say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank
you’.

My host brother spoke
pretty good English, and
my older host sister spoke
satisfactory English.

So, 1 could understand
almost all of what she
said, and when they speak
my language it is easier to
learn Portuguese.

It took me about two
months to fully understand
what my host family was
talking about. But still |
can not understand some
of the things they say,
when they talk very far-
mally, or when they speak
in business terms, as my
host father usually does.

In August, my host fa-
ther took us to see the
manufacturing plant where
they make Audi and
Volkswagen Passats. So
all the Passats in North
and South America are
made right here in Curiti-
ba. It is really something
to see.

There is not really a lot
of day life. Many of the
small businesses open up
around 6 p.m. and the mar-
ket is filled with people.
There is no bartering in
this place as ] was told,
but it doesn’t matter be-
cause everything is so low
priced.

The oranges are not like’

oranges we see in Canada,
They look funny and are
wrinkled.

Brasil is great ~ in Au-
gust I went te my first fi-
tebol game (soccer).
People here are about as
intense with futebol as Ca-
nadians are with hackey.

By September [ was
craving Canadian foods.
My hest family tried to

ROBERT KOEPKE has
months on a Rotary exchange trip to Brazil.

spent the last several

make me feel at home by
buying me some cheddar
cheese. But it was that
processed Velveeta stuff. |
tried hard to cheke it down
without gagging and of
course they were right
there to watch me enjoy it.

So far mom's peanut
butter plan has not worked,
I cannot convince them
that people actually eat it.
I am the only one in the
house thal eats it and to
tell you the truth, I never
really cared for the stuff,
Now I am sick of it.

In October, I was sick
with appendicitis. My host
family’s relative was a
doctor, so I was able to get
care right away.

Something I have been
able to experience in Bra-
sil is the carnaval. [ went
to the world famous Copa-
cobanna beach,

An experience that |
really enjoyed was when |
went to the North East
Coast of Brasil for a month
with 115 other Rotary ex-
change students.

We went to the most
historic and beautiful ci-

‘ties in''thé ‘Northéast and?”
Central Interior of: Brasil °
“In this month, 'T"got’to ex- °

perience the different
foods of the ever changing
regions, people of ever so-
cial and: economic back-
ground and even learned
how to barter when I wan-
ted to buy something.

I learned a lot not only
about Brasil, but of the
other countries of the other

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T-am looking forward to
‘coming baék to Canada; |

exchange students. | spoke
more German on the trip
than I did Portuguese.

In Brasil when the
daughter of a family turns
15, she transforms from a
girl into a woman.

To celebrate this, the
family spends a lot of
money for a huge ball.

Everyone who goes. (all
the family and all the
friends) are dressed very,
very formally, as is the
daughter, who is usually in
a highly decorated gown.

There is a large feast,
followed by a large cake,
that resembles a wedding
cake (without the bride
and groom).

There is a large photo
session afterwards. to close

‘the ball, all of the guests

form a large circle around
the daughter. Ballroom
music starts to play, and
the daughter goes to all
holding a candle, starting
with her father and they
dance.

Iam so glad 1] have had

’ this opporutity lo go to an-

other country. 1 would re-
commend it to any young
wn SA

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but will miss Brasil! and
the people I have come to
think of as family.

When I get home I want
real butter, triple fruit jam,
homogenized milk and
mom’s homemade bread.

Robert Koepke is a Ter-
race student on a Rotary
exchange in Brazil.

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