Learning the single most ridiculous language in the world

I have officially dubbed Portuguese the most difficult language to learn. I started my Portuguese language class last Monday and it is interesting. Since I can’t understand anyone in my house, I had hoped that I would quickly pick up the language but it hasn’t happened yet. So my class is from 2-6 Monday through Friday. Yes it’s miserable, and really painfully long. There are 15 people in the class and on the second day they split us into two groups, beginner and intermediate. There are four people in the beginner’s class. Karly, who has become a good friend, who is from UNCW, and basically my tutor. Oleysea, a very sweet girl from Russia (no she doesn’t really know English) and Li a Chinese woman whose husband is also taking the class (he is in intermediate, and no she doesn’t know much English either) so it has been very interesting. We have two professors, Marelete, a verbal and listening one who does speak English, but not in class, and Luana, a writing professor who doesn’t speak any English. Marelete is very nice and fun and just laughs at my lack of understanding but has a lot of patience. Luana has this idea that if I don’t understand her, she can speak louder and I will magically understand her and Portuguese. Each day at least once she is leaning over the desk at me yelling Portuguese, or the nh or cha sound over and over. It’s actually the funniest thing, and I crack up every time. We have fun however. In the other class (we hang out during our break) is another girl from UNCW, Samantha, who lives with Karly, Jonathan (UNCW), Michael (Australia), Daniel (Ireland), Danny (Brazilian who grew up in the states), Mike (from um Ohio, Michigan, somewhere like that) who is really into surfing, um… Chris (Long Island), the Chinese husbands whose name I won’t even try to spell, and Ania (Argentina). It is fun and very interesting. The view doesn’t hurt either.

In the Photos: 1, Sam, Karly, Johnathan and I at a mexican restaurant (funny how i can always find those...) 2. Karly and I on the balcony at Unisul
3. Mike and I posing 4. the view from the school 4. my class room, yea its hard to pay attention