Olá Everyone!
My name is Leonie, I am from Germany, and I
am studying ´International Food & Agribusiness´ at the HAS University of
applied sciences in den Bosch, Netherlands. I am 22 years old and I have now
finished my second year of my study. Therefore, I am happy that I get the
chance to spend the first half of my 3rd year in beautiful Brazil.
I arrived
in Vicosa, Minas Gerais on the 29th of August and I am very happy to
be finally here. Before I could step in the plane, I had a lot of struggles
with my preparations for Brazil as nothing seemed to work out. I was planning to
fly to Brazil already two weeks before my internship starts, to meet a friend
and get to know the language and culture a little bit better. Unfortunately, it
took much longer to get all the documents for the visa application and subsequently
I had to change my flight (which was also much more difficult than I thought). The
trip to Vicosa was very long and I was very exhausted when I arrived. But as I
arrived in Vicosa, a student from UFV was so kind to pick me up and directly drop
me off at my new home. I was a bit confused as I arrived in my new home due to
all the securities and cameras, but that seems to be normal here. I am living with three Brazilian girls, which
are all very kind. I didn´t really get the chance to visit a Portuguese language
course before I came to Vicosa, so I am struggling quite a bit with the
language. But my roommates are helping me a lot, which makes it easier for me
to get more comfortable with the language.
Yesterday, I spend the day with the student
from UFV, who showed me the town and the university. The university is much bigger
than expected and I was quite amazed by it. At a little café in the university,
I got to meet my supervisor for the first time. It was a very nice meeting
where we first just got to know each other and talked a bit about the things I
will be doing in the coming weeks. I am really excited about the project, as I
got to visit agroforestry farms and see how the farmers are managing their
land. In the next posts, I will tell more about my project, after my supervisor
and me, have clarified the assignment. Later that day, I went to the
international office, where I realized again that I have to go through a lot of
bureaucracy here in Brazil as well. In the next weeks, I must get my CPF and go
to the federal police. I think it will still take a while for me to fully
arrive in Vicosa, but I am looking forward to my time here. I will post more
about my project in the next weeks.
Lotes de amor,
Leonie
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