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Posted May 23, 2012 by Elsa Haag
Hello, avid blog readers (if you exist). I have big news: I survived the cockroaches! Yes, it is remarkable. They got worse before the got better, including an army of them surrounding the toilet! But for the last couple of days, they seem to have gone on vacation. It has been a week and a half since I first arrived on Bom Jesus and this experience is already one that I know will stay with me for a long time to come. I believe the most defining aspect of this experience will remain the...
Posted May 15, 2012 by Elsa Haag
The next stage of my time abroad has begun as I leave Salvador to conduct my Independent Study Project (ISP)—three and a half weeks to do research and write a 40-page paper about that research. My ISP is an assessment of health problems and community perspectives towards a petroleum refinery on an island in the Bay of All Saints, Brasil. The program assistant, Aqueline, traveled with me to check out the situation and help me settle in._____ On Monday I arrived on the island of Bom Jesus....
Posted May 5, 2012 by Sara Lepkoff
Today has been absolutely beautiful- hot, breezy, and felt just like an Indiana summer. I spent most of the day in my room- packing up from a semester’s mess and disorganization but taking some breaks to do last minute errands on campus and meet the myriad of family members coming in for all my upperclassman-housemate’s graduation.
Now that I’m free from finals, I feel like I’m seeing everything with much more appreciative eye. (Also I feel like I might actually be seeing better- I lost my...
Posted May 3, 2012 by Elsa Haag
For the last week or so, we have been staying in Santo Antonio de Jesus, which is located in the interior of Bahia, a few hours from Salvador. It is a rapidly growing city and we came here to continue to look at the health care system of Brazil. We spent the week (Tuesday through Friday) visiting health posts and had a free weekend. Needless to say, I think we took full advantage of it, spending as many moments as possible on beautiful beaches on Itaparica Island just an hour and a half away by...
Posted May 2, 2012 by Elsa Haag
Before I came to Brazil, I thought long and hard about gifts to bring my host family. In the end, I brought maple syrup and so of course I had to make them pancakes! I took my grandmother’s buttermilk pancake recipe and sat down with my Portuguese instructor and Google translater to figure out the ingredients. When I was in the store I also had to “phone a friend” to figure out baking soda. In the end, I had to make my own buttermilk (vinegar and milk) and guess a little on some of the...
