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Carnaval, a Festa You Can’t Miss

Posted on March 14, 2014

Heyyyyyyyyyy sooooo i finally got to experience what most of you non-brasileiros know about Brasil: Carnaval. But for those of you who don’t know, Carnaval is almost a week long party celebrating Mardi Gras (you …

Posted in Academic Year 2013-2014, Brazil, Central/South America, Monica Murphy, Returned StudentTagged Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Carnaval, International Academic Programs, Monica Murphy, study abroad, UFMG, UW-madison

Tudo Joya

Posted on August 14, 2013

PHEW. Four weeks later, and I’m still in Brasil, still alive, and finally realizing that I have made the right choice. You would think it wouldn’t take four weeks, but I think culture shock had …

Posted in Academic Year 2013-2014, Brazil, Central/South America, Monica Murphy, Returned StudentTagged Belo Horiztone, Brazil, International Academic Programs, Monica Murphy, start of a program, study abroad, UFMG, UW-madison

Is that a thing?

Posted on August 1, 2013

This is the beginning of all the little quirks I notice along the way. So far I have 24. If any Brazilians read this, remember it’s all “brincadeira” and this is coming from a gringa’s …

Posted in Academic Year 2013-2014, Brazil, Central/South America, Monica Murphy, Returned StudentTagged Belo Horizonte, Brazil, International Academic Programs, LACIS, little quircks, Monica Murphy, Portuguese, Spanish, study abroad, UFMG, UW-madison1 Comment

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