I realized there
is quite a language barrier right now as my mãe and I try and try to
communicate. Today, the language barrier really showed. We had been told time
and time again to not eat carne de caza—bush meat. I just assumed that it
wouldn’t show up on the table. As I took my first bite of dinner, I said “qué?”
“Carne de caza” “Oh não gusto. Corpo de Paz disse não carne de caza” “qué?” “Não
carne de caza para me” “uhhhhh” – oh boy. Good thing it doesn’t even taste
good! At least I got to finish my night with some quality télé novella.
Portuguese class
starts tomorrow – yay! Hopefully this helps my language barrier. For now – the
classic excuse for any volunteer will have to do… “Corpo de Paz…”
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