Since I arrived
in the United States I saw a lot of differences between here and Brazil, but
the people are the ones that surprised me. Americans are, different than I
expected, very friendly and helpful. They try to understand me because my
English isn’t so good and they also speak slowly for me if I ask to, so I am
very glad to have success to communicate.
One challenge
that I have here is the food, it is so different from Brazil. However, I’m
getting used to the food, even if have hamburgers or pizzas I try to take
something more healthy. I miss the rice and beans from Brazil, the beans here
are sweet.
Other thing that
is different is the time, even if is two-hours difference from my city in
Brazil, what surprised me most was the time to dinner. The Americans have
dinner early the night, like 6:00 p.m. and in Brazil I was used to dinner at
8:30 – 9:00 p.m. Nevertheless, I am getting used to it too.
Yesterday I went
to a nightclub and it was interesting, it`s a little different from Brazil. It
was a lot of fun, almost all Brazilians were there. The biggest difference is
the dance style, in Brazil the parties play a lot of styles of music in just
one party, but here it was only one kind of music to dance.
I
can’t say all the differences between Brazil and America but these are some of
the things that I thought about.
It is fun to read about the cultural differences that we encounter. I am happy to hear that you have met mostly helpful and friendly Americans! I like to think that most people, especially Midwesterners are friendly:) I know dorm food doesn't provide a significant number of options, but I know there must be something other than pizza or hamburgers! Part of living abroad is trying new food, believe me, I've been there!
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