Indy Weekend, Brazilian Feijoada

In the weekend of the 23rd I went with the Youth Ambassadors to Indianapolis. On Saturday we visited some places around the city. The Indy Motor Speedway ( The famous Indy 500 ), the Hard Rock Cafe, the Monument Circle and the Indianapolis Museum of Art ( IMA ).

                            



On Sunday we had the traditional Brazilian Feijoada. An event that occurs every year with a presentation made by the Youth Ambassadors. With traditional Brazilian food, the Feijoada, and even Brazilian soft drinks like Guarana Antartica this event purposed to Brazilians and Americans be closer.

4H Meeting, Brasil

Last Thursday Marcela and I spoken at a Yorktown 4H Club meeting about Brazil. We spoke to the 4H members that were very interested and asked a lot of questions about Brazil. Some were really funny.

BSU Basketball Game

This Saturday we went to the Ball State University Arena again but know to see a basketball game. Sadly BSU lost to Eastern Michigan.

Air Force National Museum

On Sunday I went with my family to Ohio again. This time to the city of Dayton, where is located the Air Force National Museum. 

Cargo Plane

The Black Bird

YF22

In the museum they also have a display about Brazilian planes (FAB) in the WW2

The museum is a very nice place and I'm really grateful that my host family is taking me to all this places. They are great!

Walk-A-Mile In My Shoes

Last Saturday the six Youth Ambassadors participated in the Walk-A-Mile In My Shoes event that is a fundraising event. The purpose of the Walk is to take a step into the struggles facing the homeless and those in desperate situations. 

From the left to right, me and Cesar putting his Walk-A-Mile shirt.

From the left to right, Cesar, Marcela, Henrique, Leonardo, Litieli and me.

BSU, volleyball

This Friday I went with my host family to a Ball State University volleyball game here in Muncie.

BSU Arena

BSU has a top 10 college volleyball team, and they're now undefeated 

BSU serving

BSU dominated the game and won easily

Chicago, Indianapolis, shopping

Last weekend all the six Youth Ambassadors went to Indianapolis, at Jhani's house. There we met with Ellen, James, Tessa and Bruna. We all get into a van and James drove us to Chicago. There we saw the Bean, went to a ice skating rink, the Chicago Public Library, the Navy Pier and then to the Hancock Tower. At dinner time we had pizza at Lou Malnati's. Then we come back to Indy and we all slept at Jhani's house.

The Bean

The Bean - From left to right, Litieli, Cesar, myself and Marcela

Chicago Public Library - From left to right, Cesar, Marcela, Litieli and I 

Navy Pier - From left to right, me, Henrique and Cesar

Navy Pier Ferris Wheel - From left to right, Litieli, Bruna and I

Hancock Tower - From left to right, Henrique, Cesar and I

On Sunday we went to the Edinburgh Outlets in the region of Indianapolis and and we did lot of shopping

Edinburgh Outlets - From left to right, Cesar and I

Three day weekend!

Because of the Martin Luther King Day last Monday we had a three day weekend! Starting with Saturday morning, Ryan, his friend Jacob and I went to the YMCA. While they played some tennis I could practice some Muay Thai at the gym. After this we had lunch at the Buffalo Wild Wings, were I tasted a real American hamburguer. During the afternoon we went shopping and we were really tired at the end of the day.



Sunday we just had some activities at church (like the sunday school) and had lunch at Bruner's, That is a local restaurant.
On Monday, we went to an aquarium in Cincinnati and to the old Union Station that currently is a complex with lots of museums and an IMAX that is a movie theater with a giant curved screen.
We got back to Muncie by supper time, and in time to do some homework.

First Week

My first week in the Yorktown High School is over and I'm still adapting to the language, the new classmates and teachers, to this entire new routine, but it has been great, I'm learning every day and meeting lots of people.

It was a hot week for a Indiana's winter, and I'm waiting anxiously for the snow, that will probably come in the next monday.

Yes, this is a hot week in Indiana.

And this Friday, I went to the Ball State Planetarium with Marcela and her family too.

Finally, Indiana

After a long wait the 11th january came and our trip with it. With a short meeting at the Global Link with Ana Isabel, all the six Youth Ambassadors went to the International Airport Salgado Filho. At the right time we departed to Sao Paulo, and after a thirteen hours wait in Guarulhos we were finally in a flight to the United States of the America. We arrived in Atlanta, passed through the immigration and anxiously wait for our flight to Indianapolis.

After arriving Indianapolis we went to Jhani's house. She is the president of the Partners of the America IN, and it was there that we met our families. It was very exciting and I loved my family. The Seymours are great people and they are helping me with all this new stuff here, I'm really feeling at home here in Yorktown.

In my first day here we already went to a high school basketball game in Muncie, that is really close, and Ryan ( my host brother ) introduced me to some of his friends. Unfortunately the Yorktown team lost the game, but it was a good time to know better Vicki, Richard and Ryan, my family by the next two months.

The Delta Eagles gymnasium

The Yorktown High School game

Unfortunately in the second day was raining, but was a good day to rest, talk more to my family and playing Xbox with Ryan.