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Portuguese Language Learning in Salvador, Brazil | 7 Continents To Go
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. Portuguese Language Learning in Salvador, Brazil. August 9, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. The great thing about taking this particular professor, in addition to the fact that she’s an absolutely fantastic teacher, is that she is from here. We were met at the airport by two carloads of her friends and family and immediately taken in as extended family. Portuguese language as a full-time job. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Well That Was D...
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From Texas to DC with dogs in a ’65 Karmann Ghia running ethanol-free gas | 7 Continents To Go
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. From Texas to DC with dogs in a ’65 Karmann Ghia running ethanol-free gas. January 10, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. In addition to that being a pretty ridiculous title, it aptly sums up the adventure. Pre-dawn on day 1. At a Full-service station (wow) east of Little Rock. I photobombed Abbie’s selfie. Taking a few minutes to stretch our legs in Bristol, TN. You can bet that E doesn’t stand for “ethanol”. My last 96 hours in Texas.
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. How I Avoided TAM Airline’s Language-Based Higher Price. December 20, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. Is the way to go. View all 2 comments. A Day in the Life of a (Consular) Diplomat. December 1, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. Today I woke up early and got to work early. The mornings are my favorite time to work out, and we have a small but sufficient gym right on the embassy compound. I am also tasked with opening the section, whi...I che...
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Area Studies is in the Books | 7 Continents To Go
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. Area Studies is in the Books. March 7, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. Most of my peers who require a language have already started, but my schedule is different. I have all my other training first, and I don’t start learning Portuguese until May. Yesterday I wrapped up two weeks of WHA (Western Hemisphere) area studies. The first week focused on the hemisphere as a whole, and the second on Brazil specifically. Enter your comment here.
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Not Your Average Farm House | Chintzy
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Not Your Average Farm House. Ever wonder what it would be like to visit a Saudi businessman’s farm house? Me neither. Let me tell you a story. Suddenly the picture changes. Well look at you. At the end of the road, large marble houses with Arabic calligraphy scrawled on the walls meet you around the corner. You crane your neck to try and comprehend this wonderland. Luxury off road vehicles sit to the side waiting for their moment of glory in the wild. Finally it is time to be on your way, you have delaye...
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August | 2015 | 7 Continents To Go
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. Monthly Archives: August 2015. Portuguese Language vs. Me. August 30, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. The good news is that I’ve had an overall great experience in Brazil, having spent most of my time in and around Salvador. I speak better and more confidently, and I understand a lot more than when I arrived. They speak slowly and clearly and. They use vocabulary with which I am familiar then. View all 5 comments. August 11, 2015.
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March | 2015 | 7 Continents To Go
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. Monthly Archives: March 2015. Area Studies is in the Books. March 7, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. My spare time stays full somehow with all the other things going on, including some real estate developments that I’ll devote an upcoming post to. I’ve also started studying Portuguese with the help of some apps. I really want to finish my training on time. Why I Didn’t Unionize. March 1, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. During the last week o...
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Ramadan | Chintzy
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Let me begin by admitting my naïveté and say that I had never heard of Ramadan before moving to Saudi Arabia. Much of the Islamic culture is new to me and I am enjoying learning about it and experiencing it firsthand. I won’t try to explain the religious significance of Ramadan you can Wikipedia it but I will share my understandings after a month of observing it. Oud player at Iftar. During Ramadan, but only at home in private. I bought three for myself.🙂. At the Geerga’an. During Eid calls, it is custo...
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7 Continents To Go | 7 Continents To Go
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. All posts by 7 Continents To Go. About 7 Continents To Go. Entrepreneur, Traveler, Aviator, Real Estate Investor, passionate about giving back and not too shabby with the karaoke mic. Also, through incredible luck, a one-time company magazine cover model. View all posts by 7 Continents To Go →. June 11, 2016. 7 Continents To Go. View all 4 comments. The Great Poser Party of Florianopolis. February 21, 2016. 7 Continents To Go.
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April | 2015 | 7 Continents To Go
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7 Continents To Go. Travel, Buying Houses, and Life in the Foreign Service. Monthly Archives: April 2015. Signs that I’m Becoming a Bureaucrat. April 3, 2015. 7 Continents To Go. Signs that I’m becoming a bureaucrat:. 1) I can spell the words “bureaucrat” and “bureaucracy” without relying on spell check. 2) If you tell me that you’ve got a B1/B2 NIV applicant that you need to send an AO for because of a previous 6C1, I’ll ask you have you checked the FAM and whether it’s not a 214(b). But the gist of it ...