well here goes nothing

Alriiiiiight, so I'm still figuring out how this shindig works. I am making this little blog so I can best keep in touch with everyone, and let you know how all is. So... what adventure is Paul partaking in one may ask? I am studying in Brazil for a month with some wonderful University of Washington students and professors. We are traveling to Salvador, Bahia, San Antonio de Jesus and Sao Paulo. My Portuguese is not too bad, around the level of a two year old. I can basically point at things and attempt at the right word. Yep, pretty soon my niece Paula (well, more commonly known as Marley) will be speaking better English than me Portuguese. After that, I am traveling to Borneo which is in Indonesia and is the third largest island in the world with some of the largest biodiversity in the world. I will be doing an ethnoecological study, which is a fun word that can be explained below in a link by one of my teachers! Well I'm off to finish packing, but I wanted to create this blog so I can have some sense of communication with you all, because the love I have for you all is like my awkward arm hair, it's long and I can't help it being there, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I'll be flying to Salvador, Brazil tomorrow morning before most of you open your little sleepy eyes. So in the newly found words, I leave you with, "A sia saide e com licença, onde fica o banheiro?" (Cheers, and where is the restroom?)