Dianna CP #1

Yesterday, I met with my conversation partner for the first time. We went to Newk's together for lunch. Her name is Tarsila and she is from Natal, Brazil. She is a meteorology major and just got to the states a week ago. She spoke and understood English very well. She had an accent, but she was easy to understand. Tarsila told me that she had visited the United States once before to go to Disney World and Universal Studios. Back home, she practices English with her sister who also speaks a little bit. They both learned in school. She said their were many other Brazilians in the program. They sometimes speak Portuguese amongst each other, but they try to speak English to practice. We discussed a lot of different things over lunch including hobbies, music, books. Since she is new to Tallahassee, I would like to show her around the area. She said it is very different here than in Brazil.