BRAZIL: Varginha - MG

Hey you all~
On Monday [27/04] we went to Varginha, which is called by "ET's Town" because some gossips toward this city hehe, and we got our passports \o/
And we taked some pictures there at the sightseeings~ take a look:

Jonas from Norway

Name: Jonas Kaijankoski
Age: 17
Birth: February 1st
Star Sign: Aquarius
City/ Country: Steinberg, Norway
Course on AI: carpenter
Interest: data, computer games
Hobbies: Friends, data, cycle
Favorite animal: Dog
Favorite color: Black
Favorite day: Friday
Favorite sport: Biking
Expectations for the exchange: get to meet new people, get new friends, get to travel

Jan- Vegard from Norway

Name: Jan- Vegard Enlien
Nick: Janni
Age: 17
Birth: October 23th
Star Sign: Scorpio
City/ Country: Horgen, Norway
Course on AI: carpenter
Interest: Friends
Hobbies: data, friends
Favorite animal: ferret and parrot
Favorite color: black
Favorite day: Friday
Expectations for the exchange: experience, meet new people

Motto: “never give up”

Benetikte from Norway

Name: Benedikte Toeftum
Nick: Dikte
Age: 17
Birth: December 25th
Star Sign: Capricorn
City/ Country: Solbergelva, Norway
Course on AI: car and welding
Interest: Computer games, x-box
Hobbies: Friends, downhill skiing, cycle
Favorite animal: cat and spider
Favorite color: Pink
Favorite day: Saturday
Expectations for the exchange: get to know new people, learn something new.

Mariah from Norway

Name: Mariah Karlsen
Nick: Max
Age: 18
Birth: March 17th
Star Sign: Pisces
City/ Country: Ormåsen, Norway
Course on AI: media
Interest: my animals, dog, cat and ferrets, and exchange
Hobbies: movies, music, skydiving
Favorite animal: Wolf and ferret
Favorite colors: blue and black
Favorite day: Saturday
Favorite sport: football
Expectations for the exchange: meet new people, see new places, and learn something new.

Motto: “no rush”

Anett from Norway

Name: Anett Cathrin Vang Lindberg
Nick: Anett, Affe, lilleøre
Age: 17
Birth: January 9th
Star Sign: Capricorn
City/ Country: Vikersund, Norway
Course on AI: Media
Interest: Football
Hobbies: Football
Favorite animal: Cat
Favorite color: Black and pink
Favorite day: Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
Favorite sport: Football
Expectations for the exchange: Going to be awesome. Fun getting to know new people.

Some pictures from last year Social soccer championship

I hope that pictures from this year will be from our teams

Brazilian Team

Name: Lucas Kato
Nick: Kato~
Age: 16
Birth: 10/08
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Favorite Color: Black, white and red
Best day: Friday
Something about me: I’m a funny person and crazy. I really like to listen to music, something like rock, punk rock, and asian songs, I like too much asian songs. I like American and British bands like Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, Paramore, Fall Out Boys, Sex Pistols, etc. I use to spend my weekend watching movies with my friends or going out at night. I have a sarcastic and ironic humor, then, be patience with me, I’m trying to change it.
Hopes to the interchange: I think is very important to us to know what is happening on the other side of the world, I want to know the culture, the people, to practice my english and have a good experience.
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Name: Laís Neves
Age: 15
Birth: July 12th

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lucky number: 12

Favorite colors: Red, pink, white.

Favorite day: Friday!

Favorite Foods: Chocolate, ice-cream, “cheese-bread’’, pizza, fruits, iogurte…

Qualities: Kind, modest and funny.

Defects: Perfectionist, anxious and afraid.

Hobbies: I like to watch movies, reading, listening to songs, going out with friends and traveling.

Hopes to the interchange: I think the interchange will be an unforgettable experience and that it will influence in my future. I hope to improve my English, make good new friends and get a lot of cultural knowledge. I wish to feel me next to the world and the world next to me.

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. Name: Isabela Bauti

. Nickname: Isa / Bela

. Country: Brazil

. Age: 17 years old

. Birth Date: February 20th

. Zodiac Sign: Fish

. Favorite sport: football

. Favorite Animal: Birds, because they’re the symbol of the freedom.

. Best day of the week: Friday

. About my personality: I can say that I’m a few sensible, very responsible, independent, sociable, affectionate, patient and imaginative. I’ve some negative things in my personality as I’m disorganized and a bit jealous, but this isn’t a problem, because anybody is perfect.

. Loves to: cinema, waterfalls and chocolate!

. Favorite subject: Biology

. Doesn’t like: wars, injustice and beer .

. Motivations for this project: to know better the cultural differences between my country and the others.

. Expectative for this project: improve my English and new friends.

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Name: Gioconda Cristina Afonso de Souza
Nickname: Gi
Age: 17
Birth: 12/11
Zodiac sign: scorpio
Favorite day: Friday
Sport: volleyboll
Animal: dog
Hobbies: I like movies, songs, books, series and friends
Hopes to the interchange: I think is important to know the culture, to meet people,
pratice my english, to have a good time and a new experience for my future.

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Name: Sany Bastos

Age: 17

Birth Date: November 18th

Zodiac Sign: Scorpions

Favorite colors: white, purple

Favorite subject: Literature and biology

Best day: Friday

Loves to: cinema, music, books, movies and chocolate

Doesn’t like: insects, false people

Qualities: Funny, honest and responsible
Defects: Disorganized, anxious

Hopes to the interchange: I think the interchange is a great opportunity to make new friends, to know other cultures and countries and I want to improve my English.

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Name: Diego Adenir Ferreira de Paula Carvalho
Nick: Scott
Age: 18
Birth Date: September 17th
Zodiac Sign: Virgin
Favorite colors: black and blue
Favorite subject: history, literature and english
Best day: Saturday
Loves to: cinema, music, books, movies and go out with my friends
Hopes to the interchange: This experience will be very good for us, because it´s impotant to talk with people from diferents places and know your view about the things. In the interchange I wish to make new good friends. To know other cultures and improve my english. :D

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Name: Roger Ananias Gama

Age: 18

Birth: December 31th

Star Sign: Capricorn

City/ Country: Lavras, Brazil

Interest: human anatomy

Hobbies: computer, swimming

Favorite animal: cat

Favorite color: White

Favorite day: Sunday

Expectations for the exchange: Improve my english, meet new people and places.

Ahoj, I am Lucka, 18 years old. Im one of 7 young people who are Preparing amazing S-LAROPA programm And am looking forward to spending Nice time wiht you together. Im a student and this year i hope i will Finish my secondary school succesfully.
I like meeting people, especially friendly and Nice, wiht sence of humour, witha lot of crazy Ideas and optimistic view of life.Im sure that S-LAROPA will give me not
Only people like this, a lot of experiences, incredible moments and funny memories as
Well. I grew at my grandma in the small village and maybe thats why I adore nature, animals(cats), walking throught green trees and colour leaves,…
Im interesting in improving my language skills, organizing activities like S-LAROPA, talking to people,… I really enjoy listening to the good music-especially reggae, michael jackson, celine dion. And one of my the most important thing is to always have smile on my face and to give good mood and nice memories to the others .
And sth about exchange- I would like to work in some organisation like KERIC and I consider idea of S-LAROPA as a good beginning to make my dream real.
And dont forget that: „Smile is the second best thing you can do with your mouth.“
See u

Veronika from Slovakia

Hello. My name is Veronika Kondeková. I´m 18 years old. This year I will finish secondary grammar school and the next year I´m going to university- to study economy.
I have 2 older siblings- 1 brother Pavol and one sister Jane. But they don´t leave with us yet.
My favourite sport is volleyball and I have been playing it for 9 years. I really love it because it´s a funny team game and I can meet friends who I like. But I also admire other sports like football, florball, swimming, cycling, roller scating,...And in my free time also I watch movies- especially commedies, horrors and true stories. Or I´m keen on reading books, but now I don´t have a lot of time to read them, because I have a lot of duties. I am tend of romantic stories. And at school I like languages- English and French and Maths.
And why am I participating on S-LAROPA? Because I like meeting people and knowing new people. I want to know something about their culture, life styles,about them,... And I want to improve my English as well. And I have one experience with exchange similar to this and it was so perfect that I´d like to go to another =))))...

Matej from Slovakia

Name:Matej Majtan
Nickname: Matej
Age: 19 years old
Birth Date: January, 6 th
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Favorite Sport: hockey
Favorite Animal: dog, panda
Best day of the week: friday
Loves to:books, cinema, friends, movies
Doesn’t like: potatoes, cep:)
Motivations for this project: I would like to know the cultures of other countries, know people from other parts of the world.
Expectative for this project: I’m learning English . I want to be better in English and new friends.

Erika from Chile

Name: Erika Jofré
Nickname: Erika
Age: 17
Birth Date: December, 19 th
Zodiac Sign: sagitarius
Favorite Sport: swimming
Favorite Animal: racoon
Best day of the week: Saturday
Loves to: I love rock music, poem books, to be with my friends.
Doesn’t like: mediocre people, snails
Motivations for this project: To know new people and their diferent cultures. Also, to know Europe 
Expectative for this project: I think that it will be a amazing experience, I very excited
Experience so far: the exchange is a great oportunity to know other cultures and enjoy good moment with diferent persons.

Jakub from Slovakia

My name is Jakub Vlček.I´m sixteen years old and i live in Čadca with my family.(one brother and two parents:D) I love our national food „Halušky“ with chees. My favourite place is Čadca :D. In my free time i listening music,go swimming,bicycling,playing football and going out with my friends.I´m learning English language and i want meet any new people and improve in my english : D