Some ?’s we receive…

Hi there!
I live in San Diego, and I’m ending a marriage. I have met a lady on-line who lives in Fortaleza. Her ad was on Brazil Girls.com. We have been writing and talking for almost a year now. She does speak a little English, but I don’t speak any Portuguese yet. I have considered taking Spanosh lessons here, since Portuguese is harder to find. Do you have any advise on the Spanish thing? Anne lives in an apartment a few blocks from the beach in the city. What are the difficulties do you see in my staying in the city for, say 3 weeks to start, and maybe longer later?

I know about tourists having to get a Visa from the consulate in San Francisco. There are no bugs to speak of in San Diego. Are they a problem in Fortaleza? Do you have to use a net when sleeping? XXXX’s apartment has A/C but she only uses it once in a while because of the cost. I could work there because what I do is entirely on the net and I get paid in US dollars.

Other than the language barrier ( how long did it take you to become comfortable) what do you think there might be in the way of problems
adjusting to life in Fortaleza? I still have to wait a while for some papers to be processed here so I can’t really come to Brazil until 2004…maybe January.

(submitted by Philip Blazdell)