Yesterday was a bit crazy... I arrived at Foz do Iguaçu and had already made contact with a fellow chilean that studies here. He gave me the address to his house but I didn't quite get the notion that the city is organized in sections and that different sections can have the same street name and number.
I had little to no internet access because i still have my chilean SIM card and getting a usable one in other countries has turned out a bit expensive. Also, I'm ok with not having access to internet 24/7.
After arriving to where the street and number were supposed to be, i couldn't find any house that matched the description and number. Internet was not workin at all so communication was cut from the chilean friend. I begin asking around and i decided to show a picture of my host to a lady, who after a quick look begin walking away from me... with my phone in her hand.
I couldn't understand any of her portuguese and she didn't understand my spanish. I thought: "ahh shit, this is it. Now I'm going to be robbed of all chance to contact this guy and I'm going to have to improvise of this town without even knowing the language". To be honest, i got pretty scared.
The lady went upstairs to her apartment and came back with my phone, which se had connected to a wifi signal. Big phew. Sometimes we get scared over nothing.
In the end, i was picked up at gas station and everything worked out fine. Just got a bit wet as it was raining torrentially.
The people here are college students at UNILA which is a multicultural university where classes are inclusive for spanish seakers. Some of them speak Spanish here and others only Portuguese. I thought it would be easier to understand Portuguese, but I've been having a rough time.
Anyways, i didn't need to speak much today as i spent the whole day organizing the garden and some other areas. They have a nice yard with some fruit trees, bushes and chickens.
There's banana trees which i find magical and beautiful. I experimented cooking a banana flower and i really liked the result. On a future occasion i will share with you the process.
The people here are also musicians and have a ska/cumbia band, as well as punk one. I enjoyed listening to well played live music while working in the garden.
All in all, a staisfying day and grateful to have arrived at such a nice place.