Life in a new country can seem abit lonely, especially if you *nao falar* (don’t speak) the language. So to try and conquer the fact that I don’t speak fluent Portuguese get I decided to join a few of my local clubs…
the district governor of my rotary club in sao pedro teaches gymnastics at the local school, and seeing as I stated in my application form that I had practised gymnastics sine forever she was very eagar for me to join the class. She also wanted me to show the girls that she taught some cheerleading moves seeing as cheerleading doesn’t exist in the part of brazil that I'm in. upon arriving at the club I soon realised that just like everything else that has happened so far the gymnastics club wasn’t what I expected. Instead of the artistic gymnastics that I used to practice in London, they taught acrobatic gymnastics, which involved flinging little kids in the air and catching them while attempting to look somewhat graceful at all times. They wasted no time in getting me involved in the lifts. “This is going to be somewhat interesting” I thought as they placed a rather fragile looking child into my hands and told me throw her upwards as hard as I could. The ceiling had pretty low ceilings and the girl was millimetres away from smacking her head against the ceiling as she flipped herself over. To my surprise the little girl walked off unaware of what happened by what happened as I stood there clutching my chest because I could have sworn that my heart has stopped beating! The rest of the evening carried on with a few close calls but no causalities. I was asked if I wanted to train regularly and even take part in a competition with them. I gladly accepted and now I practice gymnastics with my new club every *terca-feira e quinta-frira* (Tuesday and Thursday) :) 
