Believing That You Can
east to west, or even from one state to another. There are
always some habits, food, music, drinks, language, etc. that
are new to us. When we go to another state or city in our
home country it is not as easy to identify these differences
as when we travel to another country. I lived in Brazil for
seventeen years and I’ve been living in the U.S. for about
eight years. There are a lot of differences between these two
countries, even if they both are tremendous places to live or
to visit. Of course there are similar things but the
differences are much more noticeable. The first difference
that can be noticed is the language. Brazil is the only
country in the Americas that doesn’t speak either English or
Spanish. Portugal colonized Brazil so the original language
is Portuguese, even though nowadays there is a difference
between Portuguese from Brazil and from Portugal. On the
other hand, the U.S. has been colonized by England, so the
official language is English. In terms of the weather and
climate, Brazil is tropical, and even in the winter time
Brazilians don’t suffer so much from the cold. In the U.S.
this is different; in some regions the summers generally are
extremely hot and in the winter it is the total opposite. Here
we also have hurricanes and others natural phenomenon that
we don’t have in Brazil.
In Brazil, the variety of food is very significant. It is
deeply connected to the people that colonized the country,
and with the slaves that were brought by the settlers. The
Europeans (not only Portuguese) that moved to Brazil
brought huge amounts of diversity. Even from one state to
another we can always notice the several options that we
have. In the U.S. we can see that the food is connected to
other countries. But in the U.S. we have much more
influence from Latin and Asian peoples than we have in
Brazil. However, we can always find something from
anywhere in the world here in the United States. Of course
if you go to big cities like Miami, LA and NYC, you will
find a bigger diversity. It’s hard to describe every little
difference in just a few words. We still have a lot of things
to talk about, for example music, religion, politics, tourism,
education, and much more. The fact is, the life in these two