pre-departure hello

Hi everyone!
I've decided this will be the easiest way for all of you to follow me around, those of you who want to can pay attention, and those who don't won't get long emails they don't want to read in their inboxes.
My last trip to Latin America was absolutely amazing, and now I wish I had kept a blog of it, but my next trip starts in less than two weeks. I'll be heading first to Brazil for a month or so to study Portuguese, and then I have a flight out of Lima, Peru at the end of May. I am going by myself and don't really have a plan, but I will keep this updated.
I just received my housing information for my Portuguese program in Florianopolis, Brazil, I'm so excited! And I most likely will be getting a cell phone down there, so I'll post the number when I get it. And hopefully I can figure out how to post pictures and everything, so please stay tuned!