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Vinícius Mano Sanches

2009-10 Inbound from Brazil

Hometown: São Jose do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Sponsor: São Jose do Rio Preto - Palácio das Águas Rotary Club, District 4480, Brazil

Host: North Jacksonville Rotary Club, District 6970, Florida, USA

School: First Coast High School, Jacksonville, Florida

Bio

November 30 Journal - "I also went to read for the kids in elementary school - grade 1 and grade 3. Actually they had more questions to me than the kids of my school, and this was really strange."

Vinicius' Bio

Hello, my name is Vinicius Mano Sanches. My friends call me Vinny. I live in Jacksonville, a really nice city in Florida, which is in southeast USA. I am spending my year on exchange in Jacksonville, which is a beautiful city in Florida.

I am attending First Coast High School, north of Jacksonville. While on exchange, I hope to have many adventures, including the travel for west coast and New York and Scuba diving. How happy I am to be here.

November 30 Journal

Hi Everyone!! Now I am here about 3 months and 23 days, and I really am liking here and I already have a lot of experiences … like now I’m in the soccer team for my school. I am playing almost every day with my team and having a lot of games. We don't win so much the games but we are working really hard and we are having a lot of practice. I also have been in a concert of AC/DC here and was really awesome concert for me because I really like the band and everything.

I’m really having a great time here and already seen two games for the Jaguars and was really a good experience for me to see what is football here, and it is really great, I really liked it.

I also have seen the Blue Angels. It was one of the better experience for me because it was really amazing what guys can do with those planes. I also went to read for the kids in elementary school - kids from grade 1 and grade 3. And this was also a great thing, was really great reading for those kids. And actually they had more questions to me than the kids of my school, and this was really strange.

Yesterday I had the experience of the Thanksgiving holiday. It was awesome … was really about food :) and turkey and cherry pie and was really great for my host family to have all the sons in the house … was really great.