Internship

Beatriz Medina, student from Mexico

Management of Tourism Business
Universidad Del Valle de Atemajac - Mexico

3 months of paid internship
Employer: Barnaldo Lucrécia Bar e Restaurante
City: São Paulo, SP
Period: May - July 2010

I am a student from Tourism and I have 20 years. I wanted to do an internship in a foreign country but I have never thought about Brazil. I did an internship as bar assistent, in the bar-restaurant "BARNALDO-LUCRECIA" SP, SAO PAULO. I loved the city in all ways. Sao Paulo is an incredible place and it doesn't stops!!! Sao  has everything: "good food, nice night clubs, friendly and smiling people".
At the Bar, I learned a lot of things, the people from Barnaldo are wonderful and  bar has an environment that makes you feel always happy, besides its unique and quality service.
In my internship, ABIPE got an accommodation for me to live and I had the luck to know a family that always helped me in every moment.
Actually most of the people I met so far are a true inspiration to me, they all have always a lot of energy and the best attitude to do everything. Here in Sao Paulo everybody lives from their passion.
I think Brasil is a great country to do any kind of thing, specially an exchange. I believe that you will fall in love with everything.
During my internship I participated in an interview of a television program. I loved it, it was very interesting because it was live, we talked about cultural internship and the point of discussion was to know wether it is better to work or to studysaber se é melhor estudar ou trabalstudy. I believe both are very good because you gain a personal experience and a lot of knowledge but you also share and simultaneously create new life experiences and friendships for a lifetime.