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Portuguese in DC....

So I speak Spanish! I have been to a few Latin American countries, and I have flags from many of these places. It is absolutely essential to speak Spanish(and dance Salsa Imho) to be really effective. Along with my experience in the game so far, this forum supports the fact that you need to be able to communicate. So I very shortly will be heading to RIO and will be spending several months there. I DEFINITELY do not want to show up in the battlefield with no language skills(weapon) at all. So I am very serious AND have been researching the possibility taking of immersion courses in the Washington DC area.

It initially sounded weird to me, that a language immersion course in anything other language besides English could work. But then I met regular Americans in DC, one of which who spoke Spanish and one of which who spoke Portuguese fluently. These two particularly said they actually learned an immersion course here. My Brazilian chick and I met one of them (a tall blond bartender chick) at a sushi spot. They had a lengthy conversation in Portuguese and my chick told me after that she was really surprised by the girls Portuguese and it was indeed really good. Especially for someone who never left America.

Ahhhhahaaa!!!! Light bulb went off!!!! That is all I need to do damage from day 1 in Rio!!!

So now, I have found a program that also caters to working adults, in the DC region, but it is a very intensive course(6 days a week for several months). If we can organize a group of at least 6-10 guys from here to take the course together, and also get up to %50 tuition reduction. Then I can spend the rest of my money on my RIO ticket. So NOW.... where are all the guys in the DC region that are serious about learning Portuguese fluently, so we can go down there and do some damage in a few months.