• What is your full name? My full name is Dorothy Evelyn Lane. My family and friends call me by my nickname..Dottie.
• How old are you? I am 53 years old.
• How are you? I am so excited thinking about my up coming trip to Brazil.
• What is your city? I live in a small mountain town in Southern California. The town name is Big Bear Lake, and during the winter we get snow.
• What is your favorite food? I think on of my favorite food is pizza. I understand there is some GREAT pizza in Brazil.
• What is the American typical food? ?Typical American foods are hamburgers; french fries; pizza; and a lot of Mexican foods such as tacos and burritos.
• What are your holidays? What do you celebrate? Of course we celebrate Christmas; Easter and New Years, which I believe are also celebrated in Brazil. We also celebrate our Independence Day on July 4th; Thanksgiving on the 4th Thursday of November; and a favorite with school kids here....Halloween, October 31st. For the past two Christmases I have been lucky to host several Brazilian college students for Christmas Eve. It has been such a joy getting to know them.
• What are your schools like? There are several different types of schools in California, but generally Public and Private Schools. Children begin school at age 5, and stay in elementary school until they are 10-11 years old which is the 6th grade. Some schools only go to the 5th grade, and then grades 6, 7 and 8 are all together in middle school. That is what we have here in Big Bear.
