Day 17 - Salvador

On the 23rd of January 2017, we went to the city of Salvador. We left the hotel at 8 o'clock and did a bus tour around some monuments in Salvador. Our first stop was at a church in Salvador, which has a wall in front with thousands of little coloured bands. Everybody took a lot of pictures and a lot of people bought bundles of those coloured bands. After that, we went to the Mercado Municipal of Salvador which was very nice to see. Before lunch we visited another big church in the old innercity of Salvador. This church was one of the biggest and most famous churches of Salvador and its completely in gold from the inside and with a lot of ornaments. When we left the church, we went directly to the restaurant where we had lunch. They had some specific plates from Bahia there which probably tasted very good. After lunch we had freetime in the innercity until 16:45. It was very nice to walk the streets without someone telling you to hurry up. Then we went back to the hotel and had time to prepare the presentations for the Talent Show. The Talent Show was pretty fun and the guys from Taiwan really rocked it and they deserved to win it.

 

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El 23 de Enero de 2017 fuimos a la ciudad de Salvador. Dejamos el hotel a las 8 de la noche y hicimos un bustour alrededor de algunos monumentos en Salvador. Nuestra primera parada fue en una iglesia en Salvador, que tiene un muro en frente con miles de pequeñas bandas de colores. Todo el mundo tomó muchas fotos y mucha gente compró paquetes de esas bandas de colores. Después de eso, fuimos al mercado municipal de Salvador que era muy agradable de ver. Antes del almuerzo visitamos otra gran iglesia en la vieja ciudad de Salvador. Esta iglesia fue una de las iglesias más grandes y famosas de Salvador y su totalidad de oro desde el interior y con un montón de adornos. Cuando dejamos la iglesia, fuimos directamente al restaurante donde almorzamos. Tenían algunos platos específicos de Bahía, que probablemente probado muy bueno. Después del almuerzo tuvimos tiempo libre en la comodidad hasta las 16:45. Fue muy agradable caminar por las calles sin que alguien te dijera que darse prisa. Luego volvimos al hotel y tuvimos tiempo de preparar las presentaciones para el Show de Talento. El Show de Talento fue bastante divertido y los chicos de Taiwán realmente rocker y merecían ganarlo.

 

Day 16 - Praia do Forte / Salvador

Despues el desayuno, fuimos a Praia do Forte donde comimos el almuerzo. Despues el almuerzo los grupos fuieron a  el Projecto Tamar, donde veeimos muchos tortugas y un tiburon tambien. Despues el projecto, fuimos a Salvador. En Salvador vistamos el baile folclorico da bahia. Un baile muy linda y interesante y reflecta  la cultura de Bahia. Cenamos pastas muy rico y tuvimos nuestra reunion. Buenas noches!

 

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After breakfast we went to Praia do Forte where we had lunch. After lunch the groups went to the Tamar Project where we saw many turtles and also a shark. After the project we left for Salvador. In  Salvador we visited the folkloric ballet of Bahia. The dance was very beautiful and interesting and reflects the culture of Bahia. We had a few types of delicious pasta for dinner and then had our meeting.

Good night!

 

Day 15 - Porto de Galinhas

Saímos cedo de Recife e partimos em direção a Porto de Galinhas. Chegando lá tivemos tempo livre para disfrutar a bela praia, e por sorte o tempo estava ótimo. O tempo livre também foi usado para conhecer as redondezas da praia e todas as estátuas de galinha espalhada pela área da praia. Logo após o almoço seguimos em direção a Aracaju, onde tivemos uma pernoite para seguirmos em direção a Praia do Forte.

 

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We left Recife and travelled to Porto de Galinhas. Once we got there we had free time to enjoy this beautiful beach, by the way the weather was really nice. The free time was also spent to meet the neighborhood and all the "galinhas" statues around town. Right after lunch we continued our journey towards Aracaju, where we spent the night to keep the drive as far as Praia do Forte.

Day 14 - Olinda / Recife

Después de Natal es hasta Olinda que manejaban algunas horas. Es una pequeña ciudad con mucho colores, calles subiendo y bajando y muchos lindos punto de vista! Hacíamos un recorrido a través de las diferentes iglesias y la catedral. Esta ciudad está muy conocida también para su carnaval que es uno de los más bonito de todo Brasil, y encima vimos una démonstration de baile y algunas de las decoraciones utilizadas durante el carnaval. Es una ciudad muy agradable, y el corazón de Olinda es increíble con un montón de pequeña tiendas y decoraciones que permiten sacar fotos muy graciosas. 

Comíamos juntos y finalmente llegamos a Recife dónde seguimos visitando las calles de Brasil y su atmósfera amical que se siente en su centro. Después de este largo día caminando mucho, fuimos a un shopping que nos dio la "jegue porreta" del día... Fifi para preguntar un "Lalala" hamburguesa, comprar 3 ropa interior, después de fijarse si no están muy claro o obscuro y tampoco caro -porque no tiene plata-, una nueva remera. (Negra al final)  y... olvidarse su tarjeta de banco allí. Dur un dia muy lindo.

 

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Leaving the city of Natal towards Olinda, we drove for a few hours. It's a small city full of color, rising streets and lovely views. We did a guided tour and discovered the different churches and the cathedral. This city is also known for her carnaval which is probably one of the best of all Brazil; we even saw a dance demonstration and some of the decorations used during the carnaval. It's a really funny place, and the heart of Olinda is gorgeous with all the small shops and decoration-like interacting things which give you a bunch of very funny pictures.

We ate all together and finally drove as far as Recife, where we kept on discovering the streets of Brazil, and the friendly atmosphere standing in its center. After this really long walking day, we went to a shopping mall, which gave us our "jegue porreta" of the day, Fifi for ordering a Lalala burger, buying 3 pairs of panties, after being sure they weren't too light or too dark nor too expansive- because he doesn't have Money - and forgetting his bank card in there... It was a really cool day.

Day 13 - Natal, buggies and Luau

Buen día, en el blog de hoy les hablaré de los sucesos que acontecieron el día miércoles 18 de enero de 2017. Como todos los días, despertamos temprano, cerca de las 8 de la mañana y tomamos nuestro desayuno.

El día comenzó con nuestra foto grupal en el boulevard de la playa, después, fuimos divididos en dos grupos, la mitad se fue al paseo de "buggie"(ron, no sé cómo de escribe eso jajajaja) y la otra mitad fue a la alberca y playa.

En el paseo de #buggie recorrimos parte de la ciudad de Natal; después nos llevaron a #Xtremoz, donde se encuentran unas dunas de arena blanca, estos carros hicieron grandes maniobras y tomamos fotos donde se podían apreciar grandes vistas de la ciudad. También nos deslizamos por una duna "SandBoard"

Poco después de medio día tuvimos nuestro almuerzo y tiempo libre para estar en la piscina del restaurante o ir a la playa, algunos de hicieron tatuajes de henna. En la tarde, visitamos Shopping Natal, para hacer algunas compras necesarias. En la tarde noche, fuimos a un restaurante para cenar, por primera vez, en un colectivo íbamos solo las niñas y en el otro solo los niños, cuando las niñas llegamos al restaurante, nos topamos con la sorpresa de que los niños estaban esperándonos en una clase de bienvenida, fue muy lindo.

Después de la cena, estábamos esperando la fiesta, las niñas aguardamos en el restaurante mientras que los niños se adelantaron, lo cual fue un poco extraño, después llegó la hora de irnos... minutos después, llegamos al boulevard de la playa y caminamos parte de el mientras cantabamos y nos divertíamos, llegamos a la fiesta y los niños nos sorprendieron con música, rosas y baile en nuestro honor, simplemente extraordinario!❤

Cerramos la noche algunos mojados a causa de que se metieron a la playa, otros cansados por tanto bailar, pero todo mundo divertido y feliz!

 

Escrito por C. Viviana Gallegos Espadas y David A. Cerrato.

 

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Good day, today in this blog I'm gonna tell you about the events that happened on Wednesday.
Like every day, we wake up early, around the eight o'clock in the morning and we had our breakfast.
The day started with our group photo in the boulevard of the beach. Then we were divided into two groups: half went on a buggy ride and the other half went to the pool and beach.

On the ride on the buggy we traveled part at the city of Natal. Then we were taken to Xtremoz: there are huge dunes, but fortunately these cars are made for this; we took the greatest photos of the entire city. We also slip in a dune with the sandboards, that was soooo cool. 

Shortly after noon we had our lunch and free time to be in the restaurant pool or go to the beach; some have done henna tattoos.

In the afternoon, we visited the Natal center shopping mal. In the late of the afternoon, we went to a restaurant for dinner, for the first time in a group we were only girls in a bus and  the other bus, only for boys. When the girls arrived at the restaurant, we came across the surprise that the boys were waiting for us in a kind of welcome, it was very cute.

After dinner, we were waiting for the party, the girls waited in the restaurant while the guys went ahead, it was a bit strange! Then it was time to leave.
Minutes later, we arrived at the beach boulevard and walked part of it as the time we sang and had fun, we arrived at the party and the boys surprised us with music, roses and dancing in our honor.❤

We closed the night; some wet because some people had gotten to the beach, others tired to dance, but everyone had fun and we were very happy.

 

Written by C. Viviana Gallegos Espadas and David A. Cerrato.

 

Day 12 - Natal

So today we started the day with a tour around the city of Natal. The tour ended at the biggest cashew tree in the world, the tree grows to the side and is about as big as a city block. Right outside there is a public market where we could try cashew juice and different types of cashews. There are also lots of places to eat and buy souvenirs. Lunch we ate for ourselves close to the market and then later we met up to go to a beach, where we had stand up paddle classes. After that went back to the hotel and had some free time before we headed out for dinner, which was at a pizzaria, where we ate many different kinds of pizzas, like chocolate-banana pizza. Back in the hotel we had our daily meeting and for the first time of the trip a girl (Kendra) was elected to the fool of the day, the "jegue porreta".

 

Written by Leon, Oswaldo, Toon and Herman.

 

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Então, hoje nós começamos com um passeio pela cidade de Natal; o passeio terminou no maior cajueiro do mundo: a árvore cresce para os lados e é quase assim grande como um quarteirão de uma cidade. Na fora tem um mercado público onde nós poderíamos provar o suco de caju e os tipos diferentes de cajus. Tiveram muitos lugares para comer e comprar lembranças. No almoço, comemos no mercado e, em seguida, saímos para a praia onde tivemos aulas de stand up paddle. Depois voltamos para o hotel e tivemos um tempo livre antes de sair para o jantar. O jantar foi em uma pizzaria onde comemos vários tipos diferentes de pizzas. Por exemplo pizza doce com banana e chocolate. De volta ao hotel, tivemos a nossa reunião diária e pela primeira vez da viagem uma menina (Kendra) foi eleita a tola do dia, o "jegue porreta".

 

Escrito por Leon, Oswaldo, Toon e Herman.

 

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Entonces el día comenzó con un tour por la ciudad de Natal, el tour finalizó cuando llegamos al árbol de " Cashew" más grande del mundo, el árbol crece hacia los lados, y su territorio ocupa una cuadra en la ciudad. Afuera de la atracción, se encuentra un mercado libre, donde podrás beber el jugo de "Cashew" y podrás ver diferentes tipos de él. Hay gran variedad de lugares con comida o para comprar recuerdos, llaveros. La comida era dentro del mercado y fue por nuestra propia cuenta, después todos nos reunimos para ir a la playa. En donde tuvimos una clase de pedaleo. Al final, todos regresamos al hotel para tener tiempo libre y para arreglarnos antes de salir a cenar. La cena era en un restaurante de Pizzería, donde tuvimos la oportunidad de escoger varios tipos de pizza. Por ejemplo, había una pizza de chocolate con plátano. De vuelta al hotel, tuvimos la reunión de todos los días, y por primera vez en el viaje, había una mujer ( Kendra) que fue nominada como la más graciosa del día. El " Jegga Poheta".

 

Escrito por Leon, Oswaldo, Toon y Herman.

 

Day 11 - Maceió / Natal

Hoje nos despedimos de Maceió com um belo café da manhã em frente à piscina. Nos encontramos com o grupo dos meninos, que estavam em outro hotel na mesma rua, e partimos em direção a Natal.
Após mais de uma semana de viagem, os ônibus foram mesclados para garantir maior interação entre este grande grupo de 84 intercambistas. A viagem durou cerca de 10 horas e nos divertimos no ônibus assistindo vários filmes, e também o DVD da Aventura Sul-Americana realizada em 2016.
Ao chegarmos em Natal fomos jantar em um restaurante chinês. Finalizamos o dia com nossa tradicional reunião diária e eleição do jegue porreta.
Estamos ansioso para o dia de amanhã, que faremos aula de stand up paddle.

 

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Today we said goodbye to Maceió with a nice breakfast in front of the pool. We met the boys, who were staying in another hotel, and head off to Natal.
After more than one week, we mixed the busses to make sure all the 84 exchange students get along.
The road trip lasted about 10 hours and we had fun watching movies and the DVD from 2016 South American Adventure.
After we checked in Natal we went to a Chinese restaurant.
Last but not least, we finished our day with our daily meeting and Jegue Porreta election.
We are anxious for tomorrow, we will have stand up paddle classes.