When thinking about what to write, I forgot about a very important event that occurred last weekend. First, meeting new people on campus makes it much easier to figure out where to do things around Joao Pessoa. It's even better when people on campus are willing to bring us to these places, and let us play tourists for a day. Second, surprises are not really my favorite things, but last weekend a couple new friends decided to bring us out to eat, as well as surprise us with something after eating. Needless to say, I was quite anxious and excited to find out what the surprise was (even though they told us about where we were going, the destination was still a surprise to me, yes, I know, ignorant American).
Last Saturday the very very nice people decided to bring us to a restaurant names Mangai. It was like Disneyworld, which a few of us muttered to each other when we walked into the restaurant. The food was delicious and for a person like me was enough of an adventure, and quite happy from just this experience. As many of you might know, I love food, so this was a very happy moment for me during the day. Before I go on, I have to discuss how buffet style restaurants work here in Joao Pessoa. Instead of paying a flat rate, all you can eat style buffet, like in the States, here in Joao Pessoa most places are self-service pay for the weight of your plate. There are places like this in the States, but to all of my friends from Oswego where this is not the case; a little getting use to. But the money was well spent on the food.
After we finished lunch, we started to drive towards the eastern shore. Since we've been here, some of us have been discussing what was at the corner of where we go to the beach. Well, this was the direction we were heading in, and it was where we ended up going. Driving up to the gate, I noticed a sign that said Hard Forro. Me, thinking it meant "Hard Rock" (due to the typography and colors), thought it was a Hard Rock Cafe. Nope. It was just a sign that looked identical to the Hard Rock Cafe sign; many laughs happened, ending with me laughing at the situation too.
After this, we entered the Estação Cabo Branco. This is the equivalent of a science museum in the States, but was cooler and way more interactive. When we were in the actual museum part, my camera died, so I was quite sad and irritated. So I wasn't able to get as many pictures from this experience that I wanted. :( What lightened my mood were the "giant toys". Where, we all got to learn some physics while having fun at the same time, which made for a good laugh from time to time. One part that stood out in my mind, was when myself and another student were asked to talk to each other using just two concave shells that were about 20 feet away from each other. The idea was that we could hear each other, but no one else could hear us. But the part that made me more confused than anything was when the girl giving us the tour, who was obviously speaking in Portuguese, started talking in perfect English to me. I had to take a step back for a second, but then realized she was probably a student at the university, which is more or less the case for many at the university. Still confusing for a second though.
Finally, we got to see the Cabo Branco Lighthouse, which was quite an interesting site to see. Oh, and here's a picture of me next to the lighthouse.
Until next time...
- a hero within
Last Saturday the very very nice people decided to bring us to a restaurant names Mangai. It was like Disneyworld, which a few of us muttered to each other when we walked into the restaurant. The food was delicious and for a person like me was enough of an adventure, and quite happy from just this experience. As many of you might know, I love food, so this was a very happy moment for me during the day. Before I go on, I have to discuss how buffet style restaurants work here in Joao Pessoa. Instead of paying a flat rate, all you can eat style buffet, like in the States, here in Joao Pessoa most places are self-service pay for the weight of your plate. There are places like this in the States, but to all of my friends from Oswego where this is not the case; a little getting use to. But the money was well spent on the food.
After we finished lunch, we started to drive towards the eastern shore. Since we've been here, some of us have been discussing what was at the corner of where we go to the beach. Well, this was the direction we were heading in, and it was where we ended up going. Driving up to the gate, I noticed a sign that said Hard Forro. Me, thinking it meant "Hard Rock" (due to the typography and colors), thought it was a Hard Rock Cafe. Nope. It was just a sign that looked identical to the Hard Rock Cafe sign; many laughs happened, ending with me laughing at the situation too.
After this, we entered the Estação Cabo Branco. This is the equivalent of a science museum in the States, but was cooler and way more interactive. When we were in the actual museum part, my camera died, so I was quite sad and irritated. So I wasn't able to get as many pictures from this experience that I wanted. :( What lightened my mood were the "giant toys". Where, we all got to learn some physics while having fun at the same time, which made for a good laugh from time to time. One part that stood out in my mind, was when myself and another student were asked to talk to each other using just two concave shells that were about 20 feet away from each other. The idea was that we could hear each other, but no one else could hear us. But the part that made me more confused than anything was when the girl giving us the tour, who was obviously speaking in Portuguese, started talking in perfect English to me. I had to take a step back for a second, but then realized she was probably a student at the university, which is more or less the case for many at the university. Still confusing for a second though.
Finally, we got to see the Cabo Branco Lighthouse, which was quite an interesting site to see. Oh, and here's a picture of me next to the lighthouse.
Until next time...
- a hero within
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