Brasília

I can’t believe it’s been a month since my last post. I really thought it was like a few weeks. Oops.lol. Anyways, I’m here to tell you all about the wonderful Brazilian capital city of Brasília!  

We arrived Sunday afternoon after over 12 hours of travel. Our van came to pick us up at 4am. Michol and I went to a friend’s birthday party the night before and got back around 2. Needless to say I was exhausted. It really didn’t matter though because I was TOO geeked. And rightfully so. The 2012 Fulbright Brazil ETAs are a paragon of awesomeness.  We all met up at the mall as our flights got in at different times. It was SO refreshing to hear about other people’s experiences both in and out of their host cities. I’d even venture to say I made a new friend.  Maria if you’re reading this I’m talking about you! ;)

Monday we went to this fancy restaurant where the food was served a course at a time. When we got to Araguaína, I kept passing this shop with this gorgeous one-piece in the window. One day I didn’t see it anymore and decided to go ask about it. They hadn’t sold it so I bought it. It was more expensive than my usual taste, but I decided to treat myself.  I’m still pleased with that decision J

Tuesday was Chapada Imperial. We were told “nature walk.” I was like cool, I got this one in the bag. If you remember from my http://ambernicolej.blogspot.com.br/2012/07/waterfalls.html post last month, “nature walk” meant chest-high natural pools. So naturally I brought my slide in sandals to slide off when we came to water. Silly me. “Nature walk” in Brasília means 5 hour, 400m vertical hike. I didn’t feel well at all that morning, but my trusty cohorts made the day a blast.

(What I thought we were doing, II)

(What we were actually doing, II)

Wednesday. Sit-chee-too. I said “Excuse me?” at which point Valeria Englishified her Brazilianized version of the words “City Tour.” We got a good laugh out of that one. Anyway, it was an enjoyable day. Long, but we were able to get out and take pictures like these ones and stretch. We were also able to see that 36 different groups of people are on strike.

 (From where the picture is taken the acoustics are as such that you can hear clearly someone standing on the other end. The world is such a skeptical place cuz I immediately wondered if it was rigged with a microphone.)

(The cool kids in front of Congress)

 Fourth and Final Day.  Epicness took place Thursday night. We saw DJ Chocolatey at a club of “Musica Black” (yeah, that’s what it sounds like,lol) After a while, everybody else just left and the DJ started takin our requests.  He was pretty on point for a while even without our help.

(End of the night)

So that was Brasília. More to come next week!