Quatro mêses no o país mais maravilhoso do mundo

Hej allesammen!


Så er det blevet december og det er blevet d.4. eller faktisk d.5. december hjemme i Danmark hvilket markerer min 4 månedsdag her i Brasilien. Som alle der er en del af Rotary Youth Exchange siger: "Dit udvekslingsår flyver bare afsted" og jeg må igen give Rotary ret, tiden er fløjet afsted og det er svært at tro at mere end en 1/3 del af mit udvekslingsår er gået. Jeg har nydt de første 4 måneder utrolig meget, der har været svære øjeblikke, men det har som sagt været "øjeblikke". Udveksling er intet mindre end fantastisk og formentlig den bedste oplevelse i mit liv.
Her i Brasilien er sommerferien lige om hjørnet, og i sommerferien tager jeg altså hul på mine ture rundt i dette store land. I første omgang går turen til Salvador, Bahia. Stedet hvor karnaval startede, fantastiske strande, varme og hjem til de farverige bahianas. Programmet ser således ud:


14/01 
Arrivial in Salvador
20:00 – Dinner 
Got out for a nice shopping and a place with ATMs of various banks.


15/01
Breakfast 
09:00 - Praia do Forte
Visit to the beautiful and important Tamar Project (it defends the protection of sea turtles, and has breeding tanks where you find turtles, visitor’s center, museum and a beautiful souvenir shop) at Praia do Forte. It is a success on sea fauna preservation.
Also take a walk on the charming village of Praia do Forte with its colorful shops, ice-cream shops with typical Northeast fruits ice-creams – try the delicious cajá ice-cream -, coffee places and also the famous typical food from Bahia: Acarajé!
20:00 – Dinner 


16/01
Breakfast
08:00 h – Departure for the cultural city tour through the Central Market (an excellent market with many handcraft works and capoeira shows) and the “Cidade Baixa” walking by the wonderful coastline of Salvador.

After visiting the market we will follow on foot to the Historical Center of Pelourinho. We will go up by the Lacerda elevator, it has 72m height and link the “Cidade Baixa” to the “Cidade Alta”. At the top of Lacerda Elevator, at the City Hall Square, you will see one of the most beautiful views from the capital city: the “Baía de Todos os Santos” that has to fund the Itaparica Island.

Lunch in a typical restaurant.
14:00h - Visit to the Historical Center of Pelourinho (it is a neighborhood with historical buildings of XVII and XVIII centuries with narrow streets where it is located The First Medicine University Of Brazil (1808).
Through the streets of “Pelô” you can find history, art, party, the rich and beautiful “Convento de São Francisco de Assis” (1587), which has the largest quantity of gold from Brazil in baroque paintings and the Museum of the Bahia writer Jorge Amado. Between an alley and other we are contaminated by the vibrant rhythms of the “axé” music, the “samba-reggae” and the african-brazilian rhythm!
The local life-way and its culture allow us to experience, as a native, this unique experience of a neighborhood inhabited mostly by descendants of black slaves from Africa that came to Brazil at the colonization period.
Curiosity: the name Pelourinho was borrowed from the columns where the slaves and criminals were whipped by the end of the nineteenth century. The pillories were disabled with the abolition of slavery.
Then we will visit the “Dick do Tororó”, where the sculptures of the 7 Orixás and the “Farol da Barra” are located. At the “Mercado Modelo” and the shops of Pelourinho you will find the original Capoeira Pants and also the real “berimbau” (sound instrument played at Capoeira Shows).
19:00 h - Dinner.
20:00 h – Folkloric Show.


17/01
Breakfast 
8:00h - Departure for a wonderful boat ride to the “Ilha dos Frades”. It will go through several islands in the “Baía de Todos os Santos”, with a stop for swimming in the semi-deserted beach of “Ilha dos Frades”. We will make a picnic on the beach! (Each one takes his/her snack).
Lunch.
16:00h – Return to Salvador going straight to the hotel for a nice shower!
20:00h – Dinner.

18/01
08:00am - Breakfast
Departure to the airport/bus station. The students will be boarded to their host cities with our monitors assistance at the airport/bus station in Salvador. 


Så jeg glæder mig og håber det bliver en fed tur!


Até mais;)


ps. undskyld for manglen af billeder i mine indlæg, men mit net kan ikke oploade billeder her på blogspot, så hvis I vil se mere til mit liv her i Brasilien så tjek min facebook ud;)