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Blog Entry #6 - Spring Break

When I heard "Spring Break" I always used to associate it with beach, travel, sun... in other words, Florida! Although spending the Spring Break in Florida would surely be amazing, it was not a possible reality for me. So, instead of getting tanned under the Sun, I spent my entire break getting whiter at the campus and in little trips to Walmart. But it did not mean I can not have really good moments. 
The most worthwhile moment during the Break was when I met my friends at Lucas' house. We spent almost all night there ranging from playing videogame, beer pong, to dancing a lot. Lucas welcomed us with pão-de-queijo (cheese bread, a Brazilian traditional food, picture on the left side), just when I first bit it I could realize how much I missed it. The girls also made caipirinha (a traditional Brazilian lemon drink), I brought a strawberry mix, and there were also vodka, tequila, fireball, whisky and plenty of beer. I started playing videogame with Eric, Lucas and Vinicius while the others were building the beer pong table. My partner of beer pong was Vinicius and we played against Eric and Paulinho, it was a really strained game, we started winning but they turned the game in the end and we lost it. We also could play the songs that we missed so much and we grew up listening to them and we sang them at the top of our lungs. I really missed this moments with my friends and it was really nostalgic.   

Stéfanny, Ruana, Vinicius, me , Lucas, Eric, Paulinho, Valdery, Mariana and Thaís.

Blog Entry #5 - Panambi

 Panambi is a city located in Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (the southernmost state of my country), by this way, it is really closed to Uruguay and Argentina. Panambi has a lot of parks and trees and places where you can hike. Also, it has a plenty of waterfalls and you can easily connect yourself with the nature. 
So, let's suppose you do not like nature at all, it will not be a problem for you. Panambi was mostly colonized by Germans and they brought a lot of their culture with them, it is really reflected in architecture, gastronomy, language, etc. If you look for "cafe colonial" (colonial diner), I swear to you, if you love food, you will not regret. 
There are also a lot of cultural shows, museums and pubs and a plenty of food and nature to enjoy.


A city view form my house
Believe me, this is downtown!
Waterfalls ♥


Blog Entry #4 - A city problem

I am from Panambi, Rio Grande do Sul (the southern state of Brazil). A major concern in my city are the street potholes. There are many potholes and everyday the number of them just increase. They are caused by two major factors:
1) The low quality of the existing asphalt and the replacement asphalt (which is also of low quality and by this way cheaper than one of a high quality).
2) The constant water leaks caused by old water pipes across the city.
The solutions are easy ones. First of all, they need to replace the old water pipes by new ones (actually, already exists a project for this) and after, but just AFTER, they can replace the asphalt by one of a higher quality (that is more expensive, but in a long-term it pays itself).

A little of the putholes