Day 4: August 14, 2014
We definitely had a very busy day in Florianopolis today. The city tour originally planned for the first half of Friday was moved to today to allow us to have the entire Friday to ourselves. The city tour was absolutely amazing. We did a tour of the entire island of Florianopolis, visiting its many beaches, popular sites and fishing towns. Every site we visited was entirely too beautiful and I couldn’t help but snap a couple of photos. Of the many places we visited I was particularly struck by the beaches we visited. The water was so pristine and clean, but very cold. Despite being under the weather, I couldn’t help but jump in along with the other boys on the trip.
A picture from the lookout point overseeing all of the city of Florianopolis
One of Florianopolis' famous surfing beaches
Kim, Aryel, Fowzia, Elijah, Summer, Joe and myself at another beautiful viewpoint over Florianopolis.
Nick, Aryel, Elijah, Joe and myself
Stay tuned for our debut album "Dem Boyz on the Beach"
Following the city tour we attend a lecture at the University of Santa Catarina hosted by Dr. Baltazar Guerra. Despite Dr. Baltazar Guerra being an economist, he is deeply involved in search for new renewable energy sources and the push for sustainability in Brazil. In his lecture he explained to us Brazil’s current energy status and how a joint effort between Brazil, Chile and Germany is being made to develop renewable energy programs in South America. It was very interesting to see how much progress has already been made with their program. Following the presentation by Dr. Baltazar, myself, along with Elijah, Joe, Summer, Fowzhia and Jessica all went to dinner together at a nearby pizza place. Pizza is very different from the pizza in the United States. It definitely is of better quality and more similar to traditional Italian pizza. To wrap up the night we all attended a night club along the Florianopolis shore called Sete (Seven in Portuguese), which was a great time.
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