25th of July – Travel to Buenos Aires
Our day started early, we had to catch a bus to Argentina, and go from there to the airport. When we got to the airport our flight was apparently an…
24th of July – Visit to Iguazú falls Argentinian side
Today we visited the Argentinian side of Iguazú National Park. There are multiple trails: two short ones that were quite busy but took you right alongside the enormous waterfalls. It…
23rd of July – Travel to Iguaçu falls
The day began just after midnight with a celebration of Sabine’s birthday at a karaoke bar. One of the highlights of the evening was Albert and Sabine’s performance of Jolie,…
22nd of July – Visit to UNICAMP and Dow
The day started off with a short, 1.5 hour, busdrive to the campinas campus where we arrived at the chemical engineering department. Here we got a very enthusiastic, and honest,…
21st of July – Visit to UFABC and USP
Today we again had an early wakeup call, taking the bus at 7:45 towards the federal university of ABC (UFABC). For some of us, this was a bit of a…
20th of July – Visit to IPEN and IPT
We started the day early and hopped in the bus toward IPEN. IPEN is a research institute specializing in nuclear physics. After an introductory presentation we were brought around some…
19th of July – Free day
Today, the free day in Sao Paulo was wonderful. Piotr decided to discover the targeted or ignored minorités in Brazil through museum exibitions of sexual diversity, favelas recognition and Alcione…
18th of July – Liberdade neighbourhood
Hi, Patricija and Tessa here! Our first full day in Sao Paolo was a free day! With the whole group, we went to the neighborhood Liberdade, and on the way…
17th of July – Travel to São Paulo
We left our hotel at 945 this morning to exchange Rio de Janeiro for São Paulo. Since our chartered bus could not bring us we took the intercity bus. The…
16th of July – Free day
Today the group awoke after a lovely night of rest. Some woke up feeling a little more rested than others. However, the ocean did not wake up in such a…