We finally arrived in Curitiba at 6 o clock Brazil time, after over 30 hours of travel time for most of us. Each of our three connecting flights to Curitiba went extremely smooth and got us here safely.
Last night we met up with our guide for our time in Parana, Nadial. He was ready for us as soon as we stepped of the plane, and helped us with exchanging some currency at the airport. Knowing us Americans, he realized that we might need a Wal-Mart stop, so that was our first order of business. It was much like an American Wal-Mart for the most part, with more Brazilian food of course, but all the essentials can be found.
We checked into our hotel in downtown Curitiba, took a shower, changed clothes and took a bus ride to our welcome dinner at a local Itialian restaurent. The restaurent specializes in feeding a great number of people with great food, and can seat almost 5,000 guest. It was quite impressive, and it took a discipline in order to make sure the waiters did not keep piling the food onto your plate.
It was a great way to start our trip. Momentarily we will be heading to Paranagua Bay, on the Atlantic Coast and take part in a boat tour of one of Brazils largest ports.
Stayed tuned for more!!
The ACES Global Ambassadors Study Abroad Trip to Parana, Brazil is an agriculture based tour of many different aspects of Brazilian production and agribusiness. Students from the College of ACES at the University of Illinois will visit cooperative farms, Brazil's largest trading port in Paranagua bay, a dairy farm, sugar cane ethanol plant, and will finish the trip with a natural wonder of the world that is Iguassu Falls.
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