Prosperando

Recap de Janeiro

As we are travelling to Foz do Iguaçu from Rio de Janeiro, let's take some time to reflect.
The past eight days have been very intense and full of impressions. Rio has turned out to be a city of contrasts. Lots of rich people live in big houses behind locked iron gates, while homeless people sleep on the sidewalks. The world-famous beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema are, at some places, just a few hundred meters away from favelas. The Brazilian efficiency (which has given an entire new dimension to the word slow) is compensated by friendliness of the people towards strangers. In spite of language challenges, the people are proud to talk of their culture and history.
I think that I can speak for all of us that one of the highlights definitely was the favela tour and the story that goes with it. The two famous sights of Rio, Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain, can also be ticked off of our bucket list. From the engineering side, it was very impressive to see the influence of fossil fuels companies like Petrobras in the research industry and university. Even in the renewable energy research, their influence could still be felt. The warm welcome at UFRJ and our many (de-)tours on University Island and showed that this was a really pleasant environment to work.
All in all, our first stop in Brazil has left us looking forward very much for the next stop.

Foz do Iguaçu, here we come!

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Prosperando - Study Tour 2014

En daarom gaan we dus naar Brazilië:

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Tomorrow we will show the film Rio in PT2.26, AKA "het gezelligheidshok". Come to PT2.26 and feel the vibe of Rio!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GRO31ve5Q

Rio - Official Trailer | HQ Rio the 3D animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios is all set to launch in April 2011 !! "RIO" is a story of a nerdy macaw who leaves the co...

The Christ the Redeemer statue broke his finger because it was struck by lightning.
The Christ the Redeemer statue will be one of the many beautiful things we're going to see in Brazil.

Lightning costs Brazil's iconic Christ statue tip of thumb The iconic statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro, one of the city's most recognizable landmarks, has lost a thumb tip to Lightning, a report said on Friday.

Already members of our organizing committee are working hard to get us to Brazil. Feel free to drop by PT8.07 for a cup of coffee and a chat!