Astorga
Sunday, May 7
These blogs may get shorted since I can´t hook up my laptop to the internet here.
Yesterday was a time for tearful good-byes as we left our first host families in Arapongas to move on to Astorga, a small town about half an hour from Arapongas.
After time to settle in, we all got together for pizza downtown with our new hosts.
Today, Sunday, about 15 of us headed to Maringa, about an hour away from Astorgas. Maringa is a larger city, perhaps 250,000, and quite nice. We stopped by the Cathedral, a remarkable building built from concrete and towering about 500 feet high. It was started in 1972 and dedicated in 1982. I would think that if you went to Google Images and typed in Maringa cathedral or catedral, you would come up with something. It was the most distinctive church I]have seen since Brasilia or Helsinki.
After that, we ate at an all-you-can-eat buffet in town. The cost for men was R$8.95 and $R7.95 for women, about $4.50 and $4.00 USD.
We spent the afternoon and early evening at the Maringa agricultureal exposition, much like the Elkhart County Fair or a samll state fair back in the States. Except that at the Elkhart County Fair, they do not serve beer. Been eating a lot of food but this was about the first that I´ve eaten junk food. Maringa is big enough to have a McDonald´s but we did not eat there.
Enough for now and hopefully some others will post.
If you are reading this, please post some comments so we know it is being read and by whom. Just click on the comments link.
These blogs may get shorted since I can´t hook up my laptop to the internet here.
Yesterday was a time for tearful good-byes as we left our first host families in Arapongas to move on to Astorga, a small town about half an hour from Arapongas.
After time to settle in, we all got together for pizza downtown with our new hosts.
Today, Sunday, about 15 of us headed to Maringa, about an hour away from Astorgas. Maringa is a larger city, perhaps 250,000, and quite nice. We stopped by the Cathedral, a remarkable building built from concrete and towering about 500 feet high. It was started in 1972 and dedicated in 1982. I would think that if you went to Google Images and typed in Maringa cathedral or catedral, you would come up with something. It was the most distinctive church I]have seen since Brasilia or Helsinki.
After that, we ate at an all-you-can-eat buffet in town. The cost for men was R$8.95 and $R7.95 for women, about $4.50 and $4.00 USD.
We spent the afternoon and early evening at the Maringa agricultureal exposition, much like the Elkhart County Fair or a samll state fair back in the States. Except that at the Elkhart County Fair, they do not serve beer. Been eating a lot of food but this was about the first that I´ve eaten junk food. Maringa is big enough to have a McDonald´s but we did not eat there.
Enough for now and hopefully some others will post.
If you are reading this, please post some comments so we know it is being read and by whom. Just click on the comments link.
posted by Doug Risser at 4:06 PM
1 Comments:
You´re right about the sunscreen! First burn was at the soccer game on Monday last week. She´s doing better with the sunscreen now but burns easily.
As for the "As the World Turns" stuff, what´s it worth to know the whole story?
Doug Risser
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