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Today we visited a fort in Natal called Fortaleza dos Reis Magos or Fort Wise Kings. It was used as a signal station for airplanes during World War II. Another cool thing is that when the Dutch attacked it a long time ago in  1633, there was a siege for 4 days, and then surrender when its Portuguese commander was killed. Sometimes I have a hard time fathoming how such a little building covering such a large piece of land can accomplish its task. I also noted that the doorways were a lot smaller back in that time period. Okay, not that they were smaller back then, they're the same size that they are right now. What I meant is that I guess as the human race has developed, we have gradually become taller.

Too bad I wasn't there to fend off the Dutch!!

Actually, the Dutch did a lot of things to help advance the Northeastern society of Brazil, especially Recife!! When you a brown or black-skinned person with green or blue eyes, it's safe to assume that that's because of the Dutch!!!