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Well, I woke up a little later today because several people from our group went to see Batman last night and we didn’t get home until about 3 in the morning. Totally worth it in my opinion. Today, here in Fortaleza, we split up into smaller groups and went to visit a couple historical and modern sites here. I went with Jonny, Michelle, and Sara. Mercado Central, Catedral Metropolitana de Fortaleza, Teatro Sao Jose, e Centro Dragao do Mar de Arte e Cultura (The Dragon Center of Art and Culture of the Sea) were the places that we visited.

 I really liked the Cathedral because of Roman Gothic design, and how much it was illuminated. It gave off a different feeling then the cathedrals which I saw in Recife. I learned that  it was built in the 1930’s, which probably explains the difference between it and a lot of the other Brazilian Cathedrals I have seen.

Some of the stained glass art which we saw at the Cathedral. Michelle taught me that blue is
the most expensive color to make, so these guys had some money...

The Mercado Central(Central Market) is probably one of the coolest "malls" I have been to.

It gave off a really urbanized feeling and I really appreciated the structure.

That doesn't mean I bought anything though.

A picture of me having a philosophical discussion with a Brazilian Poet
whose name I failed to memorize/ take a picture of.

I enjoyed everything, but definitely what attracted me the most were the structures of the Central Market and the Cathedral. It is interesting to see how building styles change with the times, and I wonder where we'll be  in about 100 years. Will stadiums be different? Will they look at our public libraries and compare it to their own? We can only speculate now, but we can see how history has gone through different phases.

Hopefully, our "phase" will be looked on as a good, prosperous time in history. That's how I view my stay in Brazil.

Thanks for reading!!