37 exchange students, 5 Rotarians,
3 Rotex chaperons and 1 very beautiful city, sounds like an amazing day? It so
was!
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exchange students from
england, america and canada :) |
The day started when all
the exchange students got together again, after a lot of excited hugging and
catching up with each other it was time for a quick breakfast. After a quick
breakfast all the exchange students were treated to a talk from a guy from
“belo brasil” belo brasil is the tour company that i'm travelling with in January
and may. The guy who was talking was pretty special. There were five girls
sitting in the front row, two Americans, me, a girl from Denmark and a girl from Austria. The guy went around the
room asking us our names and what country we can from. He greeted me and the
two Americans in English of course, but when it came to the girl from Denmark, he
spoke to her in Danish! He then when on to talk to the girl from Austria
in her native language. But he did not stop there, he spoke to the girl from France in French, the girl from Russia in Russian, the boy from Germany in German and the kids from Mexico in Spanish, he even spoke Taiwanese to
the kids from Taiwan.
I don’t know about you but someone who can hold a conversation in more than
four languages is a PRETTY amazing person >.<
after the talk it was time
for the tour around Holumbra. It’s the city that people from Holland
migrated to when they arrived in Brazil. They even have phone boxes
shaped like shoes!? After the tour it was time to take part in the parade.
Every year the exchange students bring their countries flag and every year the
exchange student’s march in the parade. And with over 15 countries trying to
prove that their country is the best it was a pretty loud parade to be part of!
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| on our way to the parade |
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| the platform with the flowers |
The end of the parade finished in a large field. In the middle of the large
field was a massive platform and from that platform, it rained flowers, like
actual rose petals!! There was also flowers be thrown from a helicopter which
was flying above us, it was sooo pretty! I managed to catch a rose petal and
take it home with me, sad I know >.< the day ended with all the exchange students having the biggest flower petal fight EVER!
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a very fierce petal fight
between england and canada >.< |
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| me and my petal :) |
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| all of the exchange students |
Oh and just something a
little funny, the flag I’m holding actually isn’t mine, someone bought it and
gave it to me because I’m British! How thoughtful of them >.<
