January 20, 2019
Today was an amazing day spent with my host family. Since we’ve been in class for most of this trip so far, we’ve been waking up at around 6:45 each morning to make it to class by 8 a.m. Today, my host family and I slept in till about 10:30 a.m. It’s the little things, and man do I really enjoy sleeping in, even if it’s only for a day. Brazilian breakfast consists of toast and fruits, with warm milk and coffee. Warm milk is something that I’m not used to but was actually pretty good.
We then loaded up and traveled to the water museum here in Piracicaba. It was full of historic water treatment systems and also included aquariums full of native fish species found in the Piracicaba river. We then had lunch at a local restaurant, which was incredible, and then headed home to relax and nap for the rest of the afternoon.
The extended family visited that night and we had a cookout and enjoyed beef and grilled cheese. It was a wonderful day spent building relationships and exploring Piracicaba that I won’t soon forget!
I had fun learning more about the history of Piracicaba!
Sista sista
-Maggie Hovermale