May 1st Free Day

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Today is May 1st and a holiday in Brazil. The holiday is Workers’ day and celebrates the worker. Most people have this day off except for workers like service workers. Because of the holiday many shops were closed so today was mainly a pool side day. A few students went to visit the zoo. There they held hippos, monkies, birds, zebras, and a crocodile. The zoo is federally run and under construction in some parts. The pool is very nice and many students spent a few hours swimming and lounging. For the evening, two members of the group went to the lighthouse to view the sunset and get dinner. Another four group members went out to dinner and walked by the sunset where they saw a rally of some sort. The rally was described as people dancing but also had images and symbols of the previous president Lula. The last two members of the group went to dinner at a classy restaurant for the evening. Tomorrow we have the last event of our trip and then another free day on Thursday before traveling again to Rio and then New York.

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