Jørn has now arrived in Porto Alegre in southern Brazil

Saturday 23 of May I arrived for a 2 weeks stay in Porto Alegre. I will stay with Ana Marie Pinto, AWE chapter contact in Brazil, and also a former teacher of IPC, Helsingør.

My first impression is that it is another Brazil from what we experienced in Belem. The climate is close to that of Danmark in Summer 18-24 degrees in the day and 6-7 degrees colder in night. However , we have to bear in mind that it is their Winter, as there are distinct seasons here. Porto Alegre is similar to a German or French big city and with a big dominance of white people. Yesterday we visited a professor at the private Catholic university, and practically all were white, it was like any European place. But as soon you come to practical work in kitchens and everywhere else there are mixed groups and blacks. Behind the face Brazil is racially divided to a bigger extent than what I had expected.

However, in the Sunday market place downtown there were plenty of Indian people, selling handmade crafts and things. Groups of Indian children sang for the public. And indians from Equador was playing and singing and dancing.

Indian children singing at the market