With the final days of my Rio experience coming to a close I can easily say that my time here has gone by incredibly fast. Maybe it’s the constant rush of activities that always keep …
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Paraty
Kayla Hui June 3rd-5th, 2016 After midterms, we were able to take a weekend break at Paraty, a beautiful colonial city located on Costa Verde that runs along the coastline of Rio de Janeiro. Paraty …
Pico da Tijuca
Prof. Sanchez May 30, 2016 On Memorial Day Monday we were unable to hold our regular classes in the CIEE study center so it was the perfect opportunity to do one of the student-led activities. …
Samba
Noah Baron May 27, 2016 By our second Friday in Rio de Janeiro, we had got a hang of Rua do Catete, calibrating our speeds to its pace and beginning to understand and embrace its …
Bike Tour
Pachia Lee May 25, 2016 Rio de Janeiro has so much to explore and see. The vast mountains, beaches, and beautiful architectural buildings put you in awe. On May 25, 2016 we took a bike …
The North Zone
Julio Gutierrez May 24, 2016 After spending a majority of our stay in the more affluent South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, our group took a tour of the North Zone, an area not as …
Little Africa
Jamie Dawson May 23, 2016 All around the world there are populations of descendants of Africans who endured forced migration as a result of centuries of slave trade, but no population is larger than that …
Petrópolis
Miranda Adamczak May 21, 2016 Like the emperors of Rio’s Imperial era, on Saturday May 21, the Global Gateway group took a trip to the mountainous city of Petrópolis to get away from the heat …
A Muslim, A Jew, and Jesus Christ: City Tour of Rio de Janeiro
Ali Khan May 16, 2016 Outside of an interreligious dialogue, the three together may sound a bit strange, right? Not in Rio. In our city tour, we visited the Christ the Redeemer, Escadaria Selaron, and …
Street Culture (Gloria)
Karen Huerta One will never get tired of walking down the streets of Rio. There are always new things to see and experience. Every morning we walked down the streets of Catete and Gloria to …