About Americana: Americana has this name because it was founded by the Americans in 1866.
Some of the Confederates left the USA after the Civil War and settled in
Brazil, first it was one big American colony and a city called Santa
Bárbara do Oeste (West Santa Barbara), but then a part of the city decided
to become a city by itself, and thus Americana was founded.
Nowadays, Americana and Santa Bárbara are practically the only cities
founded by the Americans in Brazil. Although now there are people from colonies
of different countries (Specially Italy, 16% of Brazilians have Italian
ascendency), some places of both cities sill have American families with their
own dialect (A mixture of Portuguese and English) and American surnames.
I
took pictures of him at the movies (But it's too dark :/!), going to a
city next to Americana called Piracicaba (It means "The place where the
fish stops" in the Tupi-Guarani language, an indian language), but only
the road and the entrance of the city.
There are also pictures of him around Americana I took on Sunday. He celebrated Easter with us (In Brazil we celebrate Easter by having lunch together and sharing
chocolate Easter eggs that we buy at the supermarket or stores and give to
family and friends. And, of course, some families also go to the church
together. I took pictures
of him with some Easter Eggs we got and at my grandma's house and
street. My grandmother collects plates from all over the world, so I
decided to take a picture of it too because I think it's something
interesting to show.
There
are also a picture of him at the supermarket. Why? Because the
supermarkets here display Easter Eggs in structures above the corridors
(So we walk under them) so it's easier to see and buy them.
After
that, I took him to Cillos Avenue, one of the most important avenues in
Americana, and after that to Brazil Avenue, the most famous one. EVERY
city in Brazil has at least one avenue called Brazil Avenue, it was even
the name of a popular soap opera here.
In
Americana's Brazil Avenue there are lots of palm trees and a big stream
that cuts the whole extent of the avenue from the beginning to the end
(I will take more pictures of it later), at one of the ends of the
Avenue there is the Americana Zoo, unfortunately it was closed when I
went there, but I was able to take some pictures of Stanley in front of
the main lake of the Zoo, where some monkeys stay (I believe it's
possible to see some in one of the pictures).
Also, funny thing!! There is a department store here in Brazil called Havan, and it's architecure was made in order to looks like the White House and there is a replica of the Statue of Liberty in front of it. I took a picture of Stanley in front of it too!
After
that we went to the movies again and I took some pictures of it again
too. Americana has no movie theater, so we go to the movies at Santa
Barbara (The city right next to mine), Piracicaba or Campinas (The
biggest city in this region, after São Paulo. I will try to take
pictures of Campinas soon!)
Flat Stanley is loving Brazil! Every day has something new for him to see!
Today (Monday)
he went to work with me (I'm an English teacher at a languages school
called CNA) and after that he went with my father to the South of
Brazil, to a city called Joinville, in the state of Santa Catarina.
My
dad took some pictures of the road and also pictures of some plants,
like the Araucaria tree (A symbol of the South states) and the Ipe
flower.
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| Ipe Flower |
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| Araucaria Tree |
The south was colonized by Germans,
Polish and Dutch, so there are a lot of this heritage in the buildings
around almost every city there, like German-style houses, windmills, and
more. Joinville, for example, was colonized by the Germans and Dutch.
It's a town smaller than Americana, but it's a very beautiful!
My dad took pictures of Stanley having some coffee at McDonald's, enjoying a stroll around town, and walking in the mall too!
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