Post 21: Biking and Gardens
Yesterday we had a lecture on policies concerning climate change, and then we spent the rest of the day outside.
Most of our group rented bikes along with Renato, and we biked all the way to the botanical gardens in Curitiba. The bike ride was pretty, and it was nice to finally get some exercise. Curitiba has way better bike lanes than anywhere I've ever seen in the US. It's really funny because Curitiba isn't even known for it's bike lanes, so that shows how much work the US needs to put into their green infrastructure, well at least in my opinion. I guess the lecture in the morning got me in the mood for politics haha... It was a relaxing time because even though you are biking in a city, you feel safe and protected from traffic.
The botanical gardens were beautiful. There was a long walkway filled with flowers and a maze of shrubs on either side. At the end of this walkway there was this big glass greenhouse filled with tropical trees and a creek that ran through it.
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From here, we biked to Barigui Park. This was by my favorite park that we have been to. There was this huge lake and pathways that went around it, both for pedestrians and bikers, and also rollerbladers. There were so many people there, relaxing by the water and under trees, snacking on acai and coxhinas, playing soccer. I biked around the lake for a while with Justin. We found some coxhinas as well as a capybara that we had to take a selfie with. Then, we joined the rest of the group in an area by the water. While some people played volleyball and soccer, I sat by the water. It was such a good view.
After this, we biked back to our hotel and a few of us went out to eat. The sushi place that we had originally wanted to go to ended up being closed because of the holiday Corpus Christi, a Catholic holiday celebrated in Brazil. Although our first attempt at sushi did not work out, we ubered to another one which ended up being better than the first. It was really fancy and they had all-you-can-eat which was amazing. It was a great end to our stay in Curitiba.
Most of our group rented bikes along with Renato, and we biked all the way to the botanical gardens in Curitiba. The bike ride was pretty, and it was nice to finally get some exercise. Curitiba has way better bike lanes than anywhere I've ever seen in the US. It's really funny because Curitiba isn't even known for it's bike lanes, so that shows how much work the US needs to put into their green infrastructure, well at least in my opinion. I guess the lecture in the morning got me in the mood for politics haha... It was a relaxing time because even though you are biking in a city, you feel safe and protected from traffic.
The botanical gardens were beautiful. There was a long walkway filled with flowers and a maze of shrubs on either side. At the end of this walkway there was this big glass greenhouse filled with tropical trees and a creek that ran through it.
From here, we biked to Barigui Park. This was by my favorite park that we have been to. There was this huge lake and pathways that went around it, both for pedestrians and bikers, and also rollerbladers. There were so many people there, relaxing by the water and under trees, snacking on acai and coxhinas, playing soccer. I biked around the lake for a while with Justin. We found some coxhinas as well as a capybara that we had to take a selfie with. Then, we joined the rest of the group in an area by the water. While some people played volleyball and soccer, I sat by the water. It was such a good view.
After this, we biked back to our hotel and a few of us went out to eat. The sushi place that we had originally wanted to go to ended up being closed because of the holiday Corpus Christi, a Catholic holiday celebrated in Brazil. Although our first attempt at sushi did not work out, we ubered to another one which ended up being better than the first. It was really fancy and they had all-you-can-eat which was amazing. It was a great end to our stay in Curitiba.
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