Selling trips

Client 1:
So, you are a football fan? I would highly reccomend you to visit England. As you must know, football was created there, and many great clubs are English, like Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspurs, Liverpool, etc. You can stay one week in London, which is the city were you can visit most of the clubs and then rent a car to travel to Manchester and Liverpool. I suggest you to stay 2 days at each city.

Client 2:
You want a gastronomic trip? I suggest you Paris. French people are known by their taste, and Paris in the center of great foods. You can enjoy some great restaurants, appreciating the meal, and also visiting one of the most beautiful cities in the world!
I would reccomend you to stay in Paris a week or two. But you can also go by train to Provence region. To Avignon, for example. There, you can also rent a car and visit small villages to try their typical Provence culinary.

Client 3:
You want to be in the nature during your vacations? New Zealand is your place. It's one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with great forest and a incredible biodiversity. I wouldn't reccomend you to stay in just one city, but to rent a car and visit city by city, doing picnics and taking pictures of the great landscape during the trip

Expointer

Every year, in the city of Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Expointer takes place. Expointer is a state fair where farmers expose their animals. People can also buy animals like rabbits, chickens, etc, from the farmers. Animals competitions also happen at Expointer, so the owners of the animals can get prizes. The winner animals stay exposed with their medal, on a featured place. Enterprises that produce machines for farms also go to Expointer, to show their products.

As Rio Grande do Sul is a state where many people have a "country life", many people from diferent cities of the state and even from São Paulo, Santa Catarina, etc visit the market, which makes it one of the biggest farm events on the country.

If you enjoy farms, or just like animals, visit Expointer. I can assure you it will be a great experience!

Prepositions for Life

Tips: Brazil, U.K., U.S. and Canada

As we know, the relationship of people with tips changes according to their country. I lived in Canada for a year, and I can say that this relationship is completely different from Brazil, where I lived most of my life. But I also visited the U.K. and the U.S., and their relationship with tips are completely different from each other. That's why I decided to compare tips in Brazil, U.K., U.S. and Canada.

Brazil: people relationship with tips in Brazil changes from person to person. Some only pay it when it is included on the bill. Others prefer to pay it when the service is good, otherwise, no tips.

U.S.: The U.S. are maybe the country where tips are taken more seriously. There isn't the alternative of not paying it. You can pay less if you think the service was poor, you can pay more if it was great. But you pay it! There, you should give tips to employees that you've never imagine giving tips for. As an  example, bag carriers in a hotel.

U.K.: Tips are common in the U.K., but not as important as in the U.S. People pay less or more, according to the service. But different from America, a bag carrier in a hotel won't get "angry" with you if you don't give him tips or give just some cents.

Canada: In Canada, things work exactly as in the U.S. Don't even dare not giving tips to the taxi driver, especially if you are coming from the airport. The driver won't even open you the trunk for you to take your bags. So... Better give them tips!

Granby Zoo

Located in Montreal, Canada, the Granby Zoo is the bigger zoo in the whole state of Quebec, and one of the greatest in Canada.
Different from the majority of the others zoos, Granby doesn't have all the animals in the same area of the park. They are divided according to the continent they belong to. So, if you just want to see lions, elephants, rhinos, etc, you can just visit the Africa zone, where you can see many animals from the continent. This division also helps school excursions. If the students are studying asian animals, they can visit just the respective area, so they don't waste time.
Another interesting thing in Granby is that, when you buy your tickets, you also receive a passport, which has some information about the animals and pages to be stamped with the animals motifs.
So, if you are planning visiting Montreal, have children and are an animal fan, Granby Zoo is the right place for you!

My Nona Angela's restaurant review

Last week, I went to Nona Angela restaurant, in Porto Alegre. The atmosphere there was pretty agreable. As the restaurant is a buffet, I tried a bit from evrything they had there.

The sushi was very tasty, as the meat, which was under-done, but I liked it. Their breaded chicken was amazing! Very crispy and savoury. I tried also some "pastéis", but those ones were a bit too greasy and salty. 

As I went there with a foreign friend, we decided to ask some typical brazilian barbecue. Then, he would have the opportunity of trying some typical food. 20 minutes passed and it didn't arrive to us. Then, I asked:

- I'm sorry, but I asked for some barbecue near 30 minutes ago.

The waiter told me that he would see what happened. 20 more minutes passed, but the waiter didn't bring it. I asked again:

- Excuse me, but we're waiting for our barbecue for near an hour!

Again, the waiter said he would see what happened. It was only after I asked him for the third time that our barbecue was brought...

Summarizing, Nona Angela is a great restaurant, with delicious food, but terrible service. As a final grade, I would give it 7/10.

Avignon's Theater Festival

Every year, during the month of July, Avignon's Theater Festival takes place. Theater plays from all around the world come to the French city. The festival has plays for every taste: comedy, horror, drama...
 An interesting thing about the festival is that it is where most popular new French plays become famous. But, if you prefer to be in the "safezone", you can watch Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth, Hamlet, etc.
But if you are not a fan of theater, there is no problem: many street artists come to Avignon during the festival, so you can watch acrobacies and other amazing spectacles for just some coins!
As it takes place during the month of July, which is the month when most tourists visit France, the Theater Festival is a great alternative if you are planning a visit to Provence. The only problem is that it is so famous that the city gets completely full. That means: forget visiting other turistic points at Avignon...

Frankeinstein answers (3-4)

3) I don't think that knowledge is the true cause of his sufferings, because, if the monster created thanks to his knowledge was "educated" properly, he could be a great invention for humanity, helping us to achieve difficult tasks, for example.
 The novel presents knowledge as dangerous many times: with Victor, when he creates the monster, with the creature, who was sad after learning about his appearance and the world that he lived, and with Walton, that was stopped by the ice and nearly died because he wanted to explore the North Pole.

4) I think foreshadowing makes the story even more interesting, because, when we learn about Victor appearance, in the beginning of the novel, we want to know how he went to this situation. Of course, it reveals a bit of the story as we get through it, but nothing that affects its enjoyment.
Foreshadowing differs from each narrator. Let's see some examples:

Walton: Robert says that his men saw a giant creature on a sled. It foreshadows that the story is going to have something to do between Walton and this creature.
Frankenstein: when Victor runs from his creation, we can presume that the creature is going to be free in the world, spreading horror at people. There, we understand what is the story going to tell us.
The creature: when the monster gets rejected by De Lacey's family because of his appearance, we presume that he is going to develop a hate for humans, and that he will try to have his revenge at his creator, the responsible for his appearance and for his rejection.