Welcome to a paradise

João Pessoa, the capital of Paraíba, is the third oldest city in the country and was classified by the ONU in 1992 as one of the greenest cities in the world. It offers to the tourist 10 beaches of clean and calm waters. It has a rare historical patrimony. The city is the eastern extreme of the Americas, where the day comes earlier than anywhere else in Brazil.

There are many hotels, hostels and inns in João Pessoa, the city has camp sites too. So, everybody can find a good accomodation because there are many options.

People can stay in the beaches every morning, playing football and frescobol that is like a beach tennis, walking near the sea, sunbathing, eating or drinking something in a bar near the beaches.

Young people can go out at night to the bars in the beaches or to a nightclub. There are also many shopping centers where they can watch a movie or eat something. In January, occurs the “Summer Festival Paraíba”, the best shows that warms up your summer in the biggest and best summer festival of Brazil. It’s a good option to the young people.

Older people can visit some of the important buildings in the baroque style that exist in the old town center and the Station Science, Culture and Arts, designed by Oscar Niemeyer that was inaugurated in 2008.

Every evening, on the bars near the Paraíba River, you can see the sunset with the sound of Ravel’s Bolero.

There are fairs with local crafts and the famous “Craft Market” that has more than 120 stores which attracts the tourists.

The “Mangai” is an obligatory stop for tourists who visit João Pessoa because this is the best restaurant of typical food of the region. There you can find many exotic dishes.

Certainly, João Pessoa is a very good choice of holiday because there are many beaches, bars, shoppings, important buildings and tourist points. You can relax and enjoy a lot a trip like this.

Mad Men

I’m not exactly a TV series lover, actually I hardly ever watch TV. That’s why I had to do some researches on the Internet in order to find any series that I could possibly enjoy and, as a part of my English class activities at university, report my experience with it here. Guess what? I’ve found what I was looking for!

“Mad Men” might not please everyone’s taste; it is set in an advertising agency during the 1960’s, which means it has lots of historical references, old-fashioned vocabulary and its characters have some odd and unacceptable behavior for nowadays patterns. But the possibility to get to know more about one of the most influential decades to the western civilization’s behavior is exactly what got me interested in watching it.

Women were confronting the hollowness of their housewife lives, they were looking for career opportunities; whereas men were sexist, adulterous, racist and homophobic. The show description is very clear: "Ethics in the workplace, smoke-free environments, sexual harassment and ethnic diversity were workshops of the future." But all of that were about to change during the 1960’s, a decade of transformations.

Mad Men is an adult drama, an anthropological and character study but, of course, it has some moments of dark humor. For me, it’s been worth watching it.

http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men