10 May 2016 A Praça de Libertade

Yesterday was pretty fun. The day started out pretty slow, but in the afternoon Felipe and I went to A Praça de Libertade (Liberty square). Felipe explained to me that A Praça de Libertade was where the city offices were until about five years ago when they built another one across town. Now all of the buildings are museums, but they were closed yesterday so we didn't get to go in.
We also went to the city library (I find libraries so much more interesting after having worked in one). There were a couple of workers there that were very excited about showing us what they did. I understood half of what they said, but knowing about libraries, I was able to fill in a lot of the gaps.
Belo Horizonte is a lot bigger than I thought it was. I think it might be the biggest city I've ever been in (if you exclude cities that I've only been in the airport). We took the bus and walked yesterday afternoon, and it took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I got to see a lot of the city. Belo Horizonte is a lot like the other big cities I've been in, except the roads aren't very well maintained, and it makes that traffic seem even crazier. Also the poor and rich here are all mixed together, and there aren't really physical boundaries of socioeconomic class.