I bet you didnt know that if you try to take a tour of the Brasilian congress building in shorts then they won't let you into two of the three rooms. I didnt know that until today.
My co-worker and I took advantage of our close proximity to the downtown capital and spent a few hours adventuring in Plano Piloto. We took the Brasília metro for the first time, which is far easier than São Paulo since Brasília only had two line colors that are on the same track for most of the line. It was about a 30 minute metro ride from Aguas Claras to the central terminal. Along the way we passed a cool looking fair grounds in guará and huge shopping mall in Asa Sul.
Once we got to the central station, it also dropped us out at the Plano Piloto Rodoviaria (bus station). It was massive, and a step up from the Londrina Rodoviaria I was accustomed to. We found our way out of the crowd and incidentally made our way to the view of the park leading to the government section.
We walked for the afternoon to see the Congress, national museum, palace, cathedral, national library, and miscellaneous government buildings. Along the way we saw the changing of the guards at the palace some really interesting sculptures. A lot of the architecture in Brasília was designed by Oscar Neymeyer, and the structures of the buildings were all differing and breathtaking.
Im really hoping some of my Fulbright and Londrina friends come to visit so that I can bring them to explore, and have the excuse to go back to the congress building... Not in shorts this time.
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