Our Trip to Ouro Preto

Our trip to Ouro Preto 

We went on a field trip to Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais and it was awesome!

We've learned so much and we had a lot of fun too. The best part was that there weren't only people that we already knew, so we made a lot of new friends. The airport was cool too. We laughed a lot and we ate some good food there, like a drink from Starbucks (Luisa and Luisa) and I (Ana) ate a very good snack at Subway.

We went to a lot of places, including Santuário do Caraça, where we tried to see de wolf Guará. We couldn't see it, but we learned about it anyway. The most interesting thing that we've learned about it is that during May and April, the male and female wolf walk together and after 65 days, 1 to 3 wolf cubs are born.

Another thing that we've learned is the existence of old Gold Mines in Ouro Preto. Nowadays the mines aren't working anymore, but they are open to visiters. We've learned that the mine workers were black slaves, brought from Africa in the colonial period.

We've also learned that there are diferent churches, created by different people and for diferent purposes, like to welcome poor people or just to have money. The church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and the church of Santa Efigênia are examples of churches created to welcome the poor.

We really liked Ouro Preto and we think that it is a city that you must visit before you die, because it's a great city. The population is very hospitable and very kind.

Ana Luisa 01

Luisa Sampaio 22

Luisa Santana 23