Three times a week, students will start the day with the rhythms and movements of capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines different elements of music an dance.

Breakfast will be served from 8 to 9 a.m., lunch from 12 to 1 p.m. and dinner from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Meals highlight a balanced diet of fresh local produce and different regional dishes, alongside the traditional Brazilian staples of feijoada (black bean stew) and rice. 

In the morning, from 9 to 9:30 there will be debriefing sessions to discuss the site visits and lectures covered the previous day so as to exchange ideas and perceptions and summarize the lessons learned.

From 9:30 to 12 p.m. there are two lecture sessions, with a 15-minute break in the middle to provide the background of the site visits done mainly in the afternoon.

Afternoons will usually start with one-hour session dedicated to the learning of the local language, Portuguese. Students will then head out for supervised site visits tocomplement morning classes with hands-on experience.

After dinner, activities will vary between cultural workshops, movie screenings and special guest speakers.    
 
On weekends, students may choose an excursion to visit a nearby city: Santos or Paranapiacaba.

At 10 p.m. we will call it a day. It is time to rest and recover for tomorrow’s packed agenda.

Occasionally, we may swap morning and afternoon sessions to take advantage of time-specific opportunities for our site visits – for example, a special morning market.