Another Day in Porto Alegre Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text Don't put anything here <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_003_5864 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_043_5884 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_060_2240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_052_9182 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_079_2771 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_064_1585 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_015_9234 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_049_9764 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_074_4129 2005-07-28-porto-alegre/20050728_084_1198 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> On Thursday I went back to downtown Porto Alegre. I first walked in the same area as on the first day (around rua dos Andrados), then made it to "Usina de Gasometro" passing "Museum of Work." Usina de Gasometro ("Gasometer Factory") is an old plant near downtown had something to do with gas lighting and got abandandoned with advent of electricity. It then got restored into "cultural center" and is now listed as the #1 attraction in Porto Alegre. I found it to be a mildly strange building with a somewhat interesting views of Porto Alegre from the top, though I wouldn't mark it as a highlight of the trip, finding the downtown areas near the market more interesting. I also noticed that the city was plastered with posters showing President Lula in yellow underwear, under a heading "Lula knew!" - a reference to the ongoing scandal about government corruption in which one politician was caught with around $100k in his underwear (others carried their money in suit-cases). Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Content Template Page Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter Don't put anything here HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here save preview cancel
