I slept in today and headed to the shopping centre around 11am. There, I hopped on a tour bus for a 2-hour tour of the area where most government buildings are located. I grabbed the first seat in the upper deck. Brasilia was built in the mid 50’s and inaugurated in 1960. At that time, the capital of Brazil moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia. The bulk of the buildings were designed by one architect, Oscar Neymeir, and are very artsy-looking. The layout of the city is also interesting, in the shape of a plane. Neighborhoods are separated by avenues and organized in quadrants. The apartment I was staying at was in quadrant 309, Block C, on the South wing. That’s it, no street name or anything. There’s a 309 quadrant on the North wing,
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