On Monday the 27th of January, we started our morning with class at the hotel. For class, we had lecture from Sue and Anna. For our landscape class we went to a nearby park to get measurements for our sketching assignment. Getting measurements and being immersed in the park allowed us to get a better feel and idea of wear everything is truly located. After this exercise we headed to a Jujitsu lesson in Leblon. In this lesson we learned Brazilian style self defense. This showed us how every culture has their own form and the Brazilian one differs from others. The practice of Brazilian Jujitsu is popular around the world and we were able to experience a lesson first in hand the country of it’s origin. We were taught by a world champion and because of this we felt we received an authentic Brazilian experience. Later that night some students went to a street  festival in downtown Rio. Here there was Samba music, dancing and