At last week’s Rose Cafe, Andres Simores and his wife joined us to speak about their country, Brazil. Before this Rose Cafe, I had only heard of Brazil in the context of Rio Olympic Games and occasionally the Zika virus. I imagined Brazil’s main ecosystem to be a rainforest.

Andre showed us images of the many different types of ecosystems in Brazil. These ranged from salt marshes, the rainforest and even more desert like environments.

Andre also spoke about the education system at Brazil and how public universities there differ from the universities here. Him and his wife also explained the difficult political situation in the country.

All in all it was a great talk and it definitely moved Brazil up on my list of countries to visit.