2nd Day - Universal Studios

Today was our second day on the AMAZING west coast trip! This morning we went to the Universal Studios in L.A. As soon as we got in the bus, we were already excited for the day. When we saw the Hollywood sign on the mountain, people just started screaming. It was a special day, one of our friends, Cona, from Chile, turned 18 today. On the bus everyone sang Happy Birthday, even in different languages, pretty cool, right? In the beginning it was kind of chilly and cloudy, but it got warmer and sunny later.



The sun "followed" us for the whole day, that's the reason that many of us got a sunburn.
All 52 of us went to the first ride together "The Transformers", a new ride that just came out two weeks ago. There was basically no lines, so we got the chance to go to every single ride in the park. For instance, the Simpsons, a simulation ride, The House of Horror, that made everybody shake and scream like a baby (F.Y.I.: even our coordinator, Marissa, didn't go to it), Shrek 4D, Jurassic Park, and many others. The highlight of the day was the Studio Tour, where we saw how movies are made and visited real movie's set. It revealed the secrets of behind the scenes (such as Desperate Housewives, King Kong 3D, a bunch of westerns movies, etc.), which, for many of us, "ruined" our imagination. They showed us how, nowadays, technology can completely change anything.
We also watched some shows, such as the Special Effects, that was very cool and thought us how some special effects are created. Another show was with animals and had some famous animals, like the one in "Marley and I" and in "We bought a Zoo".
At the end of the day, it was a fantastic day, and we all had a lot of fun!
Julia Valente (Brazil), Stefano Susini (Italy), and Margo van der Veldt (The Netherlands).